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Originally posted by Rancho Loco:
It is a ported 4" Tracker...So far it's been a fun shooter with off the shelf mag-tech .44 sp and .44 mag ammo.

I've already bought a box of Sierra 240 gr JHC's on clearance at the local store, and have some 300 grain cast precisions and speer uni-cores laying around too. When I go pick up my powder (or powders) I'll prolly pick up the JSP gold dots too..

I have a couple of 4 inch 629's, they are my favorite handguns. One is a Mountain Gun, a lightweight .44 Mag that is going to be very similar to your Tracker.

I do NOT enjoy shooting full power .44 Mag loads in the Mountain Gun, and only carry them when I'm Hog Hunting with it. The rest of the time I shoot a hard cast (preferrably Keith style) 240 grain bullet loaded to about 1000 fps. This load isn't max, but it's plenty stout.

I'm still working on a 8# keg of H108 that I bought a few years back. It's a commercial powder that's just a bit faster burning thah H110/WW296. But I think any of these powders are going to be pretty nasty in the ported barrel of your Tracker. I'd want to load with something faster burning like HS6, Unique, or Herco.

I'd also suggest that you visit www.sixguns.com and read the "Taffin Tests" articles on the .44 Mag.

Good Luck

I started the process to reload 100 new WW cases today.

Hmmm...

https://forums.accuratereloading.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/2511043/m/245101914

I've been reading this post with great interest and went to http://stevespages.com/429p_3_300.html to check out the loads for the .44 mag. I see this spread for H-110 for a 300-gr bullet From 16.7 grains to 22.5 grains
CCI-350 Primer (although I would use the Fed Magnum Pistol Primers) that I have on hand.

Can anyone give better information that has used 16.7 grains. The Hodgdon manual does not list anything but 21.5 gr to use.