Looking to use the same load in both of these guns.I am not familiar with handgun reloading and their reguirements, but would like a load that will work good for both guns.

when i load for my 41 mag i load for the pistol then shoot the same loads in the rifle it usually works well.Good Luck

I use the same load for my Colt Anaconda and Rossi 92.
I use a 300 grain gas checked Saeco SWC, with 20 grains of H110, Winchester LP primers and what ever case I have on hand.
I think of it as 45-70 lite.

Jim

Thanks so much for the response. Reading about a gas check is something I hadn't even thought of. Like I said not used to handgun reloads and then that includes cast bullets. Anyone else?

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Originally posted by Dave Katt:
Thanks so much for the response. Reading about a gas check is something I hadn't even thought of. Like I said not used to handgun reloads and then that includes cast bullets. Anyone else?

I shoot cast bullets exclusively in my 30-06, 375 Whelen, 45-70, 405 Winchester, 45 Colt rifles at jacketed bullet velocities. Of these the 375 Whelen is the only bolt gun.

Jim

Whatever load you put in your revolver should be good for the rifle. I shoot 44 specials in my Ruger Vaqueros and the same load in my Marlin 1894.

A. M. Socrates

I feed my 44 Marlin the same loads that my Smith 29 gets but have some loads for hunting that the Marlin gets alone.

Leadeye, what load do you feed them? Thanks for the response.

The Marlin gets 21 grains of Lil'Gun behind a RD 265 sized at .432 which is my hunting load for it. This is hard on the Smith 29 so I don't use them in it. It gets wide variety of loads but I have found that 240 grain bullets work best in it.

I have been shooting Blackhawk .45 Colts for years, but I just recently bought a Marlin in .45 Colt. I have 2 loads that shoot well in both. First is the Lyman #454424, that is about 250 gr. I use 9.0 gr. Win. 231, Win. brass, and Rem. 2-1/2 primers. For a heavy load I use the 300 gr. Hornady XTP with 22.5 gr. of Win. 296, Rem. brass, and Fed. 155 primer. I use a Redding profile crimp die and trim the cases each time so I get a uniform crimp. It probably sounds like a lot of work, but I think it is worth it. The rifle will keep 5 shots with the 300 gr. load under 1.5" at 100 yards. It worked fine on a whitetail this year. The cast bullet load is not quite as accurate, but is still good.