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Originally Posted by 440turner
I just got a bag of 240 lead swc's with no gas check for my 44 mag and want to make some plinking loads. I have a few loading manuals and I have a page from Speer that has this bullet listed with 6.5 to7 grains of Unique, all the other books I have list the starting load for this bullet at about 10 grains. My question is, has anyone else loaded these similar bullets to the lower amounts? Im thinking about loading a few batches at the 7 grains of Unique does anyone think that I will see any issues? The gun im intending on shooting with this load will be my 629-1 made in 89'.
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Sir, FWIW, I tried the load you describe during my own .44 mag experiments and was not impressed. Lots of smoke, only so-so accuracy. I found 8.5 grains of Unique with the cast 240 to produce less smoke and much better accuracy. Another sweet spot is 10.0 grains of Unique, though IMHO it's a little stout for plinking.
Hope this helps, and Semper Fi.
Ron H.