44Blam
12-17-2018, 12:29 AM
I fired several shots out of my Ruger Redhawk chambered in 44 magnum with a 7" barrel.
The boolit is an accurate mold that cast 240 A and 240 AG -- two cavities each in a four cavity mould.
My moderate load is 8.5 grn Unique and I shoot the PB boolits with that load. Then my "full house" load is 23.5 grn W296 and I shoot GC boolits with that load.
Both loads had a low spread and they are loads I have found to be accurate.
But my expectation was that the unique loads were 900 or so fps and the W296 loads were in the 1500 fps range.
Results were the unique load is in the 1100 fps range and the W296 is in the 1400 fps range. A little different than what I expected!
These boolits are "lubed" by a powder coat and are sized to .430. I'm using WLP primers and my brass is a grab bag of random brass...
The boolit is an accurate mold that cast 240 A and 240 AG -- two cavities each in a four cavity mould.
My moderate load is 8.5 grn Unique and I shoot the PB boolits with that load. Then my "full house" load is 23.5 grn W296 and I shoot GC boolits with that load.
Both loads had a low spread and they are loads I have found to be accurate.
But my expectation was that the unique loads were 900 or so fps and the W296 loads were in the 1500 fps range.
Results were the unique load is in the 1100 fps range and the W296 is in the 1400 fps range. A little different than what I expected!
These boolits are "lubed" by a powder coat and are sized to .430. I'm using WLP primers and my brass is a grab bag of random brass...