Favorite 44 mag hunting boolit

[Oklahoma Rebel]

SPEAK UP EVERYONE! and let me know what your favorite boolit for hunting hogs, deer, and even up to moose. interested to hear ya'lls opinions. thanks, Travis

[380AUTO]

429421

[DougGuy]

Lee C430-310-RF cast in 50/50+2% with Felix lube.

I found this to be the best of all the .44 boolits I tried in my trusty old 7 1/2" SBH and is the only load I shoot in it these days. Rear sight wouldn't go down far enough so I sighted it in with a belt sander.. :shock:

[Oklahoma Rebel]

I cast with 50/50+5%, is felix lube the half beeswax, half molybdenum grease recipe?

[Oklahoma Rebel]

Keep 'em comin!

[Outpost75]

Accurate 43-230G in both .44-40 and .44 Magnum, compressed caseful of RL7 or 4198.

Side-by-Side comparisons fired same day with .44 Magnum “Medium Velocity” loads
fired in two Vaqueros using the same .44 Magnum cylinder, 20" Marlin 1894S for comparison:

Ammunition all assembled in Remington New Factory Primed brass with Remington 2-1/2 primers.

Load Description_________Ruger 5-1/2"_____Ruger 7-1/2"_____Marlin 20”__Remarks

----------------------------------Cyl.Gap 0.008"-------Cyl.Gap 0.008"---------Solid barrel

43-230G 1:30Sn/Pb 7.2BE___978, 18Sd________1044, 21Sd________1178, 7Sd_1.59” OAL cr.top gr.
43-230G 1:30Sn/Pb 24.5RL7_1022, 18Sd_______1151, 21Sd________1432, 26Sd__1.59”OAL

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[TCLouis]

Kidd
The half beeswax, half Moly is Glen's lube.
I will try it in the next go around now that I am out of Felix and have a bit of NRA 50:50 to shoot up.

Then a batch of Glen's lube and a batch of Ben's Red

[kenyerian]

I hope it is going to be my new NOE 432-277-SWC Keith. Haven't shot any yet. I have the Lee C430-310-RF ,
The Lyman 429421, The NOE 432-290-FN 432640 and the RCBS #44-250-K 44 Caliber .430 250 Grain Keith Type . I've probably shot more of the RCBS 250 Keith than any of them as I have had it the longest. It always got the job done in my pistols. ( Black Hawks and Contenders),It did not do as well in the rifles that I have had.
I'm hoping the NOE Molds will work better with my Grandsons Handi Rifle.

[almostgone]

429421

[Lloyd Smale]

rcbs 240 swcgc for up to deer. ballistic cast 300 lfngc for the bigger stuff. Ballistic cast 340 lfngc for when I don't want to take a linebaugh.

[C. Latch]

I cast with 50/50+5%,

Adding 5% tin negates the point of mixing 50/50 to start with.

Add 2%, at most. 1% is plenty.

[Shuz]

Favorite .44 mag hunting boolit? I have used so many successfully down thru the years, it would be hard to single out a favorite!
The design I have found to be the most accurate in a wide range of my revolvers has been Lyman's 429421. I have shot many 5 shot groups that measured less than 1"@25 yds with this boolit and I have never had it fail on a deer with proper shot placement.
Another design that I have found to be really accurate in both revolvers and my lever action rifles, and which has also been effective on deer, is a Lee 310g mould that has been scalped to drop a 270g plain based boolt.
These are just two designs that I have used successfully on deer, but others are: Lyman's 429640HP, Saeco 441, RCBS 250K, MP-432-256 and a Lee custom 44-225RNFP.

[Oklahoma Rebel]

c.latch, the reason for 5% tin is for malleability,i cast them and let them cool slowly in sawdust, when testing with wet phonebooks and jugs of water, I get amazing penetration and just enough expansion, I'd say about 65 caliber, not really a full mushroom but enough to cause good cavitation. please explain in more detail why it is a waste, I would be interested to know, tin isn't cheap and I don't want to waste any. thank you, Travis

[C. Latch]

c.latch, the reason for 5% tin is for malleability,i cast them and let them cool slowly in sawdust, when testing with wet phonebooks and jugs of water, I get amazing penetration and just enough expansion, I'd say about 65 caliber, not really a full mushroom but enough to cause good cavitation. please explain in more detail why it is a waste, I would be interested to know, tin isn't cheap and I don't want to waste any. thank you, Travis

That much tin is actually making your bullets very slightly harder than if you only used, say, 2%.

Less tin would still give you a tiny bit of expansion, maybe more than you get now.

[High Desert Hunter]

429421, the Lee 310 RFGC, and the NOE 290 GC.

[Blanket]

429421this plus 2400

[tdoyka]

i'm going old skool, but i think a 250gr mihek hp(40:1) and unique(900-1000fps) will take a deer down out to 50 yards.

[LUCKYDAWG13]

I'm liking this boolit right now shoot's good out of my SBH 168174

[Oklahoma Rebel]

the used to use up to 16 to one and it worked for my fps range 1300-1400