Moderate 44 mag loads

[Dekota56]

I shoot a S&W M29 7.5 barrel . Hornady 240 gr. hpxtp using Win. 296 23.5 grain does very well for me.
Has a little lift when shot. But easy to pull back on the mark. My favorite round for the Smith.

[Outpost75]

Larry Gibson did some testing maybe last year, firing Bullseye powder in the .44 Mag. to approximate .44-40 loads. There is very little difference in powder capacity between .44 Mag. and .44-40. IIRC relying upon memory, which can be dangerous, 7 grains of Bullseye with a 200-230 grain bullet is a safe and satisfactory .44-40 load in my Colt New Service and also in modern Italian clones of the Colt single action. 1000 rounds to a pound of powder has a nice ring to it.

Larry, please repost the data here if it can be easily done.

[Larry Gibson]

The data is in the first post of this thread; https://castboolits.gunloads.com/sho...essure-Testing

I can repost pictures if need be?

[cowboy4evr]

Here's a couple more " 44 magnum moderate oads " that I have shot . As mentioned before I deep seated the Keith swc over the front driving band , loaded on top of 7.5 grs of Unique . I was trying to duplicate the " Keith - Shelton " 44 special load . It performed well , very accurate and moderate to shoot . I have shot 8.0 grs of W231 using same bullet and again --- found a real nice shoot all day moderate load . Lastly 6.5 - 7.0 grs of 700X works just as well . Good Luck , regards Paul