Need advice for a 44 mag load
03-25-2007 | 03:45 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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RE: Need advice for a 44 mag load
This is whatI use and quite happy with.
44mag 180gr RHP
Bluedot 16.4
CCI 300 large pistol
OLV 1.595
The load is used for my 44 ruger carbine and my 44 mag bisley superblack hawk.
44mag 180gr RHP
Bluedot 16.4
CCI 300 large pistol
OLV 1.595
The load is used for my 44 ruger carbine and my 44 mag bisley superblack hawk.
03-25-2007 | 04:07 PM
#13
Typical Buck
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RE: Need advice for a 44 mag load
23.5gr h110 with 240gr hornady xtp, win case and cci 350 primer is the best i've come up with for my ruger super redhawk .44. pretty hot....but the gun seems to like em the hotter the better. hehe.
04-03-2007 | 06:17 PM
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RE: Need advice for a 44 mag load
I use H110 and W296 to load my 44 mags, I use Hornady 240 grain XTP's and have no complaints with their killing power. As for the load I would get a hornady manual and work up a load that shoots well in your 44.
04-03-2007 | 06:43 PM
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RE: Need advice for a 44 mag load
tuk101 i was browsing through and noticed that you were saying that you could reduce loads to 18 gr. you were mentioning h110 powder. h110 powder is not one that you should use for reduced loads bro. hodgen does'nt reccomend reducing h110 loads more than 3%.
04-04-2007 | 07:34 AM
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RE: Need advice for a 44 mag load
ORIGINAL: Nitrolseds
got a freind that is shooting a rifle that shoots 44mags
and I have a taurus 44 with a 8"brl and he tells me that I am not going to be happy with the take down power of the 44
I find this hard to beleive I beleive that he is probably shooting bottom dollar ammo
well any how I am curious as to what loads and bullets every one would recomend in this aplication
I told him to save me some brass and I would get dies and try to see what I could come up with for him
he said that the bullet must be jacketed but the lead can be visable at the tip dont know why but its his gun so ok
well any how please fill me in on what you would load
he wants me to load it a little hot but not going crazy that were going to mess the gun up
got a freind that is shooting a rifle that shoots 44mags
and I have a taurus 44 with a 8"brl and he tells me that I am not going to be happy with the take down power of the 44
I find this hard to beleive I beleive that he is probably shooting bottom dollar ammo
well any how I am curious as to what loads and bullets every one would recomend in this aplication
I told him to save me some brass and I would get dies and try to see what I could come up with for him
he said that the bullet must be jacketed but the lead can be visable at the tip dont know why but its his gun so ok
well any how please fill me in on what you would load
he wants me to load it a little hot but not going crazy that were going to mess the gun up
I once had a Winchester M94 in .44 Mag., and also an S%W Model 29 Revolver same caliber.
My standard load for target shooting, silhouette shooting, deer hunting, jackrabbits and killing armadillos was the same load used by old Elmer Keith, the "inventor" of the .44 magnum cartridge. Elmer did more testing of bullet types and shapes, and powders, of anyone ever when he came up with the .44 Magnum. he knew more about effective handgun ammo ever, then and even now. ALL through experience. His final loadconsisted of the Lyman 429421 250-grain bullet cast of medium-hard alloy with a load of 22 grains of Hercules 2400 powder. The MV from a 6.5" barrel was 1250 FPS, and it made close to 1750 out of the rifle. This is an excellent load even today. I tried various jacketed bullets, and none of them were any better, some alot worse. Many are too soft to penetrate deeply enough on larger critters.
You will NOT be disappointed by the .44 Magnum pistol, but just like any round, the bullet has to hit the right spot!! (There is nothing magical about the killing power of a .44 Magnum, just because it is labelled "Magnum", Dirty Harry notwithstanding! If you use jacketed softpoint or hollowpoint bullets for deer, shoot them broadside behind the shoulder, as these types of bullets will NOT givve you the penetration needed for raking shots! If you want deep penetration, use the Keith-type 250-grain semiwadcutters or the LBT flatnose bullets made by CAST PERFORMANCE BULLET Co.
