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Offline **oneshot**

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41 rem mag loads
« on: February 02, 2007, 12:47:32 PM »
I'm now in the market for a Ruger Blackhawk 41mag.  I figured I'd start my search for loading info.  I'm going to start with some 170 and 210gr bullets.   Any data on pet loads would be greatly appreciated.

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Tom
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Re: 41 rem mag loads
« Reply #1 on: February 03, 2007, 05:15:08 AM »
The only slugs I shoot in my 41M is the 210 grain Rem. soft point.  It works well in front of 20.5 grains of H110 for a power-house load or 8 grains of Unique for a more mellow target/plinking load, all lit with Win. large pistol primer.  These loads are accurate and work well in my 6.5" Blackhawk.
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Re: 41 rem mag loads
« Reply #2 on: February 03, 2007, 07:09:17 AM »
I used to have the 6.5" blackhawk last year for hunting, and used a 210gr. lee tumble lube bullet made of wheel weights, regular cci primer, and a 1cc dipper full of unique(9.2gr.).  It made for a nice practice load that you could shoot all day long.  For deer I loaded up a 210gr. Speer GDHP, regular cci primer,and 19 gr. of 2400 powder.  It penetrated roughly 30" through a yearling deer at 40yds. last year.  Hope this helps.

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Re: 41 rem mag loads
« Reply #3 on: February 03, 2007, 10:48:07 PM »
Welcome to the ranks of the 41 fans! We like more company.  Yep what they say above for loads. I use 8-9 grains of Unique under a variety of jacketed and cast bullets for a small game and plinker load - very nice.  And H110, 296, and 2400 are great for full power loads with most bullets up to 265 gr cast.  Don't overlook H or IMR 4227 for heavy bullets too. 

I'm experimenting with some 250 gr jackted bullets I got from Joe Cullison in Oregon.  He's selling them as "Outlaw bullets". 4227 is working well with them. Look down this forum you might find my posts.

I can't remember the loads but I've had great accuracy with 170 gr bullets - Sierra and the now unavailable Remingtons.
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Re: 41 rem mag loads
« Reply #4 on: February 05, 2007, 03:24:46 PM »
Those 250gr Outlaw bullets are a bunch of fun to shoot. I was shooting some in my Marlin 41 mag this weekend at the 1.690 OACL and using 20gr of H110. I was getting 2 to 3" groups at 100 yards (average) with the rejects I had from setting up the equipment.
I also managed to recover one, shot from my Redhawk into milk jugs full of water. It was a MV of about 1200fps at a distance of maybe 20 feet. It penetrated 6 milk jugs and stoped in #7, that translates to about 36" of penetration in water. It expanded to just over .500 and retained 246.3gr
My load from the Redhawk is shooting 5 shot groups into about 3.5 inches (average) at 100 yards.

dand, thanks for the kind reports. I think I have a winner here.

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