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This may or may not be the same bullet ET and Flyboy Flem are speaking about . . . but I am certain theirs are very similar.

Pic of a Lyman 457193 RNFP 405 gr bullet cast 30:1 (weight as cast is actually about 415 gr). Pic is obviously an as cast and a recovered bullet - the recovered bullet was 412 gr after going through both shoulders of a 230# white tail and stopping short of exiting. Shot was at 35-40 yards from a 45-70 Marlin 1895 Cowboy (smokeless load at about 1600 fps) - this deer dropped like he had been hit on the head with the hammer of Thor. Nothing wrong with cast bullet performance here.