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I need loads for the 44Mag using 240 Sierra Hollow Cavity's. I was wondering what powder to use. H110 or Tight Group. I cant decide 24grs max for H110 or 10 grs max Tight Group. I could shoot twice as much with tight group could I not.
 
Depends what you're doing. If you want to target shoot, go with the Titegroup load. If you want to have lots of fun at the range or go hunting, then go with the H110 load.

It's surprising how quickly you can get used to shooting full-power .44 Magnum cartridges. Shooting powerful loads actually makes you concentrate on technique more because you can't let bad habits slip like you can with target loads.
 
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Cartridge: .44 Remington Magnum (Pistol)
Bullet: Sierra 240 Grain Jacketed Hollow Cavity
Powder: 25.8 grains of Hodgdon H-110
Primer: CCI-350
Case: Remington
Firearm: Ruger Super Blackhawk
Optics: Factory open sights
Velocity: 1607 FPS @ 15' from muzzle
Accuracy: 6-shots, 100-yards, <6"

Cartridge: .44 Remington Magnum (Rifle)
Bullet: Sierra 240 Grain Jacketed Hollow Cavity
Powder: 25.8 grains of Hodgdon H-110
Primer: CCI-350
Case: Remington
Firearm: Ruger .44 Carbine
Optics: Leupold 1x4
Velocity: 1919 FPS @ 15' from muzzle
Accuracy: 5-shots, 50-yards, <1.25"
 
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That load of 25.8 gr of H110 looks a bit high to me.

I have been reloading .44 rifle loads for years, and I use a MAX load of 24.5 grains on occassion, but usually use 24grs.

Most books will list 24.5 as the MAX.
 
When you shoot that H110 load, you've got to be considerate of your neighbors at the range. Firing that off in a revolver is not unlike shooting a hunting rifle with a muzzle break and we all know how annoying it is to be at the bench next to a guy with a .300 Win Mag rifle with a muzzle break.
 
for my .44 revolver I use HS-6 and H110

Tightgroup is good for inexpansive targer loads, H110 comes with a "no wimps please" warring; lots of noise, fire, and recoil. Hs-6 is pretty good; (I also use it for 9mm) kinda in between the other two.
 
"That load of 25.8 gr of H110 looks a bit high to me."

Sierra = 25.8 max
Hornady = 25.0 max

The load I posted works just fine in my firearms with no signs of excessive pressure and no signs of stressing the firearms.


"When you shoot that H110 load, you've got to be considerate of your neighbors at the range."

There are no neighbors at my range. And if there were, that is why God invented earmuffs.
 
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There are no neighbors at my range. And if there were, that is why God invented earmuffs.
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It's not the noise, it's the shockwave.
 
If you are unsure what powder to use, I'd recommend H110.
I WOULD NOT however, recommend max loads to you. Regardless of the powder, starting at max is not a good idea. I enjoy using H100. The only thing I worry about with it, is going to low. With many powders, some folks will start developing loads at around 10% less than min. That is unsafe with H110. Going to low may cause very dangerous results. 3% below min is as low as a guy should start.

Personally I don't mind recoil, so I just started at the recommend minimum, and I slowly worked my loads up.

By the way I use H110 in Silhouette. I think that I'd use something else indoors, where I don't need a whole lot of knock-down power.
 
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Too bad for them and the shockwave. A range is a place where people pull the trigger on noisy handheld objects. If people don't like the noise a .44 Mag makes at the range maybe they should take up knitting instead, it's much quieter.
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:eek: Wow! Don't you want to be huggy, huggy, nicey,nicey feel-good to your fellow shooters?:p If the liberals ever come after our guns because they are noisy, it's gonna be your fault!:D

The same goes for muzzle brakes. Don't like it? Take up knitting!
 
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When firing my .44 on an indoor range, I always remind the other shooters about using plugs as well as muffs, and to watch out for dust getting shook off the rafters. Sometimes I think they would put their sunglasses on as well on account of the muzzle flash. It was kind of fun to see the ISU shooter trying to concentrate on his timed practice when I had my DEagle on one side and on the other side of him was a Super Redhawk in .454 Casull. His target didn't look very good after that relay. I usually waited till near the end of the evenings shoot to bring out the big stuff, but not always.
That reminds me, I have to load up some .44's for myself.
Pat
 
***Cartridge: .44 Remington Magnum (Pistol)
Bullet: Sierra 240 Grain Jacketed Hollow Cavity
Powder: 25.8 grains of Hodgdon H-110
Primer: CCI-350
Case: Remington
Firearm: Ruger Super Blackhawk
Optics: Factory open sights
Velocity: 1607 FPS @ 15' from muzzle
Accuracy: 6-shots, 100-yards, <6"***

Sweet Jesus, I wouldn't try them loads in my Model 29 Smitty!:eek:
 
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