Non-Fouling .44 Special loads
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243winxb
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A starting load is 4.7 gr. Maximum is 5.2gr using Alliant data and a Speer 240 gr soft swaged lswc.
No easy answer, depending on bullets used.
No easy answer, depending on bullets used.
Dog Soldier
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Leading is the result of Gas cutting. Just make sure the bullets are at least .001"+ to your throat diameter. The bullet should drop freely through the chamber.
Gas cutting occurs when the hot gases pass around the bullet. This allows droplets of hot lead to adhere to you guns bore. Gas checks are rarely needed in handguns. They are expensive and offer very little for velocities below 1,500 fps.
Gas cutting occurs when the hot gases pass around the bullet. This allows droplets of hot lead to adhere to you guns bore. Gas checks are rarely needed in handguns. They are expensive and offer very little for velocities below 1,500 fps.
RealGun
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Probably something under 1000 fps, but you would have to provide a number of other details to allow a really useful reply. The bullet hardness and the gun's internal bore and throat diameters would be relevant. The real player is the lube.
Lafitte
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Rifle or revolver? Slug your bore and find out what size bullets you need, at least .001" larger than bore diameter. Next make certain that the cylinder throats (if in a revolver) are large enough to allow the correct size bullet to pass through. Also insure that the bullet is not "resized" in the loading process. Finally load to a velocity of not over 1400 fps, 800 to 1,000 fps should work fine. Have fun!
Lafitte
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Use a midrange charge of Bullseye to start and you'll likely be fine. If you do get any leading, then check how it fits the throats for starters, then maybe slug your bore, but I would load and shoot some to see if I even need to worry about it. I shot a lot of commercial 215 and 240 Gr cast bullets in my old .44 Spl Bulldog and never had any leading. I used 700X mostly.
Check out these links to posts on leading.
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Check out these links to posts on leading.
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https://www.thehighroad.org/index.p...g-loads-and-bhn-hardness.520330/#post-6460505
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RealGun
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One would have to observe that at lower velocities leading will occur and is relieved by adequate lubrication.Leading is the result of Gas cutting. Just make sure the bullets are at least .001"+ to your throat diameter. The bullet should drop freely through the chamber.
Gas cutting occurs when the hot gases pass around the bullet. This allows droplets of hot lead to adhere to you guns bore. Gas checks are rarely needed in handguns. They are expensive and offer very little for velocities below 1,500 fps.
I'm shooting my SW Model 29 and my late fathers SW "Smith & Wesson .44 Special CTG." Those are the only makings on it. He competed with
it back in the '50's. It's had a LOT of lead run through it. My M29 will be my primary. I picked up the SWC's at a gunshow about 15 years ago. There
are no markings on the box. They mic at .429
it back in the '50's. It's had a LOT of lead run through it. My M29 will be my primary. I picked up the SWC's at a gunshow about 15 years ago. There
are no markings on the box. They mic at .429
RealGun
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I wonder about any lube on bullets that old. On bullets I purchased, I have been using tumble lube in alox as a supplement to wax lube in lube grooves, when elimination of leading is otherwise elusive.
Master Blaster
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Tumble in liquid alox, I use a large peanut butter jar and squirt a little lee liquid alox and shake.
Eliminates leading every time.
Eliminates leading every time.
243winxb
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Nice S&W's .
Bullets look like cast with good lube. Should be fine with Bullseye, if they fit diameter wise.
I see 2 in the first box, that look like a concave base? Maybe check the weight on a few?
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