im wondering if someone would know the best lead weight for a ruger superblackhawk .44 mag
I recently purchased one and am looking for optimum proformance from my reloads
thanks for any imput
mike

It depends on what you want to do w/ them. I loaded
255 PB Keith cast BHN 15 w/ 9.5g Unique for plinking and non-punishing practice
255 GC Keith cast BHN 22 w/ 20.5g Lilgun for hogs, deer etc
280 LBTGC cast BHN 22 w/ 20.5g Lilgun for hogs
Unique seems to work great for mid range loads.
Lilgun shoots well for heavy loads.
H110 seems to be the top choice for the heaviest loads, but Lilgun is very close.
I have had very good results w/ cast from
Beartooth bullets
Leadheads
Montana bullet works
Hope this helps

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Originally posted by mike1264:
im wondering if someone would know the best lead weight for a ruger superblackhawk .44 mag
I recently purchased one and am looking for optimum proformance from my reloads
thanks for any imput
mike

Bullet shape & powder choice will be more important than bullet wt. I have had good luck w/ light 200grRNFP @ 800fps for plinking & 300grLFP @ 1200fps for hunting. What are you trying to achieve?

Im still shooting the hundreds of rounds my father loaded for his RSBH. All he shot was 240g Keith. I cannot count the number of large hogs he killed. Most were DOA or knock down and one shot follow up. Maybe not the sexiest round in the world, but a one shot stone dead 400# Russian Cross boar is pretty good proof he was loading up the right thing