I've been working with trying to get a good hunting boolit for my 7.5" SBH 44 mag. My eyes aren't what they used to be so range will definitely be limited to less then 50 yards and most likely 20-30 yards. In an attempt to bring the deer down quickly I'd like to have a little expansion as where I'm hunting is crazy thick and a small parcel of land.( cannot track across property lines)
I'm using an NOE RD designed mold that has the three pins. I've used the solid for quite some time in more open, easier to track, woods but the deer often ran 150+ yards on a lung shot. When I try to soften the alloy I loose accuracy. I've attempted running the cup point around 1300fps and it seems no matter how much tin I add my testing shows that I loose the pedals and thus loose any expansion. Any advice for producing a functioning CP/HP boolit?
So far I've tested 50/50 +2, 20-1 roof flashing/plumbing solder, 16-1 roof flashing/ plumbing solder.