Anyone still use 16:1 in .44 Magnum?

[Harry O]

I don't mind 2% or so of antimony if it is already there, but antimony with 1% or less tin often is too brittle for hollow point bullets to hold together properly at the end of the line.

I totally agree on this. High antimony/low tin bullets are bad news. My rule of thumb is put as much tin in a bullet as there is antimony already in there. I know some people here put one-half the amount of tin as there is antimony. If it works for them, great. I had some failures with high antimony/low tin bullets and am sticking with equal amounts of tin and antimony from now on.

[White Oak]

I have a devastator Mold on the way for my 44 Redhawk. I have a good amount of pure lead and about 10 pounds of pewter. I am going to give the 16:1 a try. Looking for a good deer load.

[Tripplebeards]

Here's another good read from the archives. Sounds like 16:1 isn't 11 BH and closer to 8-8.5 so my mix wasn't that far off.

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/show...-to-1-lead-tin