Originally Posted by HunterShooter58
My Gunsmith Father in Law used to drill a small hole in the nose of the Bullet, before I met him, and make his own Hollow points!

He was on a fixed income, from early disability Retirement, and Former WWII Veteran, and made ends Meet!

He told me that they found out the hard way using solid lead on game wasn't the best choice, although the shock of the bullet would do some damage,
his hollow points causing expansion of the bullet created a larger shock displacement, etc................ as we've learned today.


Sir Tony,
No doubt that would be good for all sorts of handgun and rifle cast loads at relatively low velocity.
I have s hollow-pointer mould from N.O.E. that has 3 different depths of HP
as well as a smallish meplat FN plug for a full 600-grainer.
I might try the "Hammer Hardness Tester" on the hollow-point versions of the 600-grainer NOE bullet.
4-pound hammer test of hardness, harder alloy blue, softer alloy red, 500-grainer and 600-grainer NOE bullets:

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The handgun bullet on bottom is a .358"-158-gr bullet from a Lee mould, of about same hardness as the red-painted bullets.

Ron aka "Rip" for Riflecrank Internationale Permanente
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