Indy,
I do not think that hard cast lead will reliably hold together at velocities proven repeatedly sufficient for elephants. Elephant heads are not news print and they are not flesh either.
JPK
The nose of a hard cast will definately get chewed badly through a lot of heavy bone even at handgun velocities and this wouls only woresen at rifle velocities.Before the Punch Bullets which is a flat point brass or copper solid with a small lead core,the only way to get a hard cast to hold up was with a steel nose if you were shooting through a lot of bone....and these had to be specialy machined......
