Now to start reloading for her. Have a die set on order.. already have a universal expander for the mouth of the brass. Cant wait.
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Now to start reloading for her. Have a die set on order.. already have a universal expander for the mouth of the brass. Cant wait.
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I am using Lee’s 44-200RF sized to .429 in my Henry Arms Co. 1860 44-40. Is yours also made by them?
Yes it is..and I think I have that same mold. I may drop some lead if I get off work early enough.
Watch to see if the cartridges fit the chamber. I friend has a new Moruku (Japanese Winchester) and I had to size the bullets down to .427 to get them to chamber. .429 works fine for the other guys. Both his Revolver and Rifle. So just something to watch for. Go slow when reloading as the mouths are very thin. Only bell the mouth enough to prevent skinning the bullet. Good luck.
Heard. If I need to get a .427 sizer I will. Hoping .429 will fly though. Ditto on the thin necks.
My two Miroku 1873’s in 44-40 WCF requires WW brass ..430”, Rem. brass 429”, Starline brass .429” .If you measure your fired brass’s case mouth it’s more likely closer to spec.than what you have.
It might have been on this forum but someone called Henry to find out it’s barrel specs and was told Henry used a .428 groove diameter +/- .001. Mine is dead on out to 100 where I am “tinging” steel targets. .429 lee bullets. No doubt, it will ting targets at 200 with the sight raised. Right now I am using a green dot load for 1200 fps and want to get into the 1350 fps range with another powder.
You are going to enjoy that one. Congratulations!
I am a wee bit envious!
I've seen 3 in the last 6mo.. I passed in the first 2 and kicked myself each time. Just paid my truck off so this time could afford a little joy.
FWIW, I bought my 1860 New Henry 44-40 carbine for almost 1/2 retail. The seller kept coming down price wise on gunbroker with no bids. We worked out a private deal. I truely believe these are currently slow movers because of the ammo situation. If your not a reloader, the 44-40 ammo situation is ridiculous. If it was a 45 colt chambering, it would have sold a long time ago.
Yep..44-40 is almost unobtainable commercially.
I've been searching for .44-40 brass for about 2 years now. It is NOT to be found.Quote:
Originally Posted by smkummer
I had to find mine by buying a 50 and a 20 round box of commercial ammo so that I could reload it. so sad...Quote:
Originally Posted by Froogal
Any update? My Henry seems to have a very light hammer spring. Have you shot some reloads yet?
Have an Uberti 73 inbound in .44 WCF and was hoping I could use the Lee bullet. Good to see this.
Sorry.. forgot a range report.
She fires factory and reloads fine.. she for sure likes a more rounded nose biullet vs a swc design. The hornady factory is swc.. the winchester factory is rnfp. the swc hangs unless you aim the gun at a down angle while cycling. the rnfp runs fine. the lee bullets are rnfp and work great. I'm using cci pistol primers. no problems with strikes.
Nice, I wouldn't mine owning one of those one day, except in 45 colt.
I surely don't want to add another cal.[smilie=1:
RP
Yup..adding another caliber causes things to happen... Like.. Having to run out and but a revolver in the same caliber to match...like I did...
Lol, I understand, mine actually went the exact opposite.Quote:
Originally Posted by Soundguy
Had revolvers, so then added rifles.:violin: 357, 41, 44, and 45 colt. I'm at 7 revolvers and 5 rifles, spread out over the 4 calibers.
RP
The 44-40 WCF is the superior cartridge in a lever gun , feed it a proper bullet it will surpass any 45 Colt chambered rifle for accuracy with aplomb.
It may well be...
I'll bet that 45 colt brass is a lot easier to find though.
At this late in the game I don't "plan" to add any more calibers to load for.
RP
Keep your eye on Starline's website, they have made a couple of runs in the past year... If they list it as "backorder ok", order it! I got mine "backorder" in a week! I bit the bullet and ordered a thousand.Quote:
Originally Posted by Soundguy