trulyapostolic
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Anyone play with the 320gr. Penn bullet in their 44 handguns? Or, for that matter, any 320gr. bullet? I've got 500 of them and looking for a load for my PC 629-6, 8 3/8" barrel revolver.
44 Mag 320gr. Penn bullet
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jrplourde
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trulyapostolic
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Thank you, but there's nothing on there for the heavy bullets. I'd like to burn VV n110 for this load.
Bomberman
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Not for a Penn bullet but may get you close...
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trulyapostolic
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That's real helpful, thank you! I'll back the charge off a couple grains and work up from there.
Thanks again!
If you bought it from Penn.. they will supply load data. Just call them.
This online book has loads for other heavy 44 bullets utilizing Unique / H110 / LilGun / 2400 which are my favorite powders
41. 44 BULLETS, POWDERS, PRIMERS, AND DIES
I bought the hardcopy of this book along with the ebook from the google bookstore - its a great book for anyone who loves 44s.
This page 44 Magnum heavy weight hunting bullets - Is the 44 becoming overweight? has some useful info. The longer OAL is for super redhawk and anacondas I beleive. S&W the cylinder may not be long enough so it cannot take full loads even if the gun was strong enough.
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I loaded 18.0 gr. of N110 below the 320 gr. Penn bullet and above a Federal magnum primer, OAL 1.715". My Smith 629's cylinder isn't long enough to use the 2nd crimp groove, so I used the first. The load averaged 1267 fps at 15-20 ft. from the bench (probably close to 1300 fps at the muzzle). The brass was a little sticky coming out of the cylinder so I'll call this load maximum. Seems to shoot around 4" @ 100 yards. My hand hurts after shooting just a dozen of these, don't think I'll try Dirty Harry style with this load!
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