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The way you typed that does not in-courage a positive response. Reading is a skill

I have no idea, I'm throwing wheel weights in a lead melting furnace, then hardening them by dropping them in water. All I can tell you is if I took a normal FMJ lead bullet and smashed with a hammer it would mushroom-out flat. If I did the same thing to a hard cast bullet it would pound it...

Not super low, but most shots are a little up hill or down hill, and in ether of those cases, the rifle will shoot high. I try to hit the heart and lungs, so I'm shooting at the lower part of the front of the chest. This is all IMHO

The reason I like BH209 is I can shoot the entire expensive little 12oz can, and not have to clean the ML once. It doesn't get hard to reload and stuff the next round down the barrel, again and again and again. There are so many ways to hard cast a bullet, adding tinning agents like solder, or...

If your asking for a harder hollow point bullet, then a Hard-Cast 44-45 cal will blow in one side and out the other. It being hard cast will make it much harder than normal lead. IMHO I really like shock-waves getting pushed by BH209 and I always aim low

I really like Costco wool hiking socks, I use them when I'm cutting timber in the winter. What ever you get make sure to use the heck out of it before the big trip. Maybe even intentionally get a boot full of snow or rain and see how it drys out. thumbs up