All Around 44 Mag loads?

[ddixie884]

Lloyd that sounds like a winner............

[Cosmic_Charlie]

Bottom line is that if you want a modern gang mold which duplicates bullets from a vintage mold which works for you, send a couple sharply cast, well filled out samples to Tom, tell him what alloy you normally use and he can adjust for alloy shrinkage and make what you want. I've done this with several antique molds and have been well satisfied.

I've got an RCBS 250K mold that drops normal alloys at just over .432" My SBH has .431" throats so it works well.

[Three44s]

I live in bear, cougar, and wolf country. My wife and I hike at least 4 times a week in the MT & ID mountains and I carry my 629 a lot. My load is 12.5 grains HS6 (little dandy rotor #14) under a 240 grain cast SWC. I learned about HS6 from the postings of Three44s here on the forum.

Outpost designed a 200 grain bullet for the 44-40 that I am interested in trying for use when I am away from big bears.

I may try the Lyman 429640 devastator some day.

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Hey, glad you are enjoying that load. Personally I pack it when bears are less likely but what works for you ..... works!

Your barrel might be longer than my 4” MG. I get 1176 FPS in my 7.5” Redhawk and 1066 FPS in my 4” Smith.

So for MT bears I would get out the hot stuff, likely 2400 or H110 and give them a full measure of “love” if needed.

Three44s

[memtb]

I was gonna suggest 9.0 grains Unique under a 215 SWC, but, as Unique is scarce....scratch that!
So.....if it were me, I’d try to find something that has a very similar burn rate to Unique with similar load density! With that said, many folks sing the praises of Trail Boss and Titegroup. It may be something to look at! memtb

[Slugster]

I'm partial to 24 grs 296 or H-110 under a classic Lyman 429421. Mag primer.

I ran close to 1/2 ton of linotype through various Ruger handguns before I learned that I was using some expensive lead boolits.

[Txcowboy52]

He was a rough ol cobb !!!