Original paper patched bullet designs?

[Distant Thunder]

Don,

I suppose I could hollow point the round nose to improve the hunting performance, but banging steel is more my goal. If hunting did enter into the picture I could always make a mold like the one on the right.
Any idea what kind of velocity a 473 grain bullet would have with say 75 to 80 grains of 2F pushing it? Could be a pretty good gong hammer! It needs to reach to 500 yards though. I think I've got a gong match coming up on August 5th. That would be a good test, but not much time to get a mold cut, load developed, and get some sight settings!

DT