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Favorite Loads for 44 mag 240 grain Jacketed Bullets
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 Posted: Mon Dec 10th, 2007 02:18 AM
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Would like to get a thread started to capture some pet loads.  I have not started loading the 44 mag yet, but I do have serveral empty cases to get started.  :wink:

I would specifically like to know if anyone has a favorite powder that is also used for 44 Special loads of same/similar projectile.



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H110 24.3 gr using Hornady HP/XTP 240 gr bullets.

...out of a Desert Eagle .44 mag.

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H110 at 22.7gr with that projectile.  But mine gets flung from a Thompson Center Contender with 14" barrel.....very fast, very accurate!

Blue Dot at 14.5gr with a 265gr WFNGC piece of lead...same firearm.  Not as fast, but it penetrates twice as far in newspaper(wet ones).

 

 

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My favorite is the Hornady 240 gr with Win 296. My standard carry load is the 250 gr Keith with 8 or 9 gr's of Unique and standard primers, great hunting load with very low recoil and low noise. :thumbs:



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22 1/2 gr of H110  goes in my Marlin  94 and my Ruger blackhawk



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24 gr h110 behind a 240 jsp or 250 k.marlin 94 and sbh.    7 gr ww 231 behind 200 rnfp prints to the same place in the sbh at 25 yds. these 2 loads will do all but the really big stuff.and you dont have to readjust the sights.



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I use 24.0gr of H110 under 240hr XTP.  I use in both a SBH and a Rossi M92



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Okay...I give!   I am a mere novice and do not understand the acronyms in the last response.

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the xtp is a hornaday bullet,one of the better jacketed bullets,sbh is a ruger super blackhawk.a rossi m92 is a lever rifle or carbine,so is the 1894 marlin.250 k is a style of cast bullet,rnfp is roundnose,flat point.dont worry,you will get it figgered out and become an addict as well.



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10-S-C-Vol wrote: Okay...I give!   I am a mere novice and do not understand the acronyms in the last response.

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You think these acronyms are bad join the military:sofa:  You'll catch on and be just as crazy as the rest of us.



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Excellent.  I've got it now.  As I type this, I am thinking there should be an acronym list somewhere in this forum.  Maybe you guys have one started already.

So in the spirit of acronym soup -- My rifle is a a r700spsdm -- Remington 700 Special Purpose Synthetic Detachable Magazine in 7mm-08.  My handgun is a venerable srh - Super Redhawk 7.5" barrel in 44 Mag.

Both are my style -- no frills, just serious business.:cool:

I'm sure some out there will want to give me a ration of business about shooting a short action round like the 7mm-08 while also owning a 44 mag.  There is actual thought behind it all.  Most of the big game I will ever hunt can easily be taken with the 7mm-08.  Some would disagree, but I am a believer in shot placement.  The 44mag is for wild hogs and also to accompany me while flyfishing in bear country (I'm hoping to do more flyfishing in bear country than I have).:wink:

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Black-tailed Bandit wrote:  "You think these acronyms are bad join the military:sofa:  You'll catch on and be just as crazy as the rest of us."

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:thumbs:  Roger that Bandit....I work as a defense contractor.  The program I work has an acronym list a mile long and we have new acronyms all the time that are not even on the list.



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