Anyone use WSF in 44 mag lt loads?

[seabreeze133]

I have an 8 # keg of WSF and am interested in finding an equivelant load to 9 gr of Unique. Burn rate charts suggest WSF is somewhat slower than Unique. Winchester (Hodgdon) has no data.

New model SBH 44 mag 4 5/8".

Thanks

DB



Any thoughts?

[bobthenailer]

i like WSF myself ! ive used alot of it in the 9mm & 38 super with excellent results ! but never in a 44 mag. on BEARTOOTHs powder burn chart Unique rates # 23 , WSF ranks # 31 so according to the chart its slower burning than Unique and a tad faster than HS6 ranked at # 32 according to there chart ! ( this is only a guide! as every round is different )
I let the gun tell me what it likes ! i work up a load in 1/2 gr incruments and use the most accurate load with that powder.
I would start of with the lowest charge with Unique and work my way up to the starting load for HS6 as a starting point.

[Three44s]

I've used WSF in shotgun and 9mm and like it.

I have every intention of trying some in my .44's but just have not gotten to it ..........

Let us know how it goes ............

+1 on bobthenailer's advice ........... I think he nailed it!


Three 44s

[garym1a2]

Being slower than Unique and faster than 2400 I think it would be good in the .357 also and plan to give it a try soon. In the 9mm I use 4.9grains of it with good results. In the 44 mag you will use lots more. With the 9mm you use about 5 grains of Unique or same charge of wsf gives similiar results.

I have an 8 # keg of WSF and am interested in finding an equivelant load to 9 gr of Unique. Burn rate charts suggest WSF is somewhat slower than Unique. Winchester (Hodgdon) has no data.

New model SBH 44 mag 4 5/8".

Thanks

DB



Any thoughts?

[Oreo]

Anyone have any results with this yet?

Found this:
240 gr LSWC cast bullet, and 8.0 gr of WSF for a light load (around 930 fps) up to 10.0 gr for a moderately heavy load (1150 fps). The latter load has proven exceptionally accurate in my 5.5" Ruger Vaquero and 4" 629-4.

[DanOH]

9 years later...

Hodgdon (Winchester) still has no data for WSF in 44magnum.

Burn rate indicates it should be ideal for at least moderate loads but lack of published loads is keeping me from experimentation.

Any theory's why it doesn't work with 44 mag?

[Ford SD]

9 years later...

Hodgdon (Winchester) still has no data for WSF in 44magnum.

Burn rate indicates it should be ideal for at least moderate loads but lack of published loads is keeping me from experimentation.

Any theory's why it doesn't work with 44 mag?

My thoughts are. Case volume, if you ever did a 90% or even a compressed load you would be way big time over pressure, destroyed gun time
and if you started at the low end Powder would not burn properly

It is a great powder for the higher pressure rounds I have used it 9mm and 40 and some 12g slug loads and it will work in 45acp and a few others

[black mamba]

In 45 Colt the burn rate seems very similar to Unique. With every ladder of loads that I've tried, with bullet weights from 250-300 grains, the higher the pressure the more accurate they got.