very nice! I wonder how much of an impact that slight hollow dish will have on game?
I would think it to be beneficial? My bet is Similar to a Wide Meplat in Performance. You describe it perfectly here “Slight Hollow Dish” I see folks refer to the Maxi “Hunter” as a Hollow Point, But i wouldn’t call them that, They are Only about a 1/4 of a BB Size Dish in Depth is all.
Some Talk Hollow Point Lead Conical Bullets Down, Claiming them to be a Poor Choice as a BIG Game Bullet, And i fully admit that i am GUILTY of doing it as well. My reasoning? When i think of a Hollow Point Bullet My Thought Process Immediately goes to Pistol, Self Defense, With Many of them Designs intended to RAPIDLY Open, and Even Blow Apart/Fragment, Which Goes against EVERYTHING I was taught to be a Good Big Game Bullet
After a Lot of time spent with these Muzzleloaders, and Lead Conicals, My Thinking toward Hollow Points is COMPLETELY Different Now Days. A guy has to Remember, Our Muzzleloaders are
NOT Speed Demons, they are NOWHERE near Cartridge Guns in Velocity. 1,500 Fps with a 450 Grain Lead Bullet is about MAX of what you can Expect to get with STOUT, UPPER end Loads, The Average will Be 1,300-1,400 Fps. At these Blackpowder Muzzleloader Velocities, a Hollow Point Lead Conical is NOT gonna Blow Apart/Fragment, They will Roll Back and Form a BIG MUSHROOM Ball. I have collected MANY of them From Sand Banks, Dirt, Snow & Ice. They all look the Same, A BIG Mushroom Ball
Let’s take Edmehlig’s Lyman Gould Hollow Point, and Ron L’s Test Results for Example. Ed sent Ron both his Hollow Point Lyman Gould, and the Solid Version of the SAME Bullet. Ed’s are Cast of
PURE LEAD
The Bullets (Pictures from Ron L Test)
Both bullets were shot with 80 Grains of BH209
The Hollow Point Results, The bullets weighed 346.2 Grains BEFORE the Test, and 340.8 Grains AFTER the Test, a Loss of ONLY 5.4 Grains
And here is the Solid Version, it weighed 359 Grains BEFORE the Test, and 354.7 Grains AFTER the Test, A loss of ONLY 4.3 Grains.
NOT MUCH Difference in the Hollow Point VS the Solid huh? 
Both Bullets performed FLAWLESSLY in Ron’s Test, Performance here is what I would consider PERFECTION in a BIG Game Bullet
I got it for a Very Reasonable price. 
