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Blammer
11-17-2008, 04:48 PM
Ok, it's not a group buy mould but hey, it's new to me.

I received a 429215 in the mail the other day. I received it very promptly from the guy I bought it from, and it was in excellent condition. Thanks Scrounger!

So I proceed to cast up some boolits with this out of WW's.

I sized em and lubed em, then proceeded to carefully load 5 rnds of 3 diff wts of powder charges. Had them all nicely lined in the box and labeled. As I was packing my ammo in the can to go shooting I tipped the box sideways. The flap opened and ALL the ammo and insides dumped right into the ammo box.

Well there was NO way to tell what was what.

So I did the next best thing.

Loaded one more round of each with the 3 diff powder charges. (wrote this on the case with a marker. :) )

These would be my "over pressure" rounds. If any of these showed signs of over pressure I'd have to disassemble the other 15.

With that and a bunch of other guns and ammo off to the range I went.

Well none of the 3 showed pressure signs.

So I set up a new target and proceeded to shoot all 15 shots into one target. Yes, it was pure random what powder charge I grabbed and put in the gun.

After I was done I was a bit surprised at the target.

This was a 220gr boolit with 20, 21 and 22gr of 2400 in my 44mag SRH.

Target is 50 yds.

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g81/blammer8mm/Targets/File0088.jpg

I think it's safe to say that any of the above are good enough. :)

These loads are a bit snappy for me.

Any recommendations for a "mild" load with this boolit?

HeavyMetal
11-17-2008, 09:35 PM
Try 10 grains of Unique!

Russ in WY
11-17-2008, 09:58 PM
Found that to be pleasant to shoot & very accurate. I was using the 429421 boolit tho. My 2¢ Russ.

azrednek
11-17-2008, 10:11 PM
Any recommendations for a "mild" load with this boolit?

I load the 429215 with 4 or 5 grs of Bullseye for a mild load. The load doesn't really perform well in my Rossi rifle but for handgun shooting I can shoot the load all day without flinching. The mild load does well on paper out to apx 30 yards.

GabbyM
11-17-2008, 11:29 PM
try 10 grains of unique!

ditto

IcerUSA
11-18-2008, 11:34 AM
Did you check here ? :)

http://data.hodgdon.com/cartridge_load.asp

or here :

http://www.handloads.org/loaddata/default.asp?Caliber=44%20Magnum&Weight=All&type=Handgun&Order=Powder&Source=

one more :) :

http://www.gmdr.com/lever/lowveldata.htm

Keith

Lloyd Smale
11-23-2008, 08:11 AM
if you want a light load for the 44 mag go with 8 grains of unique or herco, powerpistol or universal clays. I use the same load in the 44 mag and 44/40 and drop it a grain in the 44 specail. If i was going hunting with the gun i just add another grain. By the way that bullet does really shoot! Funny thing is ive never killed anything with it. Ive allways opted for a heavier bullet. But that is more of a metal thing. Ive penetration tested it and it does just fine and would make a great deer bullet.

jlchucker
11-23-2008, 11:09 AM
Blammer, I'm not surprised at your results. That bullet is the first 44 that I ever had a mold for--bought it for use with a Winchester 44 mag trapper carbine that has now seen some thousands of rounds--mostly with that bullet over 21 or 22 gr of 2400. It even works very well in an EMF Hartford 44 mag. Lately, in deference to the curved buttplate on the Hartford, I've backed my loads down to 18 gr and they still shoot well. The 429215 doesn't get nearly the attention that the heavier 44 bullets get, but it's a very, very good one--and it won't bounce off a deer, either. Those are great groups you've posted -- indicative of good loads as well as good marksmanship!

runfiverun
11-23-2008, 02:42 PM
now you know why i recommended the 19 gr load as enough without being too much.

dukers65
11-23-2008, 02:55 PM
some good lookin shootin. dan

seabreeze133
11-30-2008, 10:31 AM
My best shooting w/ a 44 SBH 10" was the 429215 and 429244. Both with 24 gr IMR 4227 in WW cases. The 429215 chronographed at 1550 from the 10" and was good to 150 mtr turkeys in IHMSA.

Don