Intel6
06-14-2010, 01:12 PM
Swaged up some .44 bullets and since I was going to test out my .40 bullets in 10mm I decided to load up some of the 252 grain JHPs in .44 Mag.
In the pic you can see the 180 gr. TC lead bullet I am using and then the loaded rounds. The bullets I am using are a coated lead TC bullet from CA called Bear Creek Bullets. Normally I wouldn't use these types of bullets but they had been previously loaded with a heavy crimp and then pulled so they had been sized down and really couldn't be loaded again. They changed hands a few times until they were given to me because I was a known caster and could melt them down. I had a feeling I might have a better use for them so I put them on a shelf. When my one step die arrived I realized I had 500 ready to go cores for my .44 bullets. :-)
I loaded these up with some Win 296 and was pushing them out at 1,300 fps out of my 7.5 Redhawk. I was able to get consistent hits at the 200 M steel plate at my range so I was happy with the results. I will need to make some more and then do some accuracy testing using my Ransom Rest.
In the pic you can see the 180 gr. TC lead bullet I am using and then the loaded rounds. The bullets I am using are a coated lead TC bullet from CA called Bear Creek Bullets. Normally I wouldn't use these types of bullets but they had been previously loaded with a heavy crimp and then pulled so they had been sized down and really couldn't be loaded again. They changed hands a few times until they were given to me because I was a known caster and could melt them down. I had a feeling I might have a better use for them so I put them on a shelf. When my one step die arrived I realized I had 500 ready to go cores for my .44 bullets. :-)
I loaded these up with some Win 296 and was pushing them out at 1,300 fps out of my 7.5 Redhawk. I was able to get consistent hits at the 200 M steel plate at my range so I was happy with the results. I will need to make some more and then do some accuracy testing using my Ransom Rest.