Does anyone have loads that have worked for them using 300 grain Swift A-Frames? I intended to carry my 4.25 Anaconda while fishing in Montana this season. I've seen some mighty big bears in that state. Eventually, one is gonna mistake the sweet fragrance of caught & released trout for a migrating brown. I fear mountain lions more than bears because you can't hear 'em comin' till they're snapping the back of your neck within their powerful jaws.
300 Grain Swift A-Frame & .44 Rem Mag
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Ivan the Butcher
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I used Barnes Original Bullets 300 gr. Soft Point. They gave me a typed data sheet in 1982 for 26.6 gr of WW296. I've only shot it in a T/C Contender Super 14", and a friend shot 3 in a Super Blackhawk and 3 more at deer that were dead right there (DRT). I have two 44 mag S&W's and don't have the balls to try it!
One of the shots from the T/C was into the end of a concrete block at about 25 yards. After the shot, the end was sitting there with a 1 1/4 inch hole in the end. I assumed that it just bored right on through, as no chunks went flying. When I walked up to it, only the end partition was there. S&W factory 240 gr factory ammo a blown blocks into fist size chunks and thrown about half of them in an arc about 40 yards in all directions, and about half was still in a pile. The Barnes Bullet vaporized the entire block to fine powder, all but the end partition!
Ivan
One of the shots from the T/C was into the end of a concrete block at about 25 yards. After the shot, the end was sitting there with a 1 1/4 inch hole in the end. I assumed that it just bored right on through, as no chunks went flying. When I walked up to it, only the end partition was there. S&W factory 240 gr factory ammo a blown blocks into fist size chunks and thrown about half of them in an arc about 40 yards in all directions, and about half was still in a pile. The Barnes Bullet vaporized the entire block to fine powder, all but the end partition!
Ivan
A full power, 300 grain 44 Magnum load fired from a 4 inch barrel revolver? Better make that first shot count! Call me crazy, but I don't think you will gain that much, other than recoil, with a 300 grain bullet versus a 240-250 grain bullet from a short barrel.
I’ve got a nice “mid range” 300 grain hardcast load that I worked up for my 44 Henry’s.
300gr Missouri TCFP
13.6gr AA#9, 1.6” COAL, Win LP
20” Henry AW: 1226fps
I don’t handle recoil as well as I used to due to some surgery so keep that in mind. From my 20” Henry All Weather, 10 rounds of this from the bench was “enough”. I haven’t been brave enough to try it out of my 4 inch 29’s, let alone my 3 inch. Full house 300 grain 44 mag from a 4 inch Colt is going to be zero fun. The Anaconda is heavier than a 29 so that will help.
Just because, a pic of the AW Henry and the 3 inch 629:
300gr Missouri TCFP
13.6gr AA#9, 1.6” COAL, Win LP
20” Henry AW: 1226fps
I don’t handle recoil as well as I used to due to some surgery so keep that in mind. From my 20” Henry All Weather, 10 rounds of this from the bench was “enough”. I haven’t been brave enough to try it out of my 4 inch 29’s, let alone my 3 inch. Full house 300 grain 44 mag from a 4 inch Colt is going to be zero fun. The Anaconda is heavier than a 29 so that will help.
Just because, a pic of the AW Henry and the 3 inch 629:
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Ivan the Butcher
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I have a similar bullet mold to 71Vette's 300 gr TCFP, mine is a 4 gang, 310-330 gr. (harder alloys are lighter bullets) by SSK/J.D.Jones.
I originally cast every bit of alloy I could find. Then when I didn't use 4000 of them in a year or two, I found they are good for putting in muzzle loading sabots and just plain storage ingots. They remelt very well!
Ivan
I originally cast every bit of alloy I could find. Then when I didn't use 4000 of them in a year or two, I found they are good for putting in muzzle loading sabots and just plain storage ingots. They remelt very well!
Ivan
