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Offline BIG JAKE

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44 mag target load
« on: December 18, 2010, 03:35:31 AM »
 Anyone have a good load for practicing with a 44 mag?
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Re: 44 mag target load
« Reply #1 on: December 18, 2010, 04:51:51 AM »
I had some dead-soft swaged bullets I picked up by mistake. 6gr of W231 was accurate but I still got some leading. For cast bullets I'm trying 8-10gr of Unique or 7-9gr of W231.
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Re: 44 mag target load
« Reply #2 on: December 18, 2010, 07:28:16 AM »
Depends on what you're wanting your target loads to do.  I'm shooting 200 grain RNFP from Oregon Trail (cheapest bullets I can find that fit my barrel), and pushing them with 8 grains of Unique (about 1200 fps in my 22" barrel).  I don't cast, but that would be even cheaper.  I have to tumble lube the Oregon Trails in liquid Alox to keep them from leading, but if I do that they shoot great.  They are less accurate (3" groups at 50 yards) than a full-power jacketed bullet load, but good enough to hit cans in the back yard, which meets my needs.  I've also gotten similar results with 200 grain soft lead copper-plated bullets from Berry's, again using about 8 grains Unique.  At one time I had ambitions of using light loads to take head shots at squirrels, but I've decided that this gun (44mag handi rifle) will never shoot minute of squirrel.  Its still a fine deer and tin can rifle though. 
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Re: 44 mag target load
« Reply #3 on: December 18, 2010, 08:36:24 AM »
6.5 grains of Red Dot under a 240 grain semi waddcutter.  Around 900 fps.  I have shot thousands of em thru  my revolvers with great accuracy.

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Re: 44 mag target load
« Reply #4 on: December 18, 2010, 10:50:42 AM »
I'm looking to punch paper with them. I'll be shooting them out of a 6.5 inch mod 29 and a 6.5 inch blackhawk.
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Re: 44 mag target load
« Reply #5 on: December 18, 2010, 11:23:17 AM »
I`ve been loading 240 gr. hard cast semi wad cutters with 6 gr. of Bullseye powder and Win. LP primers for for over 40 years and they seem to shoot well in every gun I have ever run them through.