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.44 Rem. Mag., 220 gr. cast, with Green Dot or Herco
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The widow of a friend of a friend gave me some of her late husband's reloading stuff. A couple thousand cast bullets, 220 grain, .430 diameter. A 4-lb. can of Green Dot, and a 4-lb. can of Herco.

Can't find much data.

Does anyone have a recipe that will get around 1150-1200 fps from my 7 1/2 inch Super Blackhawk?


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Just use the 240 gr data it is easy to get the velocity you want.
 
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I don't know about the Green Dot but for the Herco there should be some 44 Mag. data out there. As p dog shooter said just use the starting load for the 240 gr.


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In my Lyman 46th book the 429215 215 gr boolit has a starting load of 11.4 grs of Herco, Max of 13.5 grs.
Start velocity is 984, max is 1205. That's out of a 4 inch vented test barrel. No Green Dot though.
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The Lee reloading manuel lists 8.5 to 9.5 grains of Green Dot with a 240 grain lead bullet for 1170 fps.
 
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Google Alliant powder, new owners, of formerly Hercules powder company. There is data all over the web. As said, Herco should be good. Green dot is a little fast for that performance level, although plinker loads... very good. Luck. Happy Trails.
 
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The loads for Green Dot will probably be listed under 44 Spl, which will work for the 44 Mag just as 38 Spl loads work for 357 Mag.
 
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