HOT .44 magnum rounds
- Thread starter cdncowboy
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Yikes, 12.8 grains! Regardless of which revolver you're using I'd pull every single one of them. That's too much Unique according to any of my manuals.
^Same here, 24gr H100 on 240gr XTP bullets, good accuracy in my 629. FCD heavy crimp, use variety of brass, no trimming required with FCD for within spec length brass.
"Great for deer the 240gr Hornady XTP are perfect for them." Imagine handgun hunting in Canada with this.
"Great for deer the 240gr Hornady XTP are perfect for them." Imagine handgun hunting in Canada with this.
I'm wondering about the max load diffrences between plated & jacketed bullets. All the load data I read says to load plated bullets lighter than jacketed, similar to cast lead, yet there are lots of posts in this thread that seem to differ with that.I'm also looking to do some hot loads for my .44 & .357 but have all plated bullets. i don't want to over load them.
Pudelpointer
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- Lethbridge, Alberta
Try a few and see how they hold up. I have run 24.0 H110 under a 240 cast, no problem. Cast will run lower pressures than jacketed with the same load.
vagrantviking
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
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- Southern Alberta
I've had good luck using Lil gun powder in some hot .44 loads and also used Blue dot. The Lil gun did seem to generate a lot of heat and I might hesitate to use it for high volume shooting.
Berry's gives velocity limits for their bullets to avoid problems, I wouldn't go much over their limits myself. In the big boomers cast bullets often perform as well as or better than jacketed. I can run 24.0gr of H110 under a 245gr Keith SWC in my Redhawk (.44 Mag) with no problems at all and I wouldn't trust a plated bullet to survive that.
Mark
Pudelpointer
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- Lethbridge, Alberta
No gas check. In fact, leading is a fraction of what I get running them slower; 6-700 fps is not bad, but 9-1100 is horrendous. 1500 is very clean in comparison.
The issue I have is the chamber mouths are .427; resulting in an undersized bullet in a .429 barrel. The extra force of the hot 110 loads appears to force the cast bullet to distort and expand enough to create a good seal to the bore.
Work up. The are pressure differences in each gun. Yours might develop more pressure than the other guy's.
Crimping a good sized roll crimp is very important with a hot load.
use the Chrony as a speed limit. Higher velocity is higher pressure. You don't want a steady diet of proof pressure rounds.
Crimping a good sized roll crimp is very important with a hot load.
use the Chrony as a speed limit. Higher velocity is higher pressure. You don't want a steady diet of proof pressure rounds.
