i had to do it..............!!

[sergeant69]

right, wrong, or otherwise i did it. i ordered the lyman .44mag HP 250 gr. mold. quick, somebody tell me i didn't screw up and that i'm gonna love and have lots of fun w/it!:drinks:

[Edubya]

right, wrong, or otherwise i did it. i ordered the lyman .44mag HP 250 gr. mold. quick, somebody tell me i didn't screw up and that i'm gonna love and have lots of fun w/it!:drinks:

Nope, not gonna tell you that. We don't even know which the mould maker you ordered it from or if you have a .44 revolver or rifle. How could we judge the future without these fact?:kidding:

EW

[sergeant69]

lyman.
SW 629

[Heavy lead]

If this is the devastator mould it should be a great 44 boolit. I don't have it, but have contiplated buying it a couple of times.

[sergeant69]

If this is the devastator mould it should be a great 44 boolit. I don't have it, but have contiplated buying it a couple of times.



thats the one!!!

[beagle]

Shoots just fine but has a cavity that's oversize for my needs. Jumptrap killed a doe with one I think and said it performed "violently". I reduced the cavity pin size on mine and it's my "best bullet" in the .444./beagle

[crabo]

I think Lloyd Smalle killed a buffalo with it and Glen has an article on the Devastator.

http://www.lasc.us/FryxellLymanDevastator.htm

[sergeant69]

cool. thanks. i admit i got it for the "gee whizz" or "holy sh%$" factor but if it works out t be a good investment then all the better.

[sergeant69]

great article, thanks again. wondering if it can/should be "downloaded" for the 44spl CA bulldog as a defense load. got one in a nightstand.

[WHITETAIL]

That is a good boolit.
I have had one from the begining.
You just must keep the pin hot.[smilie=w:

[sergeant69]

shouldn't be a problem. my pin stays pretty hot!

[Crash_Corrigan]

I have a CA Bulldog Pug on my hip pretty much all the time. I bought the Mihec Cramer HP mold in Brass. I love it. Cast with an almost pure lead alloy the Penta Pin HP is awesome.

I load this boolit over 4.5 gr of Unique in a new Starline .44 Spcl case and it is a very nice loading. I have not bothered to chrony it yet but the recoil is manageable yet stout. Pretty much anything is stout in this gun because it is so light in weight.

I am planning to take it to the desert for some testing with gallon jugs of water to see what kind of expansion I will be getting with this loading and boolit. A WAG would be that they should be moving somewhere in the high 600's to 750 or so with that short barrel and Unique powder.

I tried a stouter loading with the 256 gr wide metplat FL 6 banger Mihec mold and the 6.4 grains of Unique about tore offa my hand. It was not fun at all.

[sergeant69]

i have loaded and fired a few that had me looking at my hand and the bulldog to make sure both were intact. had to go put the rest of em in the 629 and then go write NO in the log book.