Thread: 44 Mag plinking load w/240 gr lead swc
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Old 10-10-2018, 01:25 PM
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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'.
the Devil is in the details.
The Speer data sounds a lot like the Hornady data, both of which are for a swaged lead SWC, not a cast SWC.
Using cast affords a little more room on the pedal
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