44 Mag Range Report

[Rifletom]

That is some very good shooting indeed! I'd leave that one be. In that last pic of you Jim, is that a Ruger No. 1 on your left? That Redhawk is serious looking medicine. Good day at the range.

[JEBar]

In that last pic of you Jim, is that a Ruger No. 1 on your left?

kind words appreciated .... it belongs to John (Shakey Jake) .... what I do know about it is, its an excellent shooter and has one heck of a muzzle blast

[North Country Gal]

That's some great 44 mag shooting. Nicely done.

[JEBar]

in no way on par with the offhand shooting of RR and NCG .... your comments are appreciated

[Greyhawk]

That looks like it was a lot of fun! Great report, shooting and pictures! Thanks for sharing.

[Shakey Jake]

That is some very good shooting indeed! I'd leave that one be. In that last pic of you Jim, is that a Ruger No. 1 on your left? That Redhawk is serious looking medicine. Good day at the range.

That's my Ruger No 1 in 25-06. Shoots better than I do. Going to load up some of those bullets you sent me this morning.
Jake

[Rifletom]

That is some very good shooting indeed! I'd leave that one be. In that last pic of you Jim, is that a Ruger No. 1 on your left? That Redhawk is serious looking medicine. Good day at the range.

That's my Ruger No 1 in 25-06. Shoots better than I do. Going to load up some of those bullets you sent me this morning.
Jake

Excellent! I have one Ruger No.1 left; my 30-06. If I ever go elk or deer hunting again, that's the one going. Enjoy your No.1 Jake, they're great rifles.

[Slugnut]

JABar, NICE SHOOTING !! What length do you trim your brass ? Thanx in advance.

[JEBar]

JABar, NICE SHOOTING !! What length do you trim your brass ? Thanx in advance.

kind words appreciated .... as to trimming brass, what I do doesn't reflect the textbook recommendations ..... for hunting ammo I use new brass from Starline .... for all other nonhunting ammo, I'm still reloading Winchester, Winchester Western, Remington Police, Remington, Federal, and Peter's brass first fired back in the 60's .... in all that time, I've only found it necessary to trim a handful of brass .... every round (hunting and practice) is individually crimped .... so long as the crimp is within the bullet's crimp ring, I don't worry about it .... now the textbook answer it to keep them trimmed to SAMMI specs .... doing so is most certainly best practice

[Slugnut]

JABar,Thanx for your quick reply. I've been trimming my 44 mag. brass to 1.275". The Hornady manual (8th. ed.), states up to 1.280" max. The reason for my inquiry, I'd like to reload the 270g.(.429) Speer for my Ruger bolt action 77/44 as a bear/hog round. I figured the case length would be a good place to start and work it up my reloadings from there .