I'm a big fan of Winchester 231 powder. It burns clean and runs in just about every pistol I own. Ergo, (that a word?) I've go lots of it. I've been loading my Model 29-2 with it for a while using it and I worked up a load that I shoot all day long without developing a flinch after say round number 12 or so. Anyway, I've decided to save my .44 Mag brass and use .44 Special instead. The problem is Hodgdon does not advertise a load for W231 in .44 special using 240 gr LRNFT.

Can someone suggest a good starting load for it?

Next question.

I picked up a mess of Speer .44 Shotshells and figure I can use them for snake charmers since we seem to have a few Copperheads and Cottonmouths around here. A loaded capsel using #8 shot weighs about 150 gr.

Can someone suggest a good starting load for it? I don't think it needs much as the normal charming distance is around 10 ft.

Thanks

Lowpower