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PawPaw · February 13, 2012, 02:08 PM

I shoot a 240 grain .429 bullet in my Ruger Blackhawk at about 970 fps (.44 speical) and about 1300 fps (.44 magnum) and find that either of those loads are plenty for a general purpose woods load. I shoot a lot more of the .44 Special loads than I do the magnum loads.

I would think that your bullet traveling at the mid 800s would be potent medicine for anything we find in these central Louisiana woods. You might load that Casull with 10 grains of Unique and see if that doesn't increase the velocity a little bit.

February 13, 2012, 02:08 PM	#2
PawPaw Senior Member Join Date: December 24, 2010 Location: Central Louisiana Posts: 3,137	I shoot a 240 grain .429 bullet in my Ruger Blackhawk at about 970 fps (.44 speical) and about 1300 fps (.44 magnum) and find that either of those loads are plenty for a general purpose woods load. I shoot a lot more of the .44 Special loads than I do the magnum loads. I would think that your bullet traveling at the mid 800s would be potent medicine for anything we find in these central Louisiana woods. You might load that Casull with 10 grains of Unique and see if that doesn't increase the velocity a little bit. __________________ Dennis Dezendorf http://pawpawshouse.blogspot.com