I recently gave my brother a Pietta 1873 .45 Colt revolver with a 5.5" barrel. His plan is to do some plinking with it and also use it for protection when roaming the woods in Colorado, Utah and, of course here in Louisiana. We were discussion hand loads and I clearly stated that he should stay at or under the standard pressure range. He indicated that he already has the Lee TL452-230TC boolit mold and wondered if it would perform well for protection in the woods. I indicated that I have the Lee 452-255-RF and would recommend it for his hand loads. However, he pointed out that he has been happy with this mold in his .45 ACP because it is accurate enough and he does not need to size the bullets due to the tumble lube mold design.
Question: Is this bullet one to use in the manner he wishes? I was hoping he would go for something with a larger meplat. If he sticks with this boolit what velocities would be needed for it to perform well ( i.e., penetration, breaking. damage, etc. )