PP hunting bullet

[Kurt]

Nobody has posted here for a while so I think I will start one for a PP hunting bullet.

I'm getting ready to have a specific mould made for my .44-77 for a hunting bullet that will load in the rifle reliable after several shots fired.

A lot of the original Sharps moulds I have seen and had some used to cast bullets were tapered round nosed. I know some of you will wrinkle your nose with the thought of using a tapered bullet but I have a Tom Ballard mould for the .45 that is tapered and cast some with a original sharps mould and they work great for load and shoot as many times as I wanted.
There must have been a reason that a lot of the old PP bullet moulds were tapered and I think it was the reason I want one for hunting.

I have used the two step bullets and they are ok but the bore riding portion is sort of like a GG that is not supported in the throat and could also create a problem with fouling build up that would make a second shot iffy.
The Ballard mould has a base of .448 and a .010 taper just below the start of the ogive that makes a good fit in the case when it is patched with .002" paper that will fit a case for a now standard chamber so the bullet does not have to have a crimp and stay in the case while carried in a cartridge belt and it can be loaded just off the lands so you can load in a fouled throat and still hold accuracy and not use a bullet several thousands under bore diameter that can create other undesirables. I dont like a bullet patched to far under bore diameter to be able to shoot dirty with out having a bullet that wont seat.

What are some of your thoughts ??

Kurt