.44 Mag Powder?

[Paulinski]

What is a good .44 Mag powder? I see a lot of H110 in the reloading manuals.

Mild to wild loads

Thanks

Paul

 

[Turkeyslayer 1300]

H-110 is what I use for all my jacketed bullet loads I use Clays for my mild cast loads.Thats the exstent of the powders I'm using righ now.

 

[tornado45]

44 mag powder

I`ve used ww231,unique,2400,AA#9 all with good results i use 231 and unique for light to midrange loads 2400 and #9 when i can get it for heavy loads.I`ve also used h-110 and WW-296 duplicate factory loads,i also use these powders in my 357 mag loads.
tornado45

 

[Johnn Peterson]

From a pre H110 era and the teachings of the "44 Mag gentleman", I still favour 2400.

 

[vagrantviking]

Being a cheap bugger and mostly loading pretty light cast bullet loads I bought a can of Tightgroup the other day. Haven't loaded any yet thou so I'm not sure what the results will be.

Also have some Lilgun for the 22 hornet that I can use for mag loads should I feel I need some. Been using blue dot till now with good results.

 

[Cummins4x4]

LilGun, use it in a bunch of calibers

 

[Bishopus]

2400 gives me excellent accuracy with cast and jacketed, and all the velocity I need.

FWIW, I have yet to find a pistol/bullet that shoots really well with H110. I know it's possible, but I've never seen it happen;-)

 

[ben hunchak]

In my heavy cast bullet loads I use H-110 exclusively with up to 325gr. bullets, for light target loads with jacketed bullets i use Trailboss.

 

[rtaylor1956]

22 grains of 2400 powder under a 240gr cast lead head, good accurate load, well proven over many years and hard to beat, look up Elmer Keith loads

 

[rommelrommel]

Titegroup for light loads because I always have it around, 2400 for heavy. I don't really load anything in the middle.

 

[sunray]

IMR4227 is an old standard .44 Mag powder too.

 

[blacksmithden]

+1 for unique. Cheap.

 

[medicstimpy]

Titegroup for LSWC target loads. H110 for jacketed bullet FUN BIG BUBBA loads.

 

[Budweiser2]

I have been using Titegroup since last year. Works great for light or heavy loads 240gr lead.


Straight Shooting

Budweiser2

 

[hatman1793]

44 Special too

For target loads in the mid-range style I am using Aliant's bulk powder PROMO. The powder has large flakes and takes up lots of room. Efficient too.
Works great in 44 Special too. I almost exclusively use cast bullets so loading them up to the magnum level is not what I desire.

 

[jbunny]

2400 gives me excellent accuracy with cast and jacketed, and all the velocity I need.

FWIW, I have yet to find a pistol/bullet that shoots really well with H110. I know it's possible, but I've never seen it happen;-)

i have 2 custom 44 mags by yours truly. one on a savage
bolt action with a montana barrel.
the other is a martini with a ron smith stainless barrel.
for both guns i use winchester 240 gr jhp bulk bullets.
for me H110 my most accurate. this group is typical at
100 meters. oh these barrels are 1 in 20 twist.

jb

 

[redflag]

h-110 for magnum stuff, bullseye for cast target loads.

 

[troutseeker]

H110 for my 300 grain jacketed boolits and imr4227 for my 240 grsin cast loads.

 

[Madrod]

I think the formulation of 2400 must have changed since the Elmer Keith days because the new Alliant manual max's out at 18.7 grs of 2400 for the 240 gr jsp but my 1960's Sierra manual STARTS at 19.5 grs and max's out at 23.3 grs 2400 for the 240 gr jsp.I have good managable groups with 18.5 grs of 2400 under the 240 gr XTP bullet and great groups with ten grs Unique under my 240 gr cast lead swc's gas cap bullets.

 

[Boomer]

The best .44 load I've found for my purposes is Ben's 325 gr WFN hard cast ahead of 20 grs of H-110.