2400 for hot loads

[ought6]

Veral,

I just read a post of yours that discouraged the use of 2400 in hot 44 mag loads.  I've been using Keith's old recipe (standard primers) with hard cast bullets from Lyman 429421 mold for many years.

They chrono slightly over 1400 fps from a 6 1/2" barrel and shoot exceeding well.

This is the first I've ever heard of a problem with 2400, especially regarding any throat erosion.  For jacketed bullets, I've always used H110.

Please enlighten me.

[Veral]

  The concern of throat wear with stick and flake powders is very real when running hot loads.  I opened and lengthened the throat of a 357 mag considerably with about 10,000 rounds of mostly hot experimental loads.  For a throsand rounds or so, no problem.
  The cause is higher flame temperature than with ball powder.