41 Mag and Lee bullets

[Oldtimer45]

I know some of you guys have one of the old Lee 240 gr molds for a 41. Do any of you have some good loads for a Ruger Blackhawk? I just got an old mold from ebay and I want to try it. All the loads I can find in the books are for Lyman round nose and have a c-oal of 1.71. If I crimp in the crimp grove on the Lee I have an OAL of 1.6 I hope to use 2400 powder or Lil-Gun. Help me out ,I have 100 bullets made from w/w's and I want to shoot something.
Oldtimer45

[felix]

What gun? For the mod 57, my standard load was 18 grains 4227, when crimped to allow the rounds to rotate in the cylinder. These boolits typically weighed 250 grains. I would start at 16 grains with either lilgun or 2400. ... felix

[lefty_red]

Start with about 9 grains of BLUEDOT and work your way up. I was able to survive loads that PACO noted in the LEVERGUNS atricles, HEAVY BULLETS IN THE 41 MAG. You shouldn't have problems with a 240gr bullet. I was using 295 and a 310 grain bullet!

Jerry

[KevMT]

If you just want a accurate mild plinking load I've found 4.5g of trailboss to be great with that exact same boolit. It'll give you about 700-800fps. KevMT:Fire:

[Rick N Bama]

IIRC, I've shot that boolit with a load of ~6.7gr of Universal Clays. It provided decent accuracy in my M657.

Rick

[Oldtimer45]

Thanks for the info guys. I have settled on 16 gr. of 2400 and OAL of 1.590. I have 50 loaded and am going to try them tomorrow with a new Pact Pro Chrono.