Recent content by .44MagnumN00b

My grandpa used to do it years ago, we don't shoot at livestock nowadays, it was just an idea to bounce off of the community. Calm down

I've seen the speer shotshell capsules, and I like the idea of reloading them, but I have some questions. Are they hard on barrel rifling? Also, I'm on a cattle ranch, and i'm curious if anyone on here has put rock salt in the shot capsules? We use rock salt out of a 12 gauge on bulls if they...

My dad just bought a 637 airweight in .38 special, and it's shooting pretty high with 158 grain bullets. The barrel is 1.875 inches long, and we've tried some 130 grainers and they still shoot a little high. He has the dies to reload for it since we reload .357 magnum, but I'm not sure what...

Maybe the windshield was worn? Because I have fired my pistol many times across my ford ranger hood without cracking my windshield. Maybe I should stop that while I still have a nice windshield.

I was wondering the other day, because I wanted to use my mirror as a rest to shoot at targets.(on private property obviously) I'm curious as to if the crack of a .44 6.5 inch 629 would be loud enough to shatter a window? I don't want to find out that it will the hard way.:D

200 grains performed nicely, about as expected with elevation. I have to adjust my elevation screw counter clockwise a full turn to make 180 grain POI the same as 240 POI. 200 grains I have to turn the screw about 1 3/4 counter clockwise from 240 grain setting. I'm not sure why, but the 200s...

Thanks. :D

Ya, all the way to the wrist bone. :D

I bought my dad's 629 classic and I've been shooting it for about a year or so now. He told me about this rattling in the internals of the grip. I've never taken the grips off, because I don't want to lose a piece or anything. So, really I was just wondering what could be loose in there? If...

I just bought some more 240s and a box of 200s to experiment with, My gun (6.5 inch 629 classic) seems to not like 180s quite as much as the heavy 240s, maybe the 200s will be a happy medium. I'll post results when I get some loaded up and a nice day to try em out.

Is there any reason to shoot one or the other? I suppose you would get slightly higher velocity with 180s and slightly more penetration with 200s, but is there any big reason to shoot one or the other? What do you guys think? P.S. I'm shooting a revolver, not a rifle.

I had some boxes of .44 mag that my dad ordered from a magazine back in the 90's Hansen Combat is what was on the box, but the brass used is marked IMI, so it probably came from Israel, everyone who says that it's hot stuff, they aren't lying, that is some hot .44 for 180 grainers

Should I use 240s or 180s? 240 grain=1350fps, 180 grain=1600fps Both XTP bullets.

I didn't see any hunting sub-forum to put this in, so I figured to just put this under reloading. If it's in the wrong place I can gladly move it. So, I'm thinking of carrying my 629 .44 mag on my hip this deer season, and i'm wondering what bullet to use. I've been loading 180 and 240 grain...

One of my cousins had his brother do this for him after a shotgun blew up in his face. He was always flinching with every gun he shot, this cured him after quite a few cylinders of randomly loaded .44. Thanks for the suggestions guys. After shooting almost 200 reloaded rounds recently, I'm...