grubbylabs
07-02-2011, 02:30 AM
I shot my 444 and 44 through a chronograph a few weeks ago and found out that my 444 is traveling about 2130 FPS and my 44 is going about 1100 FPS. I am loading 42.5 grains of IMR 4198 under a RD 265 GC boolit and the 44 is getting 19 grains of 296 with the same bullet. After lube and GC the boolit come in at 270 grains so I have been loading using Speer's data since they give loads for a 270 grain boolit. Both charges are just above minimum for the boolit they list.
So today I took about 1 1/2 feet of wet phone book to the range with me today to see what I would get. I wound up propping it all up against about a 13" round piece of pine. I shot the 44 from about 25 yards and the 444 from about 50 yards. Some of the boolits shed their gas checks but not all of them. All the boolits went clear through the phone books and about 10" into the pine log. It was sure fun to shoot. The 444 had a bigger impact of the phone books. The 444 blew the back side out of all the phone books while the 44 left a slightly messy hole like someone went through it with a drill to fast. Over all I think I should be pleased with the penetration of the boolit.
I was kinda surprised that the boolit retained most of its shape except for one that went though at an angle and it was pretty miss shaped and only weighed in at 221 grains without the gas check when I got it home. I think it shed the gas check in the phone books or something.
So what do you all think of the performance? Good bear loads?
So today I took about 1 1/2 feet of wet phone book to the range with me today to see what I would get. I wound up propping it all up against about a 13" round piece of pine. I shot the 44 from about 25 yards and the 444 from about 50 yards. Some of the boolits shed their gas checks but not all of them. All the boolits went clear through the phone books and about 10" into the pine log. It was sure fun to shoot. The 444 had a bigger impact of the phone books. The 444 blew the back side out of all the phone books while the 44 left a slightly messy hole like someone went through it with a drill to fast. Over all I think I should be pleased with the penetration of the boolit.
I was kinda surprised that the boolit retained most of its shape except for one that went though at an angle and it was pretty miss shaped and only weighed in at 221 grains without the gas check when I got it home. I think it shed the gas check in the phone books or something.
So what do you all think of the performance? Good bear loads?