Listen to this man, he's been shooting these loadings longer than I've been breathing. If there were something better, he'd have found it by now.
Need Help loading .44 mag 180 grain lead with Bullseye
- Thread starter mlehtovaara
- Start date
Listen to this man, he's been shooting these loadings longer than I've been breathing. If there were something better, he'd have found it by now.
- Location
- Niagara Region, Ontario. For now
I just got back from the toy store with some 240 grain jacketed, and some 2400. I just loaded 18.5 Grains, and crimped em pretty good. I still have the Bullseye loads, so the plan is to test the bullseye loads to find an accurate plinking load and work on the 2400 for a fun full power load.
So I understand that the slower burning 2400 needs a good crimp but should I be putting a heavy crimp on the bullseye loads to. If bullseye is a real fast powder should I be backing off a bit. The rounds do not move in the case despite how heavy I push on em so and that is before I even crimp em. In both cases I don't see the crimp making a huge difference if bullet setback is the concern.
I don't know why I'm so nervous about these .44 mag rounds I have been reloading .45 acp and 9mm for a year now and worked up some pretty good loads.
I guess it's the shear weight of the charges and the different methods of crimping that are different.
Anyways I prolly wont get to the range until the weekend or maby next week but I will let you guys know how it goes.
Again thanks for the help!
Mark
So I understand that the slower burning 2400 needs a good crimp but should I be putting a heavy crimp on the bullseye loads to. If bullseye is a real fast powder should I be backing off a bit. The rounds do not move in the case despite how heavy I push on em so and that is before I even crimp em. In both cases I don't see the crimp making a huge difference if bullet setback is the concern.
I don't know why I'm so nervous about these .44 mag rounds I have been reloading .45 acp and 9mm for a year now and worked up some pretty good loads.
I guess it's the shear weight of the charges and the different methods of crimping that are different.
Anyways I prolly wont get to the range until the weekend or maby next week but I will let you guys know how it goes.
Again thanks for the help!
Mark
The crimp on a heavy recoil revolver cartridge is important to keep the bullets from backing out (moving forward) of the case causing a cylinder rotation blockage. On tubular magazine rifles it kepps the bullet from being pushed into the case from spring pressure combined with recoil.
