Powder coated bullets for hunting?

[rhino519]

always wanted to try casting my own bullets, now finding it hard to source bullets for my lee enfield i thought it would give me a good reason to start making them
done the research on this fine forum and as i'm concerned for leading, with uncoated bullets, so am i concerned with bullet performance on large animals once they are coated, has anyone used powder coated bullets on let's say deer or moose? are you happy with the results?

 

[Bassmaster]

A 311041 lyman bullet, PC coated, checked, sized and hollow pointed account for a cast bullet harvest this year.....Doe whitetail, with an old 336 Marlin 30-30 at about 40 yards, bang-flop.
The entry and exit was through and though so I didn't get the expansion I expected from HP'ing.......need to work on my alloy. I'm happy with results, so far.....the experimenting continues

 

[giant yetti]

lead bullets are fine for hunting. they were the standard at one time.

powder coating seems to preform very well, though I read about people having accuracy issues over 2000fps. your millieage may vary, and castboolits is a great resource for all projectile type things powdercoated.

 

[rhino519]

thanks for heads up on the boolit forum, much apriciated