It didn't take me long to lose interest in casting softnoses. After a long difficult learning process I ended with a darn good looking gas checked 311299 with a softnose. But driving it hard, 2,300 in a '95 Winchester lever .30 Army...it all went south on target. I think the Bhn 8 nose was slumping off. Going back to a Bhn 15 for the whole bullet...bingo, great accuracy. I just gave up then, went to a wide meplat 200 gr at 2100 and it thumped deer about the same as jacketed without expansion.
