What size .44 mag bullets

[762cavalier]

OK just got a ruger super blackhawk in .44 mag. I slugged the throats at .4315 and the barrel at .429. What size cast bullets would be best? Thanks.

[racepres]

Amazingly close to what mine measures!!!! I use a .431 marked sizer.. which as a matter of fact does indeed size boolits to .431... Just lucky maybe!! Mine shoots better than these crappy old eyes can see. MV

[MtGun44]

You should get good results with either .431 or .432, try one and if
you aren't satisfied, go to the other. My bet is .432 will work just
a tad better, but YMMV as is always the case with guns and ammo.

Bill

[EDK]

I can't tell a lot of difference between .430 plus and .432 minus....the diameters from my two STAR dies are actually closer to .001 apart. The .432 doesn't distrort a softer cast boolit as much....I accidentally cast a big bunch of 44 wadcutters in alloy of about 9 or 10 Brinnel Hardness, per my CABINE TREE and SAECO testers, rather than the usual 12. Accuracy was good, with a bit more leading that was easily removed with a few brush strokes and then the lead cloth patch to finish up.

The .430 will slide through the throats on about a dozen different VAQUEROS and BLACKHAWKS; the .432 will not. They chamber easily in either diameter. The conventional wisdom would favor the .432.

Check out the thread on the REDHAWK with .433 throats.

:cbpour: :redneck: :Fire:

[Lloyd Smale]

Id say 431 using your measurements but ive yet to see a ruger 44 that didnt shoot 430s well