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.
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.
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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.
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The data is in the first post of this thread; https://castboolits.gunloads.com/sho...essure-Testing
I can repost pictures if need be?
Larry Gibson
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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
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BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |