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Zimm, I have not been loading all that long, so take what I say with a few grains of salt...
For "enjoyable" plinking, I've settled on 240 gr. hard cast SWC from Oregon Trails with 8.5 grains of TightGroup and Win LP primers. I shoot a Vaquero with a 5.25" bbl. This load is very accurate out to about 75yds (the best I can do, as of the moment) and considerably less than full load magnum. This load chronos at 1025 fps +- 12 pfs.
This load also works well in my Marlin 1894SS. I haven't chronoed this with the Marlin, but it's still real mild. At 100yds, prone position, open sites, the drop is just a tad under 8 inches, so I figure the velocity is somewhere in the neighborhood of 1100 fps.
I also make up hunting loads using H110. But for just general fun, I prefer the lower speeds and recoil that I get with TG.
My 2 bits... As always, YMMV.
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