.44 special loading???

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14 December 2016, 19:05

jimatcat

.44 special loading???

looking for .44 special pet loads... prefer lighter bullets.. 160's, 180's... pistol is a Lew Horton 3" smith 24.. thanks, jim

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14 December 2016, 21:04

dpcd

Get Ken Waters' Pet Loads; you will read it daily like I do. It all depends on how fast you want them to go. I use Unique, 6.5 grains. Very light load but the S&W can take far more than that.

14 December 2016, 21:34

ramrod340

Sorry nothing near that light. But in the 240 area like Tom said Unigue,I've also used Herco and Red Dot.

As usual just my $.02
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15 December 2016, 16:33

Fury01

Brian pierce has written some good work with the special. Mostly cast 250 but that is what makes a special most happy! Hand loader magazine I think is where it was.

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17 December 2016, 08:39

Gunswizard

Been shooting .44 Special for 40 yrs. now, I load nothing buy 200gr. RNFP bullets over 7.5gr. Unique. The Skeeter Skelton load, it is a great load in all my .44 Special revolvers.

18 December 2016, 03:29

enfieldspares

I got best accuracy with 6.5 Hercules Red Dot and a 240 grain cast lead SWC.

18 December 2016, 10:08

buckeyeshooter

I use 6 grains of unique and a 200 graincast for cowboy action shooting. Chronos 840 fps average out of 4 different ruger vaqueros. 1 set 4 5/8 barels and the other set 5 1/2 inch barels.