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Rick,

That’s good to know. I finally bit the boolit and got the mold, but I’m going to wait for cooler weather to cast some.

I’m hoping to cast primarily with 50% Pure PB and 50% WW. I have a...

Folks,

I know this is an old post, but I’m hoping to revive it for some additional feedback.

I’m seriously considering acquiring this mold in the HP version for general purpose hunting. Does...

I don’t have the Ruger carbine, but a Marlin lever action. I ended up getting a 260 LBT WFN that feeds well through the Marlin (to my utter surprise). I’ve shot deer with 16-1 with a load that is...

I can’t believe you noticed before my ex wife...

Oops...posted a WTT in the wrong forum....

Surfdog

Wendy,

I you want to have a repeating load, you’ll need to pick a bullet that the Henry Big Boy will cycle well. I had a .44 Big Boy for a year before I gave it to my brother (he absolutely loved...

I’m shooting a .432 sized 260 gr WFGC over 18.3 grs of 2400 in my 1894. Search a bit in this forum and you’ll find a picture of this years deer.

Surfdog

Those that use bismuth....where are you sourcing it, and how much are you paying for it?

I’d like to try casting some non-toxic boolits for hunting in California, but the only place I’ve found...

On the Henry Big Boy .44 Mag, I bought the express peep sights and had to get a larger front sight as well. I ordered the suggested one, and it worked great.

Surfdog

Mike makes a good point, which I am happy to second.

When the Big Boy came out in .44 mag I had to have one. It shot my cast and jacketed handloads great, but I did not appreciate the recoil pad...

dverna, I think you are right on, for the most part.

This skill of the hunter plays a significant amount in whether or not the hunter will be successful regardless of their chosen caliber of...

Thanks for the kind words, guys. I don’t know how anyone could consider a .44 Magnum a marginal caliber. I do handload, and have not ever found factory ammunition to be very accurate in my firearms....

^^^^^very good advice there...something I practice as well.

Surfdog

While I love reading the woods and setting stands/using climbing stands, I’ve had some of my most successful and enjoyable hunts still hunting. It is a challenge to move so slowly and carefully, but...

I’m not exactly sure the vintage of the Marlin...I want to say early 1980’s. It is just the right amount of banged up that it makes a great hunting rifle. There is no safety, and overall the metal is...

The load is 18.3 gr 2400 and the LBT weighs in at 265 with lube and gascheck. In my SBH, it clocks at just under 1200fps, so I figure it is in the neighborhood of 1350 in the Marlin. Easy load to...

The Marlin is a .44 Magnum.


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It was a couple of tough hunting days at my brothers place in Ohio. Our normal honey spot for bow season was seriously compromised by a hunter on an adjacent property...he was clearly hunting the...

Shuz,

I was just going to pm you and to ask if you ever hunted with that boolit. Congratulations! I’m not surprised that the deer traveled so far. I’ve spent alot of time and harvested a bunch of...

I’ll definately second what Shuz states. I followed his advice and for the same rifle as you have, purchased a MP 433-640 plain base. Where my Lyman 429421 does not stabilize, the MP bullets are...

Surfdog Update:

I appreciate all the good feedback, and I'm happy to verify that all boolits I've loaded that are .432 shoot great, and at all speeds.

For reference, here are the bullets and...

I just had a .444 Marlin worked over by Gary Reeder, and the work he has done (and the blueing) is top notch. No accuracy report yet, but I'm sure it will shoot.

Surfdog

I will slug it and post the results, although you folks have already confirmed my thoughts...I just thought it unlikley that a undersized cast boolit would keyhole at 25 yards...but apparently that...

Intersting responses. The 429244 bullet is a gas checked SWC that is 255grs. I'm think that there is something wrong with the load, not the rifle, but to keyhole at 25 yards just is astonishing to...

Folks,

I picked up an inexpensive, used Marlin 1894 made in the late 70's. My goto cast load of a lyman 429244 over 18.3grs of 2400 literally had me spraying bullets all over the...