A load I'm trying to work up for heavy plinking in my Henry .44 Mag carbine is
using the shorter .44 Special case with the 300 gr. Missouri Bullets coated Hammer.
When loaded in the Magnum case the COL at 1.700 is too long to cycle and chamber.
Made up a dummy round using the .44 Special case and that results in a 1.550 COL and it
cycles/chambers fine.
The length of bullet in case is the same as the Missouri 240 gr bullet.
Would like to get 800-900 FPS out the 16 inch rifle barrel while keeping pressures
in the mid Magnum range given the shorter .44 Special case.
Have read of some using 9.5 grain of Alliant 2400 when shooing a 300 gr. bullet in .44 Special revolvers.
Looking in Lyman 49th I see a similar 300 gr. hard cast bullet load starting at 14.0 up to 15.7 gr. of 2400 but this in the Magnum case length.
So might 10 gr. to 12 be a safe point?
using the shorter .44 Special case with the 300 gr. Missouri Bullets coated Hammer.
When loaded in the Magnum case the COL at 1.700 is too long to cycle and chamber.
Made up a dummy round using the .44 Special case and that results in a 1.550 COL and it
cycles/chambers fine.
The length of bullet in case is the same as the Missouri 240 gr bullet.
Would like to get 800-900 FPS out the 16 inch rifle barrel while keeping pressures
in the mid Magnum range given the shorter .44 Special case.
Have read of some using 9.5 grain of Alliant 2400 when shooing a 300 gr. bullet in .44 Special revolvers.
Looking in Lyman 49th I see a similar 300 gr. hard cast bullet load starting at 14.0 up to 15.7 gr. of 2400 but this in the Magnum case length.
So might 10 gr. to 12 be a safe point?