Picked this up the other day.
Having been a 44 magnum fan for..ever ( the first gun I bought when I was 18 -ok, my dad did so with my $- was a ruger super Blackhawk) I had some loads that were left from the 04 is era that I loaded for my old redhawk ( which like a fool I SOLD). The blachhawk is still in the family though.
Anyhoo….after a few days I got a chance to shoot it in the door yard....I was expecting decent accuracy. I got KEYHOLES...KEYHOLES at 30 yards..keyholes at 10 feet!
You can understand my concern. The gun is a 70s vintage, with microgrooves. And this was a Magtec 240 gr JHP.
Dug into my stashed 44 mag components for some XTPs...pushed by 18 gr of 2400......gun groups nicely, though ill have to drift he rear sight a skosh.
Since ive tried some cast in my MG 45-70....with no real luck yet, I am concerned that I will not be able to get this to shoot with cast boolets, and that dog don't hunt. I like to have guns that eat anything, or at least a good cast load, and a good jacketed load.
I was going to start by ordering some .431-.433 boolets, trying them, and then getting a mold from there.
also researching the **** out of it here.