greyling22
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I mostly shoot lead bullets in my carbines, but I finally got my 1894ss in 44 mag back from a long term family loan (yay!), and want to start loading for it. I want to try some hot jacketed stuff since I have plinking loads for plenty of other guns. I'm looking at 200 and 240 grn jacketed soft points because marlin's stupid twist rate won't stabilize the heavy stuff.
It looks like some of the best powders are h110 and 4227, 2400 etc. I don't have those. (or at least, not much h110) what I do have a LOT of is accurate 1680. It's too slow for handgun rounds, but would it work out of a 20" rifle barrel? seems like it should. However, I cannot find any data for it, but I have come across posts like "1680 works great in a rifle" Does anybody have any insight into this? I did find the accurate manual #2, a load for a 355grn lead bullet using 18 grains for 1680
It looks like some of the best powders are h110 and 4227, 2400 etc. I don't have those. (or at least, not much h110) what I do have a LOT of is accurate 1680. It's too slow for handgun rounds, but would it work out of a 20" rifle barrel? seems like it should. However, I cannot find any data for it, but I have come across posts like "1680 works great in a rifle" Does anybody have any insight into this? I did find the accurate manual #2, a load for a 355grn lead bullet using 18 grains for 1680