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Originally Posted by Tell Sackett
I wouldn't do anything to the gun. It is much easier to do stuff to the bullets.
I shoot Keith and 200gr LRNFP bullets from my 629 5" bbl with no leading at all. I cast my own too and in that regard you are hampered. You are at the mercy of someone else when it comes to alloy, harness, lube and size, I'm not.
You need to answer some questions first before I can make any suggestions. You said the bullets you have are 18bhn(or someone did). What is the Bullseye load? How fast do you want to drive these bullets, what velocity are you trying to achieve?
I want you to ask yourself this one question: "Why is the Bullseye load the one that leads the least?"
The biggest cause of leading with CAST bullets is not too much velocity, but too little pressure. Folks try to get a paper punching round with too hard of a bullet. Throw in that it may not fit the bore and VIOLA you have a leading mess.
I have known lots of folks that get leading with purchased bullets at 800fps and with the same ones get none at 1000fps.
If it was me, and you need to be especially thankful you aren't me, I would push those babies just a little harder.
6gr of 2400 isn't a published load anywhere that I know of for the 44Mag. Where did you get it?
What manual are you using to get your load from?
I think I gave you enough questions to answer.  |
The bullseye load was commercial cast over 5-6grs, both shot good until leading, bullet was a 240gr SWC. It was a plinker and a favorite of Elmer Keith. Velocity didn't matter because it was going to be a paper masher. I figured it leaded the least because it was slow.
The Mt. Baldy bullets were rated to 1500fps 11BHN with no gas check, that is from the maker. I was wanting 1000-1100fps, no need to go crazy. I figure when I worked my way up to 20grs of 2400 that would certainly be in that range, or better. Mt. Baldy recommended 10grs of Unique or 20-21grs of 2400.
The 6grs of 2400 was to simply push a bullet out of the barrel so it would be slugged and I would not have to dig deep into the books to get it back, no way in the world was that for anything but that one slug.
I have a Speer, Hornady, 2 Noslers, a Lee, and a Sierra manual, I have went to the powder manufactures websites, I have contacted bullet companies all for load data. Plus, reading online for loads.