serenityarms
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My wife added a new Tarus Tracker 44 mag, 4" ported barrel to my collection for my birthday and I've been working on some heavy hitting loads for it. Information on loads for this particular gun is hard to find.
If you know this revolver you know that the porting eats almost an inch of barrel length so it's pretty short in that respect and the cylinder is doing good to take a round with an OAL of 1.61 - any more and things start catching when it rotates.
I've been working on a hard hitting load to take as a bear round when up in the mountains of Wyo. I picked up some Cast Performance 300gr WFNGC as these reportedly would seat properly and still fit in the Tarus cylinder - and they do (any cast slug makers - feel free to contact me - I'd love to buy a box of your bullets if they'll work in this revolver).
Disclaimer: I believe all load data presented here to be within published limits.
I worked up initial loads using Win primers and H110 powder. after several increments from 18gr up to 20gr, I settled on 19.5gr as the best shooting in my particular specimen. This is getting pretty close to a 100% charge.
I want to run the same workup using VV N110, it has a bit more bulk to it and so by the time I get to 19.2gr I'm confident I'm compressing the charge at the same seat depth. I haven't fired any of the N110 loads yet until I'm confident they're not going to present a problem. I'd rather break them down and not shoot them than take a chance.
The Cast Performance bullets seat pretty deeply in the case - anyone have any opinions/info with this particular combination? The H110 at 19.5gr wasn't showing any adverse signs, cases fell out of the cylinder after shooting and brass looks good under magnifying glass post shoot. I'm unclear on how the deep seat depth for this bullet will affect case pressures compared to other types that don't seat as deeply.
My H110 load @ 19.5 chronos at 1498fps pretty consistently which seems pretty darn decent for that short of a barrel (and makes me wonder about pressure levels a bit even with this load).
thanks for any info/advice....
If you know this revolver you know that the porting eats almost an inch of barrel length so it's pretty short in that respect and the cylinder is doing good to take a round with an OAL of 1.61 - any more and things start catching when it rotates.
I've been working on a hard hitting load to take as a bear round when up in the mountains of Wyo. I picked up some Cast Performance 300gr WFNGC as these reportedly would seat properly and still fit in the Tarus cylinder - and they do (any cast slug makers - feel free to contact me - I'd love to buy a box of your bullets if they'll work in this revolver).
Disclaimer: I believe all load data presented here to be within published limits.
I worked up initial loads using Win primers and H110 powder. after several increments from 18gr up to 20gr, I settled on 19.5gr as the best shooting in my particular specimen. This is getting pretty close to a 100% charge.
I want to run the same workup using VV N110, it has a bit more bulk to it and so by the time I get to 19.2gr I'm confident I'm compressing the charge at the same seat depth. I haven't fired any of the N110 loads yet until I'm confident they're not going to present a problem. I'd rather break them down and not shoot them than take a chance.
The Cast Performance bullets seat pretty deeply in the case - anyone have any opinions/info with this particular combination? The H110 at 19.5gr wasn't showing any adverse signs, cases fell out of the cylinder after shooting and brass looks good under magnifying glass post shoot. I'm unclear on how the deep seat depth for this bullet will affect case pressures compared to other types that don't seat as deeply.
My H110 load @ 19.5 chronos at 1498fps pretty consistently which seems pretty darn decent for that short of a barrel (and makes me wonder about pressure levels a bit even with this load).
thanks for any info/advice....