300 gr 44 mag load for lever use......

[fortyshooter]

If you have 300 gr. 44 Mag bullets that have the crimp groove in the standard 240 gr. location this will give you a 1.700+ COL which may be to long for
some lever rifles to chamber. I load these in Starline 44 Special brass to get a nice 1.580 COL. This worked fine in my old 44 Mag Henry but was having bullet stability issues I thought was the load. This was later proven to be due to my Henry's over sized bore and slow twist rate which standard weight bullets had trouble also.
So I will try them again in my 1873 Uberti/Winchester .44 Mag carbine andat same load to start with at 11 gr. of Alliant 2400. I was getting 1160 to 1220
FPS using this load out of my Henry with 17 inch barrel and the 1873 has a 19 incher.
The couple of dummy loads I made cycle like hot butter even with that wide flat nose bullet....sweet! So more range fun/testing coming with this setup! Might even try some Unique powder and at a lighter than Magnum cased load of course.

That blue on the 1873 sure looks good!

[fortyshooter]

Took a picture of the 300 gr. load in the 44 Special case ready to chamber in my Uberti 1873. Not much room left at 1.580 COL.

[Vaquero]

Did it have any trouble ejecting that unfired round?

RP

[fortyshooter]

Did it have any trouble ejecting that unfired round?

RP

Haven't fired any of these yet but it ejects the loaded round fine.

[Pitchman1968]

Forty, This is off topic, but have you ever used Accurate #9 in reloading .44 Mag? In both my S&W model 29 Classic revolver and my Henry .44 Mag BBB, #9 accuracy has been outstanding with either jacketed or cast bullets of various weights. For example, at 75 yds with the Henry, I am achieving 3"-4" groups with 260 gr. cast bullets, atop 17 grs. of #9. Velocity is running about 1,600 FPS. One of #9's benefits is that it is a "universal" powder for just about any type of .44 Mag reloading.

[fortyshooter]

Forty, This is off topic, but have you ever used Accurate #9 in reloading .44 Mag? In both my S&W model 29 Classic revolver and my Henry .44 Mag BBB, #9 accuracy has been outstanding with either jacketed or cast bullets of various weights. For example, at 75 yds with the Henry, I am achieving 3"-4" groups with 260 gr. cast bullets, atop 17 grs. of #9. Velocity is running about 1,600 FPS. One of #9's benefits is that it is a "universal" powder for just about any type of .44 Mag reloading.

No I haven't tried that powder but thanks for mentioning it. Next time at the local shop I will look for it.