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Offline sageman

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« on: May 16, 2005, 06:04:28 PM »
What would be a good whitetail load for the .44 mag?
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« Reply #1 on: May 17, 2005, 04:35:08 AM »
Bullet: Sierra 240 Grain Jacketed Hollow Cavity
Powder: 25.8 grains of  Hodgdon H-110          
Primer: CCI-350          
Case: Remington          
Firearm: Ruger Super Blackhawk          
Sights: Ruger factory open sights
Velocity: 1607 FPS @ 15' from muzzle
Accuracy: 6-shots, 110 yards, <5"
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« Reply #2 on: May 17, 2005, 02:36:43 PM »
ricciardelli, that is a HOT load!!!  Good thing you're using the Ruger.

My deer load is a Remington 240 gr jhp over 24 grains of H110 with a WLP primer - 1400 fps from a S&W 629 classic, outstanding accuracy!! :D
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« Reply #3 on: May 18, 2005, 04:08:46 AM »
I'm shooting 22.9gr. of W296 under 240gr. Hornady XTPs, W-W cases, Federal LPM primers out of a Ruger SRH.  Accurate as I can shoot and I've only take one deer with it but I'm pleased with the performance.
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« Reply #4 on: May 18, 2005, 03:50:34 PM »
Hey guys, how about a load that uses a non-expanding bullet, like a 250gr genuine Keith style hard-cast.  Big enough to cause the animal to bleed out from both sides without expanding. Isn't this another possibility? Just curious, jd45.
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« Reply #5 on: May 18, 2005, 04:35:22 PM »
I like the Hornady XTPs. Great bullet. I like the hard cast bullets too, but I'm really beginning to prefer the better expanding bullets.  For deer, there's no need to get any fancy bullets. The commercial hard cast bullets that are commonly available for about $25 for 500 are good enough.
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« Reply #6 on: May 19, 2005, 12:55:59 AM »
In their 2003 Reloader's Manual, Hodgdon (the company who manufactures H-110) shows a published MAXIMUM LOAD of their H-110 powder to be 24.0 grains behind a 240 grain Nosler JHP (jacketed hollow-point) bullet using Remington 2½ primers in Winchester cartridge cases.

In Hodgdon's tests, this load produced 1522 fps out of the 8" barrel used in their tests with 36,200 C.U.P. (Copper Units of Pressure)... very close to the maximum recommended SAAMI average pressure for a .44 magnum.

I use that same "stiff" load (24.0 gr. of H-110) as a "hunting load" in both my Ruger Super BlackHawk revolver and my Ruger old-style semi-automatic .44 Carbine.


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« Reply #7 on: May 27, 2005, 05:31:25 PM »
Ron  glad to see someone else from ohio here. your right about the load data from the book ,  but on the other hand i have used many many of steve,s load data and if he says it will work i trust his judgement and yes it is a hot load
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