You can try Accurate #9 for a good load. 18.0gr - 20.5gr there is more room to go up and down with #9 compared to H-110. I found 19.8gr works good in my 96/44.AJE said:I recently emailed Hornady inquiring about the max speed for a 240gr XTP on deer and was told they should work up to 2200fps.
I'm looking to work up to around 1900 through my new 77/44 but I haven't found a group size I'm happy with yet.
AJE said:I recently emailed Hornady inquiring about the max speed for a 240gr XTP on deer and was told they should work up to 2200fps.
I'm looking to work up to around 1900 through my new 77/44 but I haven't found a group size I'm happy with yet.
stevemb said:For you folks using RH's and SRH's, ya know you can use that lower cannelure and gain combustion space, right ? I've not seen data in a manual, but printed out a page from an article yrs ago. The test gun was a SBH. What was gained, and safely by the authors results, was a @125fps in a 4 5/8" SBH. I stopped a gr short of the author yrs ago and shot load thru both SBH and the RH I had then. I'm talking about the 300gr XTP and H110/WW296 as per the OP..
stevemb said:Cool, only mentioned it because RH n SRH's were being mentioned. I've a Marlin .44mag here now, so now loads need to conform to all platforms too, or be segregated.
stevemb said:Haven't used or stocked this bullet/powder combo in many yrs, well, since I sold off the Redhawk I used to have. Then I was seating the bullet out and using 24grs of H110. The data I have max's out at 25grs w/CCI 350 primers used. Remember this is with the bullet seated in the lower cannelure, more combustion room. This fit in the SBH too, but not much room left in the cylinder. Sooo..just home from snagging a fresh lb of H110(24.95) and a box of the 300gr XTP's. You guys are a bad influence ! I gotta finish up loads for the .480 before I play with this new stuff though. Oh, and please remember, when folks, me too, throw out data, do further research, don't take it for gospel. It's your gun and life. That's one reason I stopped a gr short of what the data I found in a magazine article said. Stay safe folks.