Ok so I've worked up a good, accurate 30-30 load with a Lyman 311041. Load cronos at 2000fps bullets cast 50-50 ww and pure, air cooled. Shot a smaller doe yesterday and barely slowed her down. If I hadn't heard the "thump" of it knocking all the air out of her I would never have known she was hit. She moved right down the draw and it took breaking her neck with a second one about 50 yards down the draw to drop her. The post showed the first had hit both lungs after centering a rib on the way in. Second pushed a shattered vertebrae out the exit. 1st shot was about 100 second was about 50.
I was not really impressed with the performance, with that soft of an alloy I was expecting at the least a little expansion. Am I wrong expecting a bit more? I've shot a lot of deer with jacketed 170 and have never even had one stand up after a hit like that no less not even react. I'm really wondering what I'm missing here. A 170 cast slug should have layed a doe that size low right there no questions asked.
I'm wondering what you guys think. I know a dead deer = the bullet worked, but I see lots of room for improvement.