Just wanted to see if anyone has got some good load data for these bullets, and to see how they performed in your gun.
The 240 gn Keith style bullets from Missouri have been leaving excessive lead smears inside my barrel.
I picked up the HHI 44 mag off GunBroker several months ago. I thought it would be fitting to reload some 310 HC for it from some HC bullets I had laying around from 20 years ago. I did and the first three shot into a tiny little group. Then it started flinging them. I looked harder at the bullets and saw that the greese was flaking off and had big gaps. I’m assuming it’s leading in the barrel bad causing this as jacketed bullets shoot fine.
I have never cast my own. Can I easily tumble these bullets and relube them or what’s the best plan? Any ideas?
I’m building a .44 mag load with 240 grain Seirra 240 grain JHC’s with Unique. It was extremely comfortable to shoot(between 8.3 grains and 9.9 grains of powder). Has anyone tried this combo? Do you think it’d be a good load to hunt with? Or is better suited for target practice?
I run a 240gr. Cast with that powder charge range. I get 975ish fps from a 3” barrel 629. I would not hesitate hunt that load out to 50-75 yards. In fact I’m likely to carry it next week for a trip to hunt hogs.
I loaded up some 44 Specials last night using Sierra 240 JHC and Win Autocomp. I’ve got a couple of questions I’d love to get your opinions on.
Over All Length- My Barnes Manuel gives the OAL for 44. Special as 1.615. However, .44 Mag OAL is 1.610. Even though the .44 Special has a much shorter case? I’m curious to why the shorter cases 44 Special has a larger over all length? Right now mine are seated at 1.510-ish.
Do yall crimp your .44 Special Loads? My bullets are currently seated on the bottom edge of the cannalure groove.
I appreciate y’all. I should have mentioned that I did double check the Maximum Over All Case Length in my Sierra, Nosler, and Hornady manuals as well. They all give a 1.615. That being said, the reason I typically look at the Barnes is that it’ll also give a Minimum Overall Case Length. For some reason, the others don’t. That being said, I did take your advice and bump it down from my original 1.510 to 1.495. That got a little better hold on that cannelure groove with the crimp.
I am a fan of the JHC’s. I’ve looked for the Power Pistol and never can seem to find it. I’ve heard it’s a good powder.
I have been thinking about these for a while waiting for a sale but haven’t purchase yet so I would be interested to know how you like them after some testing. I have some 240s I ordered from Missouri Bullet and I just checked them and my coating doesn’t look that rough.