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.44 magnum light loads
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<blockquote data-quote="Trickymissfit" data-source="post: 721844" data-attributes="member: 25383"><p>I could have made my post a little clearer (never have great writting composition skills as most of you know by now). If I were looking at low pressure plinking loads for the 44 mag, I'd be looking at powders like AA#7 and AA#5 along with HS7 under a 200 grain bullet. A 260 grain bullet at 1380 fps out of an 1894 Marlin would be a light load. With an 18" barrel length, #9 runs out of steam too soon. That's where H110 starts to kick in big time. A good compairison would be with 21.0 grains of #9 and the 250 grain cast bullet. In an 8" barrel it was good for about 1380 fps. In a 20" barrel that same load should give you about 1550 fps with no other changes. In a jacketed bullet you'd probably loose about 30 to 40 fps in both guns. Yet the chamber pressures in both guns will be similar. </p><p>gary</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Trickymissfit, post: 721844, member: 25383"] I could have made my post a little clearer (never have great writting composition skills as most of you know by now). If I were looking at low pressure plinking loads for the 44 mag, I'd be looking at powders like AA#7 and AA#5 along with HS7 under a 200 grain bullet. A 260 grain bullet at 1380 fps out of an 1894 Marlin would be a light load. With an 18" barrel length, #9 runs out of steam too soon. That's where H110 starts to kick in big time. A good compairison would be with 21.0 grains of #9 and the 250 grain cast bullet. In an 8" barrel it was good for about 1380 fps. In a 20" barrel that same load should give you about 1550 fps with no other changes. In a jacketed bullet you'd probably loose about 30 to 40 fps in both guns. Yet the chamber pressures in both guns will be similar. gary [/QUOTE]
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