44 mag cast bullet load
03-02-2006 | 08:33 AM
#12
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From: S Texas
RE: 44 mag cast bullet load
Stick a bore light in the chamber and look down the barrel. MicroGrove (it's trademarked) or multigroove rifleing will have a bunch of grooves and lands (I think 12, but not sure), rather than the usual four or five for cut or button rilfeing..
03-04-2006 | 06:37 AM
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Giant Nontypical
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From: Texas - BUT NOW in Madison County, NY
RE: 44 mag cast bullet load
ORIGINAL: martinfaw
A guy that runs a local gun shop told me to shoot a jacketed bullet ever
once and a while to clean lead from the barrel, is this a good idea or will it hurt the barrel. James
A guy that runs a local gun shop told me to shoot a jacketed bullet ever
once and a while to clean lead from the barrel, is this a good idea or will it hurt the barrel. James
No, this will not hurt the barrel, but I would not do it if the barrel is heavily leaded! One trick I use with plain-base cast bullets loaded to 2200 FPS in my .45/70 is to place an INVERTED gas-check over the powder to protect the bullet base. This works in a Ruger No. 1 in .45/70 caliber.
