The gun shop owner did not say to not run the deep curl over 1000. I had purchased cast lead from him, and he didn't warn me until after I found out about the leading that the lead was too soft to run over 1000 - which is why I bought the deep curls.

He shoots hogs almost on a daily basis - wounded, etc. He uses a Ruger 77/44 loaded with 240gr. XTP's and swears by the XTP. I figure if it works for him (even though it is through a rifle) they should work for me too.

Now I just have to find load data for XTP's for my SRH. I'll post in the reloading forum.

Again - thank you all for the advise. It paid off for me!