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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by JackFlash:
. Anybody else working on this sort of load? Maybe 44 Spc. cases in a 44 magnum? [/quote]
I have an old RCBS reloading guide that I got when I purchesed my RCBS "Junior" reloading press back in the early 1970's. Elmer Keith listed his 44 special loads in it. Loaded up Elmer's recommendation, a box of 50 44 specials with hardcast 240gr SWC over 17.0grs of Hercules 2400 and standard primers. Shot them in my old 1926 Model 44sp Hand Ejector. Recoil was almost at the OUCH level in that light of a gun. I think I shot maybe 3 cylinders full. That was enough for me.
I did pick up a box of perfect, once fired 44special "balloon head" cases. These cases were discontued in the 1950's I believe. Elmer's listed load for these cases was 18.5 grs of #2400!!! Needless to say, I never loaded them up.
If you want magnum performance, buy a magnum handgun. Enjoy the standard cartridge guns for what they are.
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Just one of the Good Guys
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