minimum velocity for 215gc boolits with a .250 metplat to use for deer hunting

[45r]

Is 1675 fps enough to work well with a .250 metplat?

[Outpost75]

What caliber?

[45r]

35 caliber from 14 inch 1 in 10 twist msr barrel.
Can drill hollow point with forster tool if needed.
1850 fps works real well without HP from marlin 35rem.

[bigdog454]

been a lot of deer killed with 38 spl. at 1000 fps or less. just place the shot and be within the right range.
BD

[Outpost75]

If alloy hardness does not exceed about BHN 12-13 and range is short enough that striking velocity is above 1400 fps where the deer is, it should work fine.

[megasupermagnum]

1,128 FPS is the minimum, anything lower bounces off.

On a serious note, if you cast that of a lead/tin alloy like 20-1 or 16-1, and drill a hollowpoint, you would have a really nasty round there.

[45r]

I found a little better load that goes 1716 fps average with an ES of 8 fps using 23.2 grains H-4198 and cci 450 primers.
75 yard 5 shot groups shoot 1 inch.
I'm happy with that and it burns clean suppressed.

[Larry Gibson]

I use the 35-200-FN HP'd with the Forster in my 35 Rem. It kills deer just fine but i push it a bit faster than you do.

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[45r]

My mountain mold boollit is almost identical except from the end of the bore-rider to the metplat is truncated cone.
My powder coated boolits aren't very hard but the ones I lube are harder and look a lot like yours lubed with carnuba red that I use in my Marlin.
I usually hunt with 45 caliber but they won't work with my mystic can.
I might send it in for an upgrade to the cosmic to use in 450bm but it is very quiet and the 350L hammered the 4 deer last year using hornady ftx's.
I didn't have time to work up a boolits load since I got it during the middle of bow season.
I'm thinking with a .25 inch deep HP the 215gc should expand and none of my shots will be past 200 yards.
I'm tempted to buy Noe's version of your boolit in HP.