ALL 165 gr 180 gr 185 gr 200 gr 210 gr 220 gr 225 gr 240 gr 250 gr 255 gr 265 gr 267 gr 270 gr 275 gr 280 gr 300 gr 320 gr 325 gr 330 gr 355 gr. It also had better sights and proved to be a bit more accurate as well. bullets in my carbine loads and if you aren't in dangerous game areas, a lighter 240gr. While the .32 H&R Magnum doesn't get the attention it deserves, plenty of handloading... By cleverly increasing the parent cartridge's powder capacity, the .30-06 Ackley Improved... With the help of two longtime reloading mentors and one R&D manager, Lane Pearce clears up the... Give a Gift   Author testing his loads for the Cast Performance bullets. (It is all of that!) Neither of the other powders produced noticeable muzzle flash from the three barrel lengths. I have been looking for load data for my Ruger Flattop 44 Special using 300 gr cast. Your WFNCG bullets should load … I don't shoot a .44 mag, but I do handload for my .45 Colt. It would likely be well above regular .44 Special pressures. A long-time favorite powder for big bore sixguns, .44 Special, .44 Magnum and .45 Colt, has been Hodgdon’s #4227. Loads for .44 Magnum: (Note: These are near maximum loads, you should use 10% less to start.) However, it is a +P 44 Special load at 20,000 psi. It is still occasionally seen on gunshop shelves. I have burned enough of the slow burners through the years to already know that any good revolver will shoot good bullets inside 4 inches at 50 yards with either of them, and some will beat that by an inch or so. Next, we pit subsonic rivals against each other before stretching the legs of this CQB round out to 600 yards from a short 9-inch barrel. They bought Super Blackhawks, but after comparing trigger quality, I scraped up the additional $25 for an S&W Model 29 with a 6.5-inch barrel. 80 powder. For the mild .44 special loads, I recommend all lead bullets and loads that produce 700-850 FPS speeds. The Keith load used 17.5grains of 2400 behind his 250-:::eptember 2 5 www.handloadermagazine.com 35 "'" WW231 875. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Unique was also popular for .44 Magnum, but a maximum load produced lower velocities than the other powders. 1,225 start Enforcer 18.5 gr. Keith’s 17.0 gr. For 240- and 300-grain jacketed bullets, the latest Hodgdon Annual Manual shows only 1.0-grain difference between starting and maximum charges of W296/H110. 6.5 PRC 140-153 gr. data **includes new A-Tip® Match load data; 338 Lapua Mag 270 gr. I cast my own bullets with a Lee 200gr RNFP . A very pleasant everyday load is assembled with Oregon Trail’s 240 SWC over 18.5 grains of #4227. The 44 special actually shoots Black powder quite well . Sometimes Power Pro 300-MP seems a bit slower burning than W296/H110, but at other times it appears a tad faster. Eight rounds were fired from an acute angle of 30 degrees. The 44 Special is a misunderstood cartridge. These days I use the 175-gr. It has been said the .44 Special will not be back. By Lane Pearce. When Hercules 2400 powder (now Alliant) became available in 1932, he switched and was able to reach 1,200 fps in a Smith & Wesson New Century and a highly customized Colt Single Action Army, which was significantly greater power than any other period sixgun load. For a while .44 Magnum cases were not easy to come by, so the only shooter I knew who owned a revolver chambered for it at the time mostly used .44 Special cases. 1,170 start Enforcer 18.0 gr. To get started, click the link below to visit mymagnow.com and learn how to access your digital magazine. Keith’s early .44 Special loads contained the 250-grain cast bullet pushed 1,100 fps using DuPont No. The Lyman reloading manual on my loading bench listed 23.0 grains of 2400 as maximum for a velocity of 1,460 fps. Are you loading your 315 gr bullets to max cylinder length and what velocities are you getting? ELD-X® 41 Remington Magnum 190 gr. Based on my limited experience with it, I will have to say it is likely built to slightly different specifications, but the two powders are darned close in performance. Then there is the matter of primer suitability. However, as factory loaded with a 246-grain lead roundnose bullet at approximately 750 fps muzzle velocity, the .44 Spl. That plant, by the way, continues to produce tons of spherical powder each year, but it is now called St. Marks Powder and is owned by General Dynamics. Hodgdon, says load data for IMR 4227 and H4227 are interchangeable, but as it goes with different manufacturing lots of any powder, maximum loads may or may not be the same. ELD® Match; 300 Blackout 135 gr. Muzzle flash from Lil'Gun in the 4.63-inch barrel was something to behold, and Power Pro 300-MP was close behind. When loading the slow burners, keep in mind that, as a rule, ignition is more reliable and burn is more complete when they are compressed by a seated bullet. I didn't believe it then and I don't believe it now. Never meant to be a powerhouse, the 44 Special was introduced as a counterpoint to the 44-40 WCF and the 45 Colt. We were soon shooting 300-grain bullets at 1,200 fps from a 7.5-inch-barreled Ruger revolver. Winchester powders were - and still are - also made there. When Hodgdon's supply of war-surplus powder was exhausted, the company turned to the Olin Corporation Powder Operations in St. Marks, Florida, where it was still being made. Unfortunately, Hodgdon's supply was soon exhausted. During a visit to the Olin powder factory years ago, I learned that W296 and H110 were the same powder. wadcutter from Matt’s Bullets loaded over 4.0 grains of Red Dot, 4.0 grains of Bullseye, or 5.0 grains of Unique. I am new to this forum and to reloading handguns. The current Winchester Model 1892 and the Ruger Model 77/44 are capable of shooting inside 2 inches at 50 yards. When first learning of the new powder, I assumed it would require the use of a magnum primer, such as CCI 350 or Federal 155. 6.5 gr. my favorite load for the.44 Special discovered in his writings in the early 1960s. Now that both powders are under the Hodgdon umbrella, Reiber willingly confirms that W296 and H110 are indeed the same powder. Like W296/H110, it is a double-base spherical propellant made at St. Marks.