Last night I sent the Accurate Ballistician an email asking for load data for the lead bullets that Roger gave me at the range a few weeks ago. I was able to locate the bullet and manufacturer on the web and I emailed that info to Accurate. They got right back to me as always.Here's the bullet info I located:
Friendswood Bullet Co. 44 MAG 240grain SWC
CLICK HERE for the link
$42.25 for 500. That's a LOT cheaper than anything else I've been buying.
'SWC' stands for 'Semi-WadCutter'.
...and the letter from Accurate:
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"I just found this site called "Master Cast Bullets" that seems reasonably priced. They claim their hard cast bullets are "a 2% Tin,6% Antimony with the balance Lead. Using an LBT hardness tester, our bullets are 18 to 20 on the Brinell Hardness Scale." The .44 cal 240gr SWC's are $38.50 for a box of 500 and $73.00 for a box of 1000. Looks promising to run these bullets a bit hotter Bob and the price is right. Check it out. ~Joe"
http://www.mastercast.net/cast_bullets.htm
Just wanted you to know I'm glad you've gotten to do some more .44 mag reloading with all the shortages n stuff. I stopped by your reloading journal area and noticed your new video and reference to those .44 cal SWC's your friend gave you. I've been loading those for years now so I don't know what experience you've had with this type bullet but one thing I do know is that at higher velocities severe leading occurs in the barrel and it's quite a task to remove when the lead bullet reaches over 900-1000FPS. Believe me Bob, when I first purchased my Ruger Super Blackhawk and began reloading for it years ago, I thought I was in heaven after getting a couple boxes of the lead SWC's(so cheap). Driving them 1200-1400FPS and then spending hours scrubbing the melted lead from the bore. I then did some research and began using Unique with these lead bullets (sometimes Blue Dot) and keeping the loads around 1000FPS. I then found that cast bullets with a lynotype alloy were even better. You can run the loads up slightly higher without the risk of lead build up because the metal alloy in the bullet allows for maybe 100-150FPS or so more in velocity. I guess here's another thing to consider, a bullet in a 7- 1/2" Super Blackhawk traveling at 1400 FPS will be much faster in the 20" Henry(as you know), probably 1800FPS or so and hotter. I don't know if these are cast lynotype alloy bullets you are about to use but if not be careful with the higher velocities. Just thought I'd pass this along with my experience with this bullet. At lower velocities like for plinking n stuff, they're great. I just recently visited my local range after reloading 50 rounds of the hard cast lynotype bullets using 15gr of Blue Dot. Just wanted to extend my shooting day :) There were no significant signs of leading in the Henry barrel using this load. The other components were Winchester LP primers and shell casings. I have also reloaded 7.5 - 8 gr of Unique for canon plinking lol (or like a Cowboy action load)and these were a nice light load to shoot, extend my day and my pocket book.:)
ReplyDeleteSorry to say I didn't get a Buck this season with the Henry Bob. Saw a couple of does though so I got my antlerless PA tag in WMU 5C which is good till Jan 23rd. We'll see how the weather holds out till then lol. If I get one I'll send a pic.
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OK Joe and good luck. I'm not bagging much small game here either.
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