Favorite reduced loads

[Old Scribe]

I have a couple;
44-40 in my '73 Winchester--7gr Unique under 200gr cast boolit
6.5 Carcano--27gr H4895 under a 168gr cast

Fun to shoot!

[jacksonsmith]

One (1) grain PB under Lyman 252435 in .25 Automatic Colt Pistol.

[sandman228]

11.5 gr of herco under a lyman 195 lrn bullet (I cant remember the mold number) out of my 35 marlin . bullet is pan lubed with 50 50 petroleum jelly - paraffin wax with a tsp of stp . the only trouble I had was bullets were getting shaved when loading but the lee universal case expanding die took care of that . low recoil nice easy shooter decent accuracy at 50 yrds with open sights

[jazzman251]

5 grains of Unique in 257 Roberts with 85 gr cast bullets
5 grains of 231 in 32-40 with 170 gr cast bullets
Both shoot great out to 50 yards and under 1000 fps

[Outpost75]

Outpost’s Alliant Bullseye Data – These Are The Loads That I Use, Your Mileage May Vary

.32 ACP___________71 FMJ_____2.2____850___Min. OAL 0.955 Do Not Reduce
____________________________2.4____905___Max, Do Not Exceed
_________________87 LFN_____1.5____620___Accurate 31-087T, Quiet for inserts, don’t reduce
____________________________1.7___720___Max. for Keltec and light alloy frames
2.0 800 Max, do not exceed, steel frames only
.32 S&W Long______87 LFN_____ 2.5___850___Accurate 31-087t Max. I-frame S&W Hand Ejector
____________________________3.0___950___Max. Postwar J frames Models 30, 31,
__________________93 LHP___ 2.5 830 Max. S&W Hand Ejector, light alloy frames
___________________________3.0___900___Max. Postwar J frames, Postwar Colts, Rugers
__________________98 SWC___2.0___ 750___Saeco #325, Approximates Factory Velocity
___________________________2.5___850___Max. S&W I-frame Hand Ejector, light alloy frames
__________________114 LFN___2.5____750___Accurate 31-114D Postwar steel frames only
3.0 850 OAL 1.32” to feed in Marlin 1894 CB, OK in Rugers
.38 Specia_________148 HBWC__2.8____750___Do Not Reduce
___________________________3.2___800___Do Not Exceed with HBWC
_________________146 DEWC__ 3.5___830___Saeco #348, Standard pressure, OAL 1.20”
____________________________4.0___880___”Full Charge WC” Approximates +P Service
_________________160 LFN_____3.0___750___Cowboy load, Do Not Reduce
4.0 850 Approximates +P Service Min. OAL 1.50”
.357 Mag._________180 LHP____ 4.0____950___Rook Rifles, quiet, accurate
4.5 1080 “adjust up to +0.5 grain as needed for best accuracy
.44-40 WCF_______200 LFN_____5.0___750___Revolver velocity, Accurate 43-200Q, Do Not Reduce
___________________________7.2___1270__M92, Marlin 1894 Rifle Do Not USE in 1873 Win, Colt SAA
8.0 1380 Rifle velocity Max. Winchester ’92 and Marlin 1894
.44 Magnum_______ 200 LFN___6.0___ 850___Accurate 43-200Q Do not reduce in Mag. brass
__________________260 LFN__ 7.0____950__“Medium Velocity” plainbased bullet
240 SJHP 8.0 1030 Jacketed “Medium Velocity”
.45 ACP___________200 SWC___4.5___ 860___H&G68 or Accurate 45-200I
__________________230 LFN__ 4.5___800___Saeco #954
260 LFN 4.0 900 Saeco #955
.45 Colt 230 LFN 6.5 880 Saeco #954
7.62x39 162 NOE 5.0 1300 Lee C312-155-2R clone, manual op.
.30-30_____________152LFN___4.0____900___RCBS 30-150CM, Do Not Reduce
___________________________6.0___1200
175LHP 7.0 1300 Do Not Exceed
.30-40 Krag________162 NOE__ 7.0___1200 Do not reduce
And .303 Brit. 220 CBE 8.0 1200 Do Not Exceed
.30-’06____________134 FN____4.0___1050 Accurate 31-134D, Do Not Reduce
_________________162 LFN____5.0___1080 HM2-.312-160-5 no GC Do Not Reduce
162 LFN 8.5 1300 Do Not Exceed
.375 H&H__________270FN____ 10.0___1000 #37549, No GC needed, Do Not Reduce
__________________270FN___ 13.0___1300 Do Not Exceed, USE NO FILLERS!!!!

[Motor]

I have a few but these 2 are the ones I shoot the most.

1) 7.62x54R, 160gr Lee 2R,TL 6gr. Bullseye 1075f/s

2) 30-30 Win (Very old Marlin take down model IIRC 1893 model) same boolit as above sized to .311" driven by 10gr. Trail Boss Have yet to chronagraph it but the accuracy is VERY good and the fun factor is off the scale.

Motor

[mannyCA]

7 grains of trail boss with a 255 grain RNFP in the .38-55, nice and dead on at 100 yards out of a marlin 93.

[SniderBoomer]

12.0 grains Hodgdon 4198 under a 170 grain RNFP Lead slug in the 32-40 Win.

Saves on paper too, you only need a postage stamp for a target...

[crashguy]

I tried to replicate the M1906 guard cartridge with instructions from Ed Harris. http://www.castbulletassoc.org/forum...76&forum_id=48
8g BE and a Win LRP in a 30-06 case under a Lee 312-155-2R (162gr with powder coat and GC) fired in a M1903. Shoots to poa with battle sights to 100 yrds...1250 avg at the muzzle.

[aap2]

For my Rem 700 Tactical .308 I shoot the RCBS 168 grain Sil boolit over 19 grains of SR4759.....not a mousefart load but a reduced load with little recoil and clean burning; guessing around 1600 FPS (no chronograph). 10 shot groups of about 1 MOA/100 yards which is as well as I can do with any ammunition in this rifle. I tried the "universal reduced load" of 13 grains of Red Dot and it worked o.k. but was not as accurate as 19 grains of SR4759. Since SR4759 has been discontinued I'm going to work up a similar load with 2400 or Unique.

[digger44]

44 Mag 240 cast 8/Unique

[Shooter6br]

10 g Unique with 350g bullet 45-70

[M-Tecs]

10 g Unique with 385g cast Lyman in 45-70 Trapdoor Springfield's.

[cliff55]

1.8 grains bullseye 60 gr cast bullet Savage 22 Hi Power

[brstevns]

5.5 gr Unique 22 bator bullet 223 Rem
10.5 gr Unique 185gr Lee in the 303 British
4.8 700-x 155gr bullet in 357 mag.
12 gr Unique 340 gr Lyman or Lee 45 minie sized to .440 in the 43 Spanish

[leebuilder]

6.5 gr titegroup in 303, 200Gr boolits. Whacks trees with athority, accurate in 2 groove rifles provided the boolit is big enough. Works well with 30 hunter too, sized to .311 in no1 and P14.
Be well

[Bookworm]

44 Mag , 250g RCBS 44-250-K, falls at 263g with 50/50 COWW/Range scrap.

10.5g HS-6, Winchester LPP, for 1000fps from my 7.5" Super Blackhawk Hunter. 12-shot 1.5" groups at 25 yds. SD is 15fps, if I remember correctly.

10g HS-6 gives 945fps, and single-digit SD. Also very accurate, very easy shooting. I can hear the boolitt smack the cardboard target-backer, at 25 yards.

Same 44 Mag -
200g LRNFP, 7.5g Universal, Win. LPP.
Haven't chrono'd this one yet, accurate and very easy shooting.

[Three44s]

Great minds think alike!

.44 Mag, RCBS 250K, Fed 155 primer, HS-6 @ 11.8 gr., 1176 fps & 15 fps SD out of RH with 7.5" tube and 1066 fps & 7 fps SD out of a Smith MG with a 4" tube

Same guns, cartridge and boolit:

Unique @ 8.5 gr. in magnum cases

Three 44s

[Bookworm]

Great minds think alike!

Three 44s

I got the HS-6 bug from reading your many posts about it.

Turns out you were correct... love it in mid-range 44 mag loads.

Thanks.

[Three44s]

You are welcome, but now you got me humbled!

Enjoy that great powder and boolit

Best regards

Three 44s