My two 44 Special loads are pretty mild by most standards, but then I have 44 Magnums for the heavy stuff.

For the older guns I don't want to abuse I load a 245g-250g RN cast bullet over 4.8g of Red Dot. I gives about 750 fps from a 4-5 inch barrel, which duplicates the original 44 Special's factory load.

For general purposes, i.e. plinking and shooting paper, I load Berry's 240g FP, seated to crimp over the shoulder, over 6.2g of HP-38. This gives 824 fps from a 4" barrel and right at 850 fps from a 5" M24-3. I think of it as my 45 ACP Ball duplicate for the 44s. (smile)

Dave

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