GM54-120 said:
Some (if not most states) do allow sabotless jacketed bullets. Utah for example does not IIRC. I think they require a all lead bullet during the ML season.
Not true, Utah allows sabots and jacketed bullets. Know of people using barnes all copper saboted bullets there too.
I like your recommendation for the 444 flat point. It will pencil through if you don't hit a bone, but should do the job.
Bottom line: he doesn't have a Colorado conical gun. I spent 5 years trying to get my Omega to shoot conicals, and it did shoot powerbelts pretty well, but the more I leaned, the less I wanted to hunt with powerbelts. You may find a bullet that shoots adequate, but if he hunts Colorado for years to come, he should look into a different gun, or cut off his QLA .