.44 mag hunting loads

[44hunter45]

This article is a bit dated as the author is advising wheel weight lead, 2% tin. However, the gas checked Lyman Devastator was used in a Blackhawk field trial, success on a mule deer. So, if you’re thinking to cast and roll your own, Devastator HP may be what works.

Lyman Devastator Hollow Point Bullets, load data, range testing & a bit of the history

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Dangerous rabbit hole there. I love Frixell's stuff.

I found a coffee can full of Lyman 429421HP boolits in an old shed about five years ago.

I went to the MP mold because it is the essentially the same boolit with the crimp groove moved back to optimize the longer Ruger cylinder.

 

[MTLabrador]

I’ve never messed around with casting bullets at all, but those cast hollow points are seriously cool. I bet they make a hell of a wound channel out of a .44 as well.

 

[Benfromalbuquerque]

I’ve never messed around with casting bullets at all, but those cast hollow points are seriously cool. I bet they make a hell of a wound channel out of a .44 as well.

It’s seriously cheap to get a mold and basic necessities (my first run was just a Lee mold, camp stove, pot and spoon from Goodwill, big piece of cardboard). I’ve used Hornady balls and also reclaimed lead from the range, all shoot fine. @44hunter45 has the wisdom for reference; he’s a reloading encyclopedia.

 

[Big Sky Guy]

Anyone use all copper Barnes?

 

[44hunter45]

It’s seriously cheap to get a mold and basic necessities (my first run was just a Lee mold, camp stove, pot and spoon from Goodwill, big piece of cardboard). I’ve used Hornady balls and also reclaimed lead from the range, all shoot fine. @44hunter45 has the wisdom for reference; he’s a reloading encyclopedia.

Ha!

I honored you think so. Mostly I’m not afraid to experiment and learned from my mistakes.

 

[MTLabrador]

240 XTP and the book max load of H110 is the winning combo. I spent the afternoon shooting steel from 25-100 with the .44 and doing some speed drills with my carry gun, it was a ton of fun.