yeoman
Would most of the 30-30 soft points have been 180 grain bullets at higher velocities?
Not 180, probably most shoot 170 grain - I normally shoot 150 grain cause, you know me, I want the velocity
30-30 will shoot a 170 around 2000 fps..
A 444 Marlin will shoot a 250 grain .430 on the average of 2150 fps...
You know in the old days most rifle bullets, well a lot of them, thatyou would buy of the shelf in your local store were Soft Points...
You probably would be shooting that bullets @ close to 1800 fps - it will have no problem dropping a deer. I would shoot that all day - I would shoot it in preference to an XTP - it is bonded... the XTP's are not...
Looking at the Speer web site it is rated for "handgun hunting"
44 Cal Gold Dot SP 44 Mag
Part Number
Caliber
Weight Grain
Weight Gram
Construction
4461
44 Cal
270
17.5
Uni-Cor
Use
Bullet Coefficient
Sectional Density
Diameter Inches
Diameter mm
Box Count
10
0.193
0.21
0.429
10.897
50
Abbreviation Key:
BT - boat tail, FMJ - full metal jacket, FN - flat nose, GD - Gold Dot, HP - hollow point, SP - soft point,
TMJ - encased-core full jacket, RN - round nose, SWC - semi-wadcutter, WC - wadcutter
Usages:
1- Varmint, 2- Big Game, 3- Match, 4- Special Purpose, 5- Large/Dangerous Game
6- Personal Protection, 7- General Purpose, 8- Practice, 9- Target, 10- Handgun Hunting
If it will group for you it will git you a deer... I just have in the past not been able to get 44 cal bullets to consistenly group - I'll get a flyer at the most inopportune time - BUT when I was testing them I was shooting the old "plastic" Green Sabots... the new HPH sabots might be the answer - just have never gone back...