Looking for everyone's favorite 44 special loads

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Just ordered a smith and Wesson 69, and ordered brass to roll up some 44 special, wanted the shorter cases just so I don't get rounds for my raging bull mixed up, but looking for some good loads or starting points, I have 231, unique, bullseye, true blue, trailboss, 2400, and imr 4227 to experiment with
 
I use .44 mag. cases but load to .44 special specs.Using 240 gr. Cam-Pro bullets on top of 7.8 grs. W231 with large pistol primers I am very happy with accuracy and performance from both my Henry rifle and S&W 629 revolver.
 
LouF said:
I use .44 mag. cases but load to .44 special specs.Using 240 gr. Cam-Pro bullets on top of 7.8 grs. W231 with large pistol primers I am very happy with accuracy and performance from both my Henry rifle and S&W 629 revolver.
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let's see try that in c/a bulldog 3 inch
 
Garand said:
For Cowboy Action my favorite .44 Spl load is 4.0 grains W231 pushing a 240 grain LSWC bullet.
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Was kinda leaning towards a 231 load, are you just using standard primers? Just wondering because had some ignition problems with light 231 loads in 45 colt
 
Kmck said:
Was kinda leaning towards a 231 load, are you just using standard primers? Just wondering because had some ignition problems with light 231 loads in 45 colt
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Yes I am using standard primers with no problem at all. In .45LC my standard load is with Red Dot but when I was experimenting with 213, I had no problems other than it didn't give me the accuracy that I was looking for in my rifle at 50 yds.
 
For years I have used 7 gr. Unique , 250 gr. Pointed Gas Check lead bullets & WLR primmer. Very accurate .
 
WW231 & Bullseye. Your total package!

44Special is an inherently accurate cartridge. Stay away from trying to hotrod it to magnum levels.
I like the LEE .429-200RF bullet, LEE mold #90428. Its a 200 grain round nose flat point bullet.

5.0-6.0 grains of WW231, or 5.0 grains of Bullseye will do the job every time. Mild, accurate, & very pleasant to shoot.
 
For 240 grain bullets, 7.5 grains of Unique for a medium load or 17 grains of 2400 for a heavy load. These loads were popularized by Skeeter Skelton and Elmer Keith, respectively.
 
I just did up some 5.0 gr Titegroup under a 240 gr. jacketed Campro projectile in a .44 magnum case, touched off with a large pistol primer. Seems to work (new load for new gun, just got my first revolver). Nice and soft shooting so far. Now I'm going to dial in the accuracy having just solved a bit of an anemia thing - had to use some brass rod to punch that stuck projectile out of the barrel, heh heh, It's supposed to be a gentle load but not so gentle it causes constipation! So, today I learned that 4.0 gr. of Titegroup is simply not enough! Started to see good accuracy in the 4.8-5.0 gr. loading so I'm going to stick with the 5.0 for now and really see if I can settle in with this new piece. Haven't chrono'd it yet either but will soon.
 
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