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June 7, 2004, 10:58 AM
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41 Mag rifle loads
Who has a Marlin 1894 in 41 mag and rolls their own? What's your favorite load?
I've been using 20 grains of H110 under a 210 grain XTP bullet, have some 170 grain HP's and AA #9 on hand too. |
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June 17, 2004, 03:17 PM
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My best friend has a Marlin 1894 in .41 magnum. I don't know the powder charges, but he likes the heavier bullets in the rifle. I seem to recall his favorites were 265 gr. bullets using H110... I will ask him when I see him.
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June 20, 2004, 10:45 PM
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I do cowboy shooting with My 1894 Marlin, so instead of heavy hot loads I have a very mild, light load of 5.0 grains of Titegroup behind generic 210-215 cast lead SWC bullets. My 41 Mag Redhawk seems to like 20 grains of Lil'gun behind a 220 grain Keith SWC in linotype. You could probably go a little higher, the 2004 Hodgdon magazine lists the maximum of 22.5 for the 210 grain Hornady XTP bullet, but my Redhawk seems to have an accuracy sweet spot at 20 grains.
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June 20, 2004, 11:06 PM
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I've shot 75 or so of the H110 loads through it, haven't done a real test of accuracy yet but they seem to work well.
All I've read and been told is that lead bullets do not work well with the Marlins microgroove rifling - prone to fouling. |
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December 4, 2007, 07:56 PM
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Made my first reloads ever.
Remington .41 Magnum .410 cal Nosler 210gr JHP Winchester/Remington mixed brass ~20gr H110 powder (1.26cc of Lee powder measure) Federal 155 primer (Large magnum pistol) Shoots great in my Blackhawk. It didn't feel as stout as the Remington 210gr JSP's as far as recoil. |
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December 4, 2007, 09:10 PM
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For your Marlin try the 210 RP JSP bullet with 20.5 of WW 296 and a mag. primer in WW cases. The 200 JHP uses 21.5 with all else the same. CB.
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December 5, 2007, 04:29 PM
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Here is some bullets that are on the market for the .41.
Barnes - 180gr XPB HP all copper Hornady - 210gr XTP JHP Nosler - 210gr JHP Remington - 200gr SJHP Remington - 210gr JSP Sierra - 170gr SportsMaster JHC Sierra - 210gr SportsMaster JHC Speer - Gold dot 210gr JHP Speer - 200gr JHP-SWC Speer - 220gr JSP-SWC of course there are several others making lead bullets. |
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December 5, 2007, 05:42 PM
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For loads in my 44 rifle, i have found Lil'gun gives me the fastest loads. It was 150fps more than 110. Might want to try it in your 41 loads.
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December 5, 2007, 07:34 PM
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Sierra 41 Magnum Load for the Marlin 1894S
This is the one I got from a 41 Mag specific load book:
Primer: LPM Powder Make: 296 Powder Weight: 21.7 Grains Bullet: Sierra 170 Grain JHC # 8500 C.O.A.L.: 1.580 Listed Velocity: 1800 fps Listed Energy: 1223 Ft. lbs.
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