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Old 04-09-2013, 08:26 PM
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That load would probably be close to 1200 ft/sec, depending upon your barrel length. The old (1950s-60s) Lyman handloading manuals always used between 12 and 13 grains of 2400 as the recipe for hefty .38 Special loads (they did not refer to them as .38-44 loads - just as "for use only in heavy frame revolvers"). They never recommended 2400 for use in standard .38 Special loads.

By the way, Remington also used to load what was essentially a .38-44 metal piercing bullet cartridge, they called it the "Highway Master High-Velocity" loading. It used a hard, lightweight alloy bullet with a sharp point, not lead or jacketed lead. Possibly die-cast Zinc? I think it was intended for law enforcement use only. I have a full box of them from the 1950s, but have never fired one, at a frying pan or anything else.

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