odis
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I have a Lew Horton 624 that I picked up a couple of months ago and was wondering if any body here has any experience with the 185 gr. double ended wad cutter that Penn bullets offers, it looks like it might be a nice slug for the gun.
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Yes, I have used those quite a bit. They are soft, so you can't push them too hard, but they do make a nice hole.
Check your cylinder throats, I found that the .432 was right for most of my guns.
Check your cylinder throats, I found that the .432 was right for most of my guns.
I have no desire to push them hard, so far .431 has worked quite well but my expectations for a 3 in. barrel isn't as high as a longer one so maybe I'll give .432 a try. I don't have pin gauges so I just shoved a bullet of a known size through the throat, not very scientific. Any suggestions for powder I have bullseye red dot and unique on hand.
VAdoublegunner
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I've been meaning to try those, they look pretty good.
Red Dot is a decent powder for target loads in the 44 SP. It's generally cleaner than Unique and meters better.
Red Dot is a decent powder for target loads in the 44 SP. It's generally cleaner than Unique and meters better.
longranger
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Bullseye powder and soft lead are a match made in heaven.
TSQUARED
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Many years ago I used to shoot a S&W 1950 Model 44 Target using a Lyhman 185 gr. WC (forget the number) with a light load of Bullseye - superbly accurate.
Alk8944
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Slugging the throats and measuring with a micrometer is more accurate than plug guages. Scientific?? All you are trying to do is measure the throats, why complicate things unnecessarily. Slugging has been the preferred method of measuring internal barrel dimensions for many, many years.
I have used the Lyman 429438 full wadcutter quite a bit.
Do your bullets sit flush with the case like a 38 wadcutter? If so that greatly reduces your case capacity and for them I would use 3.5 grains of Bullseye for good target loads. I used that amount of Bullseye with the Lee 208 grain wadcutter seated flush.
I know this is not what you're wanting but I loaded the Lyman up with 13 grains of Blue Dot for a self defense load which chronographed at 1012 fps from a 4 inch gun.
Do your bullets sit flush with the case like a 38 wadcutter? If so that greatly reduces your case capacity and for them I would use 3.5 grains of Bullseye for good target loads. I used that amount of Bullseye with the Lee 208 grain wadcutter seated flush.
I know this is not what you're wanting but I loaded the Lyman up with 13 grains of Blue Dot for a self defense load which chronographed at 1012 fps from a 4 inch gun.
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Its a double ended wadcutter that will fit flush with the case, and thank you for the bullseye tip. I will probably go to that first but I was wondering if red dot might be better because of the case capacity of the 44spec. I have shot tons of 38 wads with bullseye over the years, this is my first 44 spec.I have used the Lyman 429438 full wadcutter quite a bit.
Do your bullets sit flush with the case like a 38 wadcutter? If so that greatly reduces your case capacity and for them I would use 3.5 grains of Bullseye for good target loads. I used that amount of Bullseye with the Lee 208 grain wadcutter seated flush.
I know this is not what you're wanting but I loaded the Lyman up with 13 grains of Blue Dot for a self defense load which chronographed at 1012 fps from a 4 inch gun.
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