.44 mag weight

[umrek]

S&W, Ruger and Marlin

 

[Member 5605]

180's or 240's.

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[jordanka16]

New addition, next to his little brother, 4" Security Six.

 

[snarlingdog]

We used to shoot a lot of Badman lead bullets but the plated seem to leave the guns cleaner. I've been boiling the lube off the Badmans and powder coating them, I like Badman bullets they have always shot well for me

can you pick up at badman? Or is it online order only?

 

[jordanka16]

can you pick up at badman? Or is it online order only?

If you call and make an appointment you can pick them up. If you order at least 1000 bullets you get free shipping though, and you can mix and match, 500 of one and 500 of another.

 

[KKG]

Oh, and the last time I used the 41mag for silhouette, the rounds weren't always knocking the 200 meter Rams down, even with a solid hit on the upper back.

So I kinda stopped going to those silhouette matches.

I used to shoot those Matches with my Smith and Wesson Model 41. As all as my hits were on the upper half they went down just fine.

 

[CountryGent]

I'm somewhat new to the .44 Magnum, but I have been mainly shooting 240-grain in the Model 29.

 

[KKG]

I'm somewhat new to the .44 Magnum, but I have been mainly shooting 240-grain in the Model 29.

That's the original grain weight that the ".44 Magnum" was designed around. In front of 22-24grs. of 2400 powder was the load that Elmer Keith came up with. I'VE fired my share of the things and found the 22gr. load works well in .44 Special cases while the 24gr. load works great in Magnum cases. The 240gr. bullet can be either a hard cast lead or one of the jacketed ones out there. I'm like Elmer and really like the SWC designs the best.

 

[DizzyJ]

I used to shoot those Matches with my Smith and Wesson Model 41. As all as my hits were on the upper half they went down just fine.

It was probably more the bullets I was using looking back on things. Plated Bullets probably weren't the best route to go. I see Sierra makes harder Bullets specifically for silhouette shooting. Just haven't gotten around to loading them up and trying them out (bought some for the .44 if I remember correctly).

 

[KKG]

The .44 does require a good HARD cast bullet or a Jacket. Good Luck.

 

[WillametteWill]

In my 8" M29 I like 200gr JHP in a moderate load range using 296. Special is usually 240 hard cast in the M29 or the shorter special.