I would agree to this too, even though I have never shot anything with a 40 or under, but you don't need a jacketed hollowpoint.
With a good flat nose mould and two pots, one for pure lead and one for heat-treat alloy, you can make an expanding softnose/hard shank bullet. I make these for a buddy of mine for his 357. If pushed fast they will expand easily down to 900 fps. They expand even lower from a hollowpoint mould I have in 357 (a REAL pain to make)!
The best results I have had personally with this method is from rifles, were I had a 250 358 penetrate as deep as a 338 250 NP Gold and an "old" lot of 338 250 Grand Slams in dry books. I have used them on hogs and report great results on two I have shot (exits and silver dollar holes)! Not that I don't like high speed and a quality bullet, but they work very well at little cost.
I did say I was biased?
