Fenring
04-09-2010, 01:24 AM
Today I let off a few loads to sort a hunting load out for the .44 Devastator and the Lee 310gr .44 flat point, out of my Ruger 96/44.
The Lee has been a little annoying in the oversize shank not letting GC's seat properly, so I made up a simple flaring tool out of some steel bar ground to a rounded end. Extra time wasted, but now they pop straight on to this great bullet.
I needed to seat the Lyman past the crimp groove on account of the rotary mag but the Lee works fine and as luck would have it one setting on my seating die suits both boolits. [smilie=p:
Both pills cast from air cooled clip on WW's + are sized to .432 and checked with Hornady checks and lubed with LLA thinned with turps and lubed via "dipping."
These loads are for hunting pigs, we most often hunt them on dirt bikes, finding mobs of them or driving them from cover. So shots are most often 50m or under. Only rarely will you need to shoot much past 75m and most shots are at running targets.
Our ADI2205 powder is the same as H110.
21gr of 2205 averaged 1527fps for an ME with bullet sized and gas checked at 275gr, of 1428ft/lbs. This was a mild load.
23gr saw them whip out at an average of 1684fps for 1732 ft/lbs.
Not bad for a stumpy little pistol case and I don't think too many boars will shrug that off. :D
The big Lee bullet weighs 315gr with a GC on.
A mild load of 18gr of 2205 saw them average 1393fps for 1357 ft/lbs.
The other load was 20gr of 2205 and with that load they averaged 1500fps for an ME of 1574 ft/lbs.
I think I'll settle on 23gr for the Lyman and 20gr for the Lee - though the primer indicates these loads are up there recoil was surprisingly mild offhand considering the weight of these pills and the light 96/44 with solid butt plate.
And my barrel was still nice and shiny after the session also. :D
The Lee has been a little annoying in the oversize shank not letting GC's seat properly, so I made up a simple flaring tool out of some steel bar ground to a rounded end. Extra time wasted, but now they pop straight on to this great bullet.
I needed to seat the Lyman past the crimp groove on account of the rotary mag but the Lee works fine and as luck would have it one setting on my seating die suits both boolits. [smilie=p:
Both pills cast from air cooled clip on WW's + are sized to .432 and checked with Hornady checks and lubed with LLA thinned with turps and lubed via "dipping."
These loads are for hunting pigs, we most often hunt them on dirt bikes, finding mobs of them or driving them from cover. So shots are most often 50m or under. Only rarely will you need to shoot much past 75m and most shots are at running targets.
Our ADI2205 powder is the same as H110.
21gr of 2205 averaged 1527fps for an ME with bullet sized and gas checked at 275gr, of 1428ft/lbs. This was a mild load.
23gr saw them whip out at an average of 1684fps for 1732 ft/lbs.
Not bad for a stumpy little pistol case and I don't think too many boars will shrug that off. :D
The big Lee bullet weighs 315gr with a GC on.
A mild load of 18gr of 2205 saw them average 1393fps for 1357 ft/lbs.
The other load was 20gr of 2205 and with that load they averaged 1500fps for an ME of 1574 ft/lbs.
I think I'll settle on 23gr for the Lyman and 20gr for the Lee - though the primer indicates these loads are up there recoil was surprisingly mild offhand considering the weight of these pills and the light 96/44 with solid butt plate.
And my barrel was still nice and shiny after the session also. :D