In a couple of weeks I'll be shooting the Henry 44 Magnum at my buddy Dirk's range, and since I am out of bullets except for Friendswood 240g LC SWC (thanks again Roger), I figured I'd use them to run a crimp test. Today I'll run off 100 rounds with AA#9 (19 grains), and I'll leave some without a crimp, then apply a few different crimps to the remaining using Consistent Crimp. Check back in a couple weeks for a report on how it works out.
Accurate sent me load data on this bullet which is posted below. They gave a starting load of 18.1g and a Maximum load of 20.2g. 19g seems like a good compromise. I'll see how close I can get to that load with the Lee Auto Disk using a single disk.
Someone sent me this recipe. Thought you might be interested. Like everything else on this blog, use at your own risk.~Bob
ReplyDelete"I know you basically load for the lever action but I have been loading .44 mag for almost 25 years now and I have a pet load you might want to try. It has been extremely accurate in at least 7 different revolvers I've tested it in.
The load:
Starline brass .44 mag case. Cleaned and sized as well as trimmed. Either Federal or Winchester regular large primers. (they both work well with this load)
240 grain Kieth type lead wad cutter. 10 1/2 grains of Blue Dot powder. Crimped tightly
In my Redhawk I can put them into an sub-inch group at 50 ft range on a good day. I won the Maine State Postal big bore bullseye with this load 2 years running! It worked real well in my Marlin lever also. It's rated at a high end 44 'Special' loading! About 850-875 FPS!"