Looking for recipes for 44 mag, 444, and 357

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I bought some 265 gr ftx bullets and would like to load them in my 444. But I can find any loads. Anyone have any they would like to share?

Would also like to load the same for my 44 mag rifles. Any help there would also be appreciated.


I also got some 140 gr ftx bullets for my 357 magnum rifle and would appreciate some loads for that as well.

Any and all help would be apppreciated.
 
You can use any load data for that cartridge and bullet weight.
Load data for 444 Marlin and 265gr bullets on the Hodgdon data site.
I can't find any for a 265gr in a 44mag but there is data for 270gr which would be fine.
357mag data with 140gr FTX bullets is on the Hodgdon data site as well.

h ttp://data.hodgdon.com/cartridge_load.asp

Start low and seat to the cannalure.
 
tbrwlf said:
Hodgon data is not for the FTX. It is for the XTP. Total different shape bullet.
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LUTNIT said:
You can use any load data for that cartridge and bullet weight.
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I very rarely find load data for the exact bullets I use in any cartridge, rifle or pistol. I just use the correct bullet weight and have had no issues after many thousands of rounds.
There is often important differences between two bullets of the same weight that use different construction. For example lead core with a copper jacket, lead core with lead plating, solid copper, lead free frangible, etc. Solid copper bullets are known to have lower starting and max loads as they tend to produce higher pressures with the same powder charges.
Since the XTP and FTX are both copper jacketed lead, load data for them is interchangeable at the starting values for the same weight and cartridge. Max pressure may be reached at different points and optimum accuracy may be found with different powders but standard load development can be used to find that.
 
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