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44 special loads
I have a lead on a SAA in 44 special and wondered what everyone is using in their reloads.I have a good supply of 240 gr lswc and a few lbs of Unique and Bullseye.
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Unique and 240 lead are perfect for the .44.
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Yep, 240 LSWC and Unique are classics for .44 Special. If you haven't shot any lead before, slug the barrel and measure the cylinder throats and use bullets of appropriate diameter. I have a favorite load for .44 Special of just under 9.0 grains of Unique and a Lyman 249421...
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My favorite plinking load is that bullet w/10 gr of unique in 44 mag brass out of my anaconda.
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All the rest of Skeeter's fans must be taking their nap- 7.5 gr of Unique and your 240 SWC.
Good shooting
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My go-to for the .44 Special in a SAA is Lyman No.429421 and 5.0 grains of Bullseye.
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05-06-2014, 10:36 PM
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44.load
My 3 inch Lew loves 6.3 and the 240 grain lead.
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Yep, 240 LSWC and Unique are classics for .44 Special. If you haven't shot any lead before, slug the barrel and measure the cylinder throats and use bullets of appropriate diameter. I have a favorite load for .44 Special of just under 9.0 grains of Unique and a Lyman 249421...
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Wow, 9gr!
Sounds like a good reason to consult a manual...
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Surprised nobody's mentioned 240 LSWC over 7.5 grains of Unique.
Its the classic "Skeeter Skelton" load.
It will do anything worth doing.
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... Or the Snapper load.
6.5g W231/HP38 under a 240/250g SWC.
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Wow, 9gr!
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Well, you're right! My mistake  ( this is the exact reason one should ignore any load data from any forum). I was thinking about my .44 Magnum loads. Old feller's brain phart...
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I use quite a bit of Power Pistol and also 2400. I reload for a Ruger Flattop, so my loads would be a mite stout for you. 200 grain Hornady XTPs are a lot of fun in a mild load.
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7.5 grains of Unique is a good all around load. Probably all you need.
6.9 Grains is a "Factory Duplication Load" with a 246 grn. lead round nose in Lyman 45.
If you have (or can get) Red Dot it's good in the .44 Special. I use 6.0 grains under a 242 grain SWC.
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I gave up on Unique for my .44Special loads, I found that W231 produces better accuracy, doesn't smoke as much, burns way cleaner and meters nicer.
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44 special, 240 grain cast SWC and 7.5 grs Unique. Sweet shooting and accurate. You got Unique...use Unique. We are shooting whats a little smoke...it's called "gunsmoke" it's OK.
Besides powder is too hard to come by nowdays to go trying to chase down 9 different powders to experiment with like we used to do.
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Most of the smoke from that load is from the bullet lube, anyway.
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6.9 Grains is a "Factory Duplication Load" with a 246 grn. lead round nose in Lyman 45.
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Or you can do the same thing with 4.7 grains of Bullseye and Lyman No.429383.
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7.0 grains of Unique with that bullet is my 'fun' load.
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I have a SAA in .44 Spcl and it like 8.1 gr. of SR4756 and the Keith Bullet (429421)
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I shoot 6.5 gr of Unique with a 240 gr SWC in my Model 24's. I'm quite happy with that load.
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arjay,
6.0, 6.5, 7.0, and 7.5 grains Unique.....they're all good.
Load up some test rounds of each , go shooting and see what you like.....be sure and report back.
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