Just found a new 444 barrel for my HandiRifle. I know the twist is 1/38.
Does anyone have a pet load and pet boolits in this caliber? I'm leaning
toward a 265 grain boolit for deer and 240 for plinking.
Just found a new 444 barrel for my HandiRifle. I know the twist is 1/38.
Does anyone have a pet load and pet boolits in this caliber? I'm leaning
toward a 265 grain boolit for deer and 240 for plinking.
No but that rifle is easy to work up loads for it especially with those two slugs. Unique is a good place to start.
Ask Gosthawk. He has written about that very rifle a few times.
Mine has a faster twist than that!
How do you "Know" it has 1 in 38?
Lee 310 clone with 3 coats of BLL over 13 grains of Red Dot is one of my most accurate rifles ever.
And it is still no slouch with 220 gr cast over 6.5 grains of Red Dot for an easy on the shoulder plinking round.
With no gas check it is also easier on the wallet.
Mild to Wild it will do it all.
If it truly is a slow twist keeping bullets down in the 240 range should work just fine.
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |