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Offline Dennis Eugene

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looking for starting load for 44 Mag
« on: March 14, 2009, 07:04:22 AM »
Am lubeing and sizeing some LBT 430-280-LFN right now and am looking for a good starting load with recomondations as to max or a good place to find such loads myself Thanks Dennis
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Re: looking for starting load for 44 Mag
« Reply #1 on: March 15, 2009, 04:55:00 AM »
I don't know about starting and max, but I shoot a very similar bullet cast from a Mountain Mold in my Blackhawk. 9.0gr. Unique, 12.0gr. Blue Dot and 11.0gr. AA#5 all work well for a all round load that is silhouette accurate with plenty of punch. All just subsonic from my 5 inch revolver.
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Re: looking for starting load for 44 Mag
« Reply #2 on: March 29, 2009, 03:13:58 AM »
http://data.hodgdon.com/main_menu.asp

Use Speer 270gr Gold Dot data and you can do the same with the Lyman Manual data.  I have it's sister in a PB 280gr .45 mold that is the slickest and easiest mold I have by far.  They shoot great (even unsized) with LBT blue soft.