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444 · May 27, 2001, 07:06 PM

I think you will find that for serious loads, H335 is THE powder. Welcome to the club. If you start playing around with the .444 you will see a very versitile caliber. Right now I am playing around with "silent" loads using a 300 grain cast bullet and about 4 grains of Bullseye powder. No noise, no recoil and one hole accuracy at 25 yards. My "go to" load for the .444 is H335 and a 300 grain Hornady JSP at about 2200 fps. I was going to mention the charge but I see that it is over max for several of the manuals so I will leave that up to you. I am shooting the Marlin and at 100 yards, it is hands down the most accurate rifle I own. And I have never had a load that wasnt' accurate. My next project is to load shotshells for the .444 approximating a .410 bore shotgun. Check out some of the articles by Paco Kelly at http://www.sixgunner.com on the .444

May 27, 2001, 07:06 PM	#2
444 Senior Member Join Date: November 20, 2000 Location: Ohio Posts: 3,968	I think you will find that for serious loads, H335 is THE powder. Welcome to the club. If you start playing around with the .444 you will see a very versitile caliber. Right now I am playing around with "silent" loads using a 300 grain cast bullet and about 4 grains of Bullseye powder. No noise, no recoil and one hole accuracy at 25 yards. My "go to" load for the .444 is H335 and a 300 grain Hornady JSP at about 2200 fps. I was going to mention the charge but I see that it is over max for several of the manuals so I will leave that up to you. I am shooting the Marlin and at 100 yards, it is hands down the most accurate rifle I own. And I have never had a load that wasnt' accurate. My next project is to load shotshells for the .444 approximating a .410 bore shotgun. Check out some of the articles by Paco Kelly at http://www.sixgunner.com on the .444 __________________ You know the rest. In the books you have read How the British Regulars fired and fled, How the farmers gave them ball for ball, From behind each fence and farmyard wall, Chasing the redcoats down the lane, Then crossing the fields to emerge again Under the trees at the turn of the road, And only pausing to fire and load.