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Originally Posted by JohnBz
I do have some Hornady .427 205gr cowboy bullets I could use.
Not sure if they are pure lead or not. Would they be a safe possibility? They are the ones that have a knurled surface instead of lube grooves. Weren't they designed for Lee liquid alox?
Could I coat them with a black powder lube instead?
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.427 is for .44-40 / .44 WCF...
Too small for .44 Russian.
If you are wanting to be Loading but do not have any Molds yet, "Matts Bullets" has a nice selection of .430s which work nicely for .44 Russian.
Before I had the Molds I wanted, I got my Bullets there, and I just boiled off the 'smokeless' Lube they come with, and used my Beeswax 'wafers' or 'discs' for the Black Powder Cartridges.
Of course, one can use a Bullet Sizing Lube Press to lube them in the Lube Grooves, or one can do the 'Cake Cutter' way.
I just use a little Beeswax disc between Powder and Bullet, and it works just dandy...no fouling, everything stays clean, may even be cleaner than "Unique"...you can shoot for ever with no cleaning and no cylinder binding.
44 Caliber : Matts Bullets