So, I have acquired a new GP 100, 3 inch. Mine is a Talo exclusive, came with a gold bead front sight and wood Hogue grips. I have done some searching as to loads suitable, there is one long thread on here, but most of it didn't deal with actual loads. I already have another .44 Special, and .44 magnums. The question is, what, if any, loads would be suitable to push the 429421 at 1000 fps out of this gun. I realize it has a thin forcing cone. I had a 696 Smith a few years ago, and it had a thin forcing cone as well, from what I can remember, it may have been thinner, and protruded into the cylinder opening even farther than this GP 100. And the 696 had a reputation for cracking those forcing cones in some circumstances. I have some loads utilizing 8 grains of Power Pistol with the 429421,powder coated, that are very accurate, I haven't chronographed that load to see what it is actually doing. I also have some loads utilizing the same bullet with 16 grains of 2400 that I use in a different gun.I haven't attempted using that load in the GP, pending more information. I'm not interested in "magnumizing" this gun, but a few cylinder fulls of 250's at 1000 would be nice on woods trips. There are some new powders out that I haven't tried,just interested if someone else is loading for one of these and what they have found suitable. I have other .44 molds as well.