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Why are hornaday lead loads so anemic

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Thank you. As I mentioned in another thread, I'm trying to collect as much data around those particular loadings as I can. Appreciate it. :)
Check out the old Elmer Keith loads and skeeter. I'm not using their load data but they weren't shooting bhn 18 bullets from my observations. I believe 12 was spoken of a lot.
 
Check out the old Elmer Keith loads and skeeter. I'm not using their load data but they weren't shooting bhn 18 bullets from my observations. I believe 12 was spoken of a lot.
Was it Bill Jordan who refused to consider #2 Alloy? I think one of the guys involved with developing the.357 said it was too hard and would ruin the cylinders. But can’t remember who it was. Memory like a steel trap … crushes everything in it ;(
 
Check out the old Elmer Keith loads and skeeter. I'm not using their load data but they weren't shooting bhn 18 bullets from my observations. I believe 12 was spoken of a lot.

That follows what I've been reading lately, that I need to look toward softer bullets/alloys for the loads I'm looking at doing.
 
I reordered lead bullets for 44 Magnum on Monday from Missouri Bullet and have them this morning, 4 days later. They are coated, 240 grain TCFP, .431, and marked Brinell 18 "for magnum velocities". I have used these before, initially with pretty bad coating deposits in my barrel from SWC, but second shipment being TCFP and a different color coating, probably improved, was easy to clean after. The latest are yet another color and more glossy like powder coating. I don't shoot from a rest and am not an expert off hand, so have no verdict on accuracy. I generally stay on 8" paper at 15 yards.
 
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