Group Buy 200 gr. and 250 gr. RNFP in 44 Mag Pistola

[TCLouis]

Several folks have posted postmortems of deer here on the site.

I have yet to find a load that sends these close to the same point of impact.

What load are you using and what is the max distance you feel comfortable shooting with your pistol and load?

[Geezer in NH]

Where does "BUY" come in????

[Outpost75]

In both .44-40 and .44 Magnum Ruger revolvers and the Marlin 1894S lever-actions with 20" Microgroove barrels in both calibers I load the Accurate 43-230G flatnosed bullet, cast 1:30 tin-lead from Roto Metals with 7.2 grains of Bullseye. Effective revolver load at over 50 yards. Accuracy is sufficient that I practice on a 12" steel gong at 100 yards firing standing with a 2-handed hold and I can hit the gong with the revolver with acceptable regularity. For hunting purpose I limit shots at game to 50 yards.

Table 1

Side-by-Side comparisons fired the same day with .44-40 Factory and *Group 2 (+P) loads fired in two Vaqueros using the same .44-40 cylinder, with 19.5" H&R Single Shot rifle for comparison:

Ammunition all assembled in fireformed and resized Starline brass with Remington 2-1/2 primers.

Load Description____Ruger 5-1/2"______Ruger 7-1/2"____H&R 19.5"Backpack Bunny Gun”

-----------------------------Cyl.Gap 0.003"---------Cyl.Gap 0.002"------Solid barrel

Rem-UMC 200 JSP_____n/f________________1017, 16 Sd______1231, 19 Sd_Pre WW2 Balloon Head

R-P 200-gr. JSP_______872, 24 Sd_______942, 21 Sd_______1159, 29 Sd___1960s, Bridgeport, CT production

R-P 200-gr. JSP_______867, 13 Sd_______920, 19 Sd_______1106, 32 Sd___Current Lonoke, AR production

W-W 200-gr. JSP_____856, 19 Sd_______886, 29 Sd_______1105, 25 Sd___Current East Alton, IL production

Rem .427” 200JSP 24.5RL7__902, 31 Sd__1044, 24 Sd______1232, 30 Sd___Factory load approximation
Safe in the Winchester 1873

*43-230G 1:30Sn/Pb 7.2 BE__997, 10 Sd___1052, 9 Sd__1199, 6 Sd_ +P, 1.60" OAL crimped top groove

Table 2
Side-by-Side comparisons fired same day with .44 Magnum “Medium Velocity” loads
fired in two Vaqueros using the same .44 Magnum cylinder, 20" Marlin 1894S for comparison:

Ammunition all assembled in Remington New Factory Primed brass with Remington 2-1/2 primers.

Load Description____Ruger 5-1/2"______Ruger 7-1/2"____Marlin 20”__Remarks

-----------------------------Cyl.Gap 0.008"-------Cyl.Gap 0.008"------Solid barrel

43-230G 1:30Sn/Pb 7.2BE___978, 18Sd___1044, 21Sd_____1178, 7Sd___1.59” OAL crimped top groove

43-230G 1:30Sn/Pb 24.5RL7___1022, 18Sd_____1151, 21Sd______1432, 26Sd__1.59”OAL

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