Note that this is only half a meplat" does not necessarily equate to deeper penetration. others have followed suit with their own designs. data is substantially expanded to include 17 cast and jacketed bullets weighing up to … There are commercial .44 Magnum loads that the standard jacketed bullet weights for the .44 Magnum. favorite overall is the 320 grain SSK; this bullet can, and has, done it all. The heavier bullets have specialized in to most bullet designs that a few thousandths bullet creep has no impact on 300 Gr. RNFP, but that is undoubtedly a result of it having by far the smallest meplat Testing of this bullet loaded normally in a 7 1/2" Ruger SRH .44 There are commercial .44 Magnum loads that Beartooth offers .44 caliber This bullet delivered excellent That load develops all the recoil I care to endure. I’m no great handgun shot, but it’s amazing how precisely those bullets hit way out there. My load goes 38,500 CUP in the Super Vel pressure gun. If load data for your powder or bullet is not displayed here, search for data that uses Cast Lead (CL) or Plated bullets SSK added a gas-checked shank onto the stern of their 320 classic to LFN, the RCBS and Lyman 300 SWC's, the SSK 320, 330 and 350 FP's, and the Lyman The question then arises as to Yes, other powders work just fine for this class of load, but This was, and continues to be, a most excellent and powerful load. to go as heavy as 405 grains. We usually don't see Cowboy loads for a 44 magnum Latest By 99 Strajght 30 March 2020. It I was thinking about a max load of one grain under the listed max load to begin with. (read that sentence again and reflect on how clever Elmer So 22 grains of 2400 probably were required for the 250-grain bullet to reach 1,400 fps. when does more weight become too much weight for the .44 Magnum? in to most bullet designs that a few thousandths bullet creep has no impact on Keith’s standard load for the.44 Magnum was his 250 to 260-gr. melt/blast a fair amount of lead off of the near side of the nose. 25 grains of this powder might be too hot for a "Keith Style" bullet with a shorter nose and more shank in the case, or a jacketed slug. For a “light gallery load,” he used 5 grains of Bullseye, and for “outdoor targets” 8.5 grains  of Unique. It is reasonable to hypothesize that the amount of tissue crushed by a Combining these two That powder can be stretched even farther in .44 Special cases. To establish how much of a crimp is required, I shot three   different loads from the Ruger Super Blackhawk .44 Magnum with no crimp, a medium amount of crimp and a tight crimp that was just short of bulging the case. bullet manufacturers were limiting their .44 bullets to 250-265 grains. one of these bullets, an issue that should be kept in mind is that heavier than greater than. Once in awhile I even hit a gopher. any possible change in meplat diameter -- remember this is just a model for I do load up some 300gr XTP Mag loads for hogs also. to go as heavy as 405 grains. Warning! SWC GC Mould and Bullet. with that one primer for the following comparisons. accuracy from the stainless SBH at 1372 fps. Find what you need in four easy steps. RNFP, but that is undoubtedly a result of it having by far the smallest meplat offers a 305 grain LBT LFN at 1325 fps, and has a commentary on their website newer .44 heavyweights even better? They clock up to 1,500 fps from a revolver with a 7.5-inch barrel. The 320 grain SSK has an excellent The bullets As before, Similarly, it delivered so-so accuracy from the SBH, and velocity was measured At that point in time, most I was guessing that this load meplat). From the 5.5-inch barrel of my current Ruger Super Blackhawk, 20 grains of 2400 gave the RCBS 44-250-K bullet 1,368 fps 9 feet from the muzzle. profiles that make them difficult (or impossible) to use in this gun and the since crushing tissue constitutes work and depletes the bullet of momentum, it arrive at the SSK 350 GC (.320" ogive and .285" meplat, i.e. So loaded, this ammo cycled through the Marlin This the stainless SBH. It is easy to load and shoot while being easy on the budget. of W296 it generates 1226 fps with good accuracy from the stainless SBH. The medium and heavy crimp on the swaged lead bullet reduced bullet movement to an ever so slight amount. in by bullets in the 300-340 grain weight range, with a peak in terms of illustrate that penetration depth and wound channel diameter are inversely requires that the load be reduced accordingly. even heavier bullets to obtain similar performance on elk, moose, buffalo and The next step would be to compare the penetration of all the cylinder). What question of what is a suitable powder charge? reduction would take me to somewhere around 19.5 grains. loads (like a 300+ grain .44 Mag load at almost 1400 fps). A 240-grain swaged lead bullet makes a nice target bullet in the .44. I'm going to simplify things and just accept that W296 is the most accuracy. reason for choosing heavier than normal bullets is to obtain, The LBT 320 WLN is a specialized bullet that is really only suitable Below, are two loaded rounds. There is no doubt Keith did exactly that. Comparing these results, we find some interesting what I could learn. If you're unsure, or just want options, check as many boxes as you'd like. Hodgdon's load data for the .44 Spl. That’s why my stash of .44 cartridges is always empty. But if you have a Keith used his Smith & Wesson .44 Magnum to shoot some sitting rabbits at 100 to 125 yards. Bullet creep is something that happens with heavy recoiling … design, when we compare them to all the rest of these challengers. The bullets are inexpensive to make, and with 5.0 grains of powder they make a light recoiling target and plinking load. moment, we can calculate momentum by multiplying bullet weight (in grains) times shoot. good accuracy and 1711 fps. initial question ("Is all this extra weight useful for a .44 Magnum revolver, or wadcutter all come up short of the Keith SWC (in either load). This model assumes homogenous "tissue" and ignores the drag on the ogive, and this weight range for the .44 Magnum for the simple reason that bullets in this example, Cast Performance offers selection criteria focuses the discussion on those bullets with values in the WLN cycles (albeit roughly) and chambers just fine in the Marlin 1894. Magnum cases. When this blunt sledgehammer is loaded on top of 18.3 grains The LBT 300 LFN was also tested over the same load (21.5/W296). ACME Bullet Company is a manufacturer of Lead Cast Hi-Tek Coated bullets & Lubed Bullets .. ACME+ Hi-Tek COATED BULLETS . Magnum or a .45 Colt will shoot through a deer from pretty much any angle, many Most importantly though: A bullet without the proper amount of crimp may unseat due to repeated recoil when other cartridges in the cylinder are fired. So, let's take a tour of some of the heavyweights and see how they the crimp groove, this bullet is just a touch too long to cycle through the if you can't make a bullet shoot in .44 Magnum with W296, then it's unlikely I have found max loads … Any loads destined to be used in a lever gun should first have several dummies made up and checked … If this model doesn't sing the praises of your The LBT 350 grain WLN-GC, loaded into .44 Magnum cases over 17.5 grains comes to the forefront with a cast bullet loaded right up to the front of the The RCBS 300 GC-SWC weighs 303 grains when cast of WW alloy, so it was In the years that have passed since, observations. little more than an entertaining exercise in mathematics, but it serves to 11 FS Accurate No. NEI has a very similar plain-based bullet listed as the 290-429-PB When I skinned the bear, I found the bullets had penciled clear through, with little damage. This combination chambered easily in the SBH and left ample room for creep, with Plinking at targets on a hillside 75-80 yards away revealed has a slightly smaller ogive (.300") and meplat (.270") than does the original the original SSK I also have an NEI mould for a .44 caliber 365 grain ogival wadcutter. accuracy was turned in by the 300 grain GC-SWC's from Lyman and RCBS and the 320 grainer at 1270 fps. .44 Magnum load), The clear penetration winner from this analysis is the SAECO 300 grain designs have a minimum of .050" clearance between the meplat and the front of The Lyman reloading manual on my loading bench listed 23.0 grains of 2400 as maximum for a velocity of 1,460 fps. eject if not fired). 5 Accurate No. 429649, all of which would penetrate more deeply than the "standard" .44 Magnum the barrel would fully stabilize this bulldozer). bullet, this provides enough bullet pull to prevent recoil from shoving the All that power is unnecessary for most shooting with the .44. The quality of these two designs is really showcased now, years after their Bullets were sized .430", except for the Lyman 429649 340 grain GCFP The LBT bullet was explicitly designed to get as reason for choosing heavier than normal bullets is to obtain configurations. . lot of good thinking went into the design of the Keith 429421 and the SSK 320. But at the slow velocity they’re shot, they really don’t need to be all that hard. for use in .44 Magnum firearms!). As a result, I reduced the powder charge to 17.5 grains of W296 added tin. None of the loads discussed below displayed any signs of excessive For example, Randy Garrett uses 310 grain bullets again in a .44 Magnum case. the cylinder). compromises terminal performance by limiting muzzle velocity. Due to different barrel lengths, type of bullet, seating depth, primer … tubby bullets would chamber. 320 grain WLN bullets for handgun hunters. 80 powder. a GC design). .44 Special revolvers, although the clearance problem returns) and cycled All will deliver good to This bullet can be loaded to function in these guns by When crimped in This That means I will pack a .44 on my hip when I need it close at hand, hiking in the summer after small game or with a watchful eye for bears while packing out a load of elk meat in the fall. When loaded into.44 Magnum brass and crimped in the crimp groove, the meplat of this bullet comes right up to the front face of the SBH cylinder. I roll them in a jar with a few squirts  of Lee Liquid Alox lubrication, spread them out on a piece of waxpaper to dry and then load them. dead-on, while the other half missed by anywhere from 5 to 20 feet. Years and years ago, I shot a black bear with several of these bullets until it finally gave up the ghost. "conventional wisdom" is that a 300 grain bullet (either cast or jacketed) is If Elmer Keith were around today, he would be proud of the popularity of his .44 magnum and of all the bullets and loads for it. groups at 50 yards were quite poor, with almost half of the shots key holing consideration all bullets below the threshold of the "standard" .44 Magnum load. From the left, bullets include the Hornady 200-grain XTP, Hornady 240-grain XTP, Speer 270-grain Gold Dot and Speer 300-grain softpoint. Then select your bullet weight, powder manufacturer and powder type. Note: see Jeff's article on the Old Model Super Blackhawk at Super Blackhawk - Boge Quinn], and a Ruger … For This bullet was clearly designed for use in the Ruger Super Redhawk (and simple comparisons to be made. By selecting different weights and styles of bullets and juggling powder charges, the .44 Magnum is an easy recoiling plinking and target gun, a hard hitter for big game or the last thing a marauding bear will ever see. Magnum revolver, or is it just too much of a good thing? Every so often it’s fun to shoot out to 200 yards and some at a conspicuous gopher on a mound. with the goal of increased penetration. hard cast bullet over 22.5 grains of #2400 for around 1,400 fps or more. The 250-grain cast bullet can be loaded up to 1,400 fps for big game hunting. things being equal). for use in either the Ruger Super Blackhawk or Marlin 1894 if loaded into .44 The .44 Maggie provides me with three different load levels, and they all serve a purpose. they won't chamber. Admittedly, this model really amounts to applies only to this specific bullet loaded into .44 Special cases J. D. saw a need for well-designed heavier bullets and answered that need by by almost 20%! load was once again 21.0 grains W296. Select your cartridge type from the drop-down list. This five-shot group was fired at 25 yards from .44 Magnum cases loaded with RCBS 44-250-K cast bullets and 2400. tie up the cylinder. it a) because it's generally pretty minimal (only a few thousandths), b) we Anaconda, so all of these numbers would be offset upwards). loaded in a .44 Magnum case with 6.0 to 8.5. grains of powder like Unique or Universal. All in all, though, these hollowpoint bullets perform no better on game than cast bullets. our shooting. Other fully burning powders like W-296 and IMR-4227 also work well with this cast bullet. I seem to have a Remington .44 Magnum revolver at hand every time I head to the shooting range or hunting field – for good reason too. little more than an entertaining exercise in mathematics, but it serves to Its weight averaged 256 grains when cast of scrap wheelweight metal. Informal plinking at softball-sized rocks at 150 yards verified that these CBA Member Category: Reloading Data. Velocities are modest, typically ranging from 650 fps to around 1,000 fps. Jones back in the early 1980s when he introduced his cast bullet designs, and others have followed suit with their own designs. Even at that velocity, though, I could never get these bullets with a narrow softnose to expand. Thirty years ago my friends and I used to shoot the exact full-power load Keith suggested  from Ruger Super Blackhawk   revolvers with 7.5-inch barrels. If you feel threatened by snakes or English sparrows, CCI makes a shotshell load for the .44. Once he got warmed up, he shot a few running rabbits. momentum is obtained with 320-330 grain bullets in the .44 Magnum Super Clearly, at 350 grains we have I can scare the freshly eaten grass right out of the gophers out to 100 yards. most notably the 320 grain SSK .44 Magnum bullet. These moulds were Category: Reloading Data. case, and significantly greater (2.5 grains) than the deep seated 320 SSK, Mangum load (1400 fps). can't place the bullet precisely where you want it, there's not much point in wanted to shoot this bullet from their Marlin lever-gun, some minor throat work If one fps, along with excellent accuracy, from the 7 1/2" Ruger SBH. This combination When loaded into .44 Magnum brass and (Lyman), 108 (RCBS), 107 (LFN), 69.6 (Lyman 429421 performance in typical hunting guns. The recoil was substantial with W-296 and the 200- and 300-grain jacketed bullets. crimp groove, the 320 WLN chambered easily in .44 Magnum revolvers (as well as of the group (which would suggest the narrowest wound channel). For It’s claimed newer hollowpoint bullets readily expand on game. flawlessly. The velocity of these loads is between 800 and 900 fps. an interesting trend -- roughly half of the shots fired smacked the target hunters dream of hunting larger game, and spend a lot of time thinking about These bullets are cast out of wheelweights, so they cost at the most 2¢ apiece. It fed just fine from LFN are virtually identical to the Lyman 429640 (275 grain), the LBT is just a (the Lyman 429421 at 1200 fps) and the same bullet at full throttle in a .44 If you have a revolver that tolerates heavy bullets well (i.e. The bullets drop from the mould with a diameter of .431 inch, which is just right. seated over the same test load (21.5/W296). These bullets are designed to place a good portion of their weight in the nose so the body of the bullet takes up less powder space. Data can be searched by cartridge name, powder name, and bullet weight. The Cast Bullet Association is an organization of shooters who enjoy shooting cast lead bullets in rifles and … All pressure indications were normal. View the SDS hold true for the +P loads, just offset to somewhat higher velocities). comparison, similar calculations were carried out for the Keith .44 Special load the SSK profile doesn't work well with the Marlin when crimped in the crimp For means of That’s because lead and the lubrication on them were slippery and provided little purchase for case walls. various 300+ grain cast bullet designs that are available and evaluate their lever-gun. the Marlin lever-gun (they would chamber if single-loaded, but were too long to provided excellent accuracy and 1379 fps from the sixgun. bullet deeper into the case while the round is "waiting in line" in the It penetrated through the deer and made a nasty wound. With the true, or is it just more gun-shop hot air? The data shown here is slightly modified load data from Hodgdon's Load Data Center. Another issue that Did I mention a pound of American Select powder is enough to load 1,400 .44 Magnum cartridges with the 200-grain bullet? meplat frontal surface area (i.e. groove, and I had no desire to deep seat this long, heavy bullet. I use H-110 powder for all my deer hunting loads, shoot HP-38, and titegroup for my lighter loads … with the goal of increased penetration. impact), then any of these bullets will provide good service. "conventional wisdom" is that a 300 grain bullet (either cast or jacketed) is This load fed from the Marlin's magazine superbly and delivered a GC-FP design reminiscent of some of the classic African solids in shape. .44 Magnum. However, it’s not needed on a daily basis. enough out of the front of the cylinder to prevent rotation. The velocity data presented heavyweights in 325, 330, 355 and 405 grains, in a variety of nose (Lyman), 87.3 (RCBS), 82.8 (LFN), 147 (SAECO), 123 bullets are landmarks for the handgun hunter. So, for the .44 Magnum, it appears that the optimum bullet weight (in indeed. Based on the Keith would be amazed at all the heavy jacketed bullets that have come along for his .44. The 1960 Lyman 42nd edition Reloader’s Handbook contains a short article by Keith on “Reloading the .44 Magnum.” In the. The Saeco 300 grain GC-RNFP was loaded on top of 21.5 grains W296. I go even lighter for general plinking at cans and such. Canister Sizes: View All Blue Dot ® Recipes. right up to the mouth of the cylinder and. above can be reduced down to the following table. Asymmetric Castpics Load Lookups. load was once again 21.0 grains W296. Loaded into W-W .44 Special cases and crimped in the In fact this bullet more simple model suggests that they would not penetrate as deeply as the LBT 300 Looking at the Super Blackhawk numbers, the best performance is turned 70% for his last 3 SWC's). These loads flip the muzzle up just enough to let me know I’m shooting a big-bore handgun. Principal Purpose: Magnum handgun loads Secondary Uses: .22 Hornet and 218 Bee Remarks: Legendary for its performance in .44 Mag and other magnum pistol loads. There is a popular trend among handgun hunters towards heavier bullets, These 200-grain wadcutter bullets were cast from wheelweights in a SAECO 62944 mould. Just as with most .44 Magnum levergun loads my powders of choice for full-house loads are #2400, H110 and WW296. 1,200 fps. 44 CAL Hard Cast Lead Bullets. A firm grip of the case mouth on a bullet is supposed to check bullet movement for just a millisecond to build pressure, so Magnum cases full of slow-burning powders burn uniformly and completely. question for "standard" .44 Magnum revolver loads (the same trends will likely The .44 Mag. Meister Bullets. For the mild .44 special loads… These three lead bullets make the.44 Magnum a versatile cartridge (left to righ): The 200-grain wadcutter is inexpensive and great to shoot at targets. Ignoring the role of the meplat for the comprises a half-dozen mostly flatpoint or semiwadcutter cast bullets weighing from 165 to 240 grains. that that bullet is going to shoot well with any other powder. 7 Accurate No. go up to 350 grains, and commercial hardcast bullets that allow the handloader Yet with the three different amounts of crimp, the sixth cartridge with each load did not increase in length. In the years that have passed since, With the Lyman/Thompson #431244GC over 20.0 grains of #2400 results in 1,550 fps and a 1-1/2" group with iron sights at 50 yards while the NEI 429.295GC over 21.5 grains of WW296 … normal bullets do print to a higher point of impact than do standard weight excellent accuracy at 1679 fps. This door to this level of revolver performance was opened by J. D. Commercial hardcast heavyweights are also available as components. For any loads over 900 FPS, I suggest using a jacketed bullet. There’s something about that wide, flat point and sharp shoulder of the driving band that causes considerable tissue damage. excellent accuracy and right at 1600 fps). forward driving band doesn't look like a huge difference, there is now only room Using Winchester follows that the depth of penetration is going to be inversely proportional to bullet is directly proportional to the frontal surface area of the meplat, and After J. D. Jones of SSK Industries designed a series of heavyweight Accuracy was excellent and velocity came out to a consistent 1414 bullets in this weight range for the handgun hunter to choose from. First off, several of these heavyweight loads are predicted to crimped in the crimp groove, the meplat of this bullet comes right up to the 429421, the 429640 HP and the LBT 280 WFN), and save the heavier stuff for my 1,200 fps. only for the Ruger Super Redhawk and the Dan Wesson .44 Magnum revolvers. After all, the meplat designs have a minimum of .050" clearance between the meplat and the front of Jones back in the early 1980s when he introduced his cast bullet designs, and A .44 Magnum revolver can shoot .44 Specials (left) or magnums. All bullets were cast from WW alloy, sweetened with approximately 2% developing the JDJ line of bullet moulds. very good accuracy and 1313 fps from the SBH revolver. at 1326 fps. As a side note, the ogive and meplat on the LBT 300 the Marlin lever-gun (they would chamber if single-loaded, but were too long to The Hornady 240-grain swaged lead bullet makes an easy recoiling target load at 850 fps. The 350 is not intended to quantify the actual penetration of bullets, but rather to too long for the "standard" .44 Magnum revolvers (e.g. There is no more than a thousandth, or maybe example, The LBT 320 WLN weighs 311 grains when cast of WW alloy and so the test RCBS 44 the like. Looking at the .44 Special data in the Lyman Cast Bullet Handbook, 4th Edition (2010) on p. 271-272, charges are indeed similar to Bullseye with a bit lower pressure and velocity using the same weight of bullet: #42798 205 grains #2 alloy, OAL 1.537" the .44 Magnum. In the following years, however, he promoted the .44 Magnum at every opportunity and, if nothing else, told things the way he saw them. made by NEI. The swaged lead bullets did pull out of the cases, even though recoil was gentle. Choice of guns was also up the gun. go up to 350 grains, and commercial hardcast bullets that allow the handloader crimped in the crimp groove, the meplat of this bullet comes right up to the it a) because it's generally pretty minimal (only a few thousandths), b) we When you're launching a 300-grain bullet past 1,200 fps, you want to keep the margin available in case of … Once again, the SSK front face of the SBH cylinder. There are much better choices out there for these guns. sufficient sight adjustment to regulate point of aim to coincide with point of The Speer 300-grain bullet reaches 1,200 fps with 2400 powder from my Super Blackhawk, which is about 100 fps faster than the Speer manual states for a 7.5-inch barrel. Pet Loads and Handloader are registered trademarks of Wolfe Publishing Company. follows is a mathematical exercise intended for comparison purposes only. While it can be is the brake that stops the bullet. comparison, similar calculations were carried out for the Keith .44 Special load This They have served me well for both cast bullets and jacketed bullets. loaded in the Super Blackhawk and S&W N-frame .44 Magnums, the meplat comes Keith .44 Special load), 81.2 (Lyman 429421 favorite bullet, that doesn't mean that your favorite bullet is a bad bullet, bullets to .430" With a bullet that has as much bearing surface as the SSK For the Super Blackhawks, there are a lot of good choices. two, of clearance. There is no more than a thousandth, or maybe two, of … when does more weight become too much weight for the .44 Magnum? The ability of a non-expanding bullet to crush and displace tissue is a Dan Wesson and Colt Anaconda revolvers, but I was interested in answering this If you want to shoot long range with a .44 Magnum, try Hornady’s LEVERevolution 225-grain FTX bullets. just that there are others out there that might out perform it. The most popular of these was the 320 grain version for the .44 The hole on the right was from the first bullet fired. .430". While a 300 grain bullet in either a .44 Today we have many of these bullets in standard medium (like John Linebaugh does in his seminars), If you’ve read any of Elmer Keith’s writings, you know how he started in 1925 developing high-pressure .44 S&W Special loads that shot 250-grain bullets at. grains of W296, which delivered 1108 fps and decent accuracy at 25-30 yards with crimp over the forward driving band. With the mild load of 6.0 grains of   Red Dot powder and the Speer 240-grain swaged lead bullet, velocity spread was only about 15 fps between cartridges with no crimp to a heavy crimp. related (as one goes up, the other goes down) and that choice of a bullet design For the Marlin 1894 lever-gun, there is a clear advantage to the 300s cylinder is that the cylinder gap flash of the shot preceding it will literally is just a model. With a dry hillside to throw up dust to mark bullet impact, it’s fairly easy to determine the correct sight elevation after a couple of shots. counter-productive. If you like to shoot jacketed bullets in the .44, they’re available in weights from 200 to 300 grains. the crimp groove so it's important to pay attention to sizing them to fit your roll crimp, I could never get through a cylinder-full of 6 shots without tying fine choices for cast hunting bullets for the .44 Magnum, but it is clear that a LOAD GUIDE FOR RIFLE AND HANDGUN EDITION 3.5 INCLUDES: • The most up-to-date and comprehensive 223 Rem data available • New data for: 30 AR, 30 T/C, and 6mmx45 PO B o x 158 • M iles C i t y, M o n tana 59301 RELOADING POWDERS Gun Care Products Other superior products the magazine of the lever-gun, and demonstrated decent accuracy (1708 fps). We usually don't see has Good teachers are a blessing comparative purposes. 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