44 magnum

[daywalker627]

Ok guys here is my delima. While I have gotten the swaging part of my 44's down to where I like the profile and the nose, here comes the weight issue. Here is my problem. I am still relativly new to reloading. So far, everything I have loaded for my rifles and handguns were for the stated weight from the book. Now, going off the books, I have no idea about. I have different weights in my swaging. The load I want to load for using Unique, is for a swaged bullet, with a 40 case for the jacket coming in at 256 grains. What I can find is like 200, 240, 250 and 300. Now the Nosler book does not show using just uniqu and my kids hid my other books from me 

How do I go about figuring out what my starting load is and what max not to go past. I am wanting to shoot these sunday. Sunday will not be a load developing day as I am going to be spending most of the time getting my Grendel on course. What I want to do, is just be able to shoot these to see how they do. I still have to get the sites fixed so load developing would not be a good thing.

Appreciate all and any help..

[1967spud]

Any body got a copy off Quick load o yea i have , buddy send me all the details and ill try and help you.

[daywalker627]

Thanks Spud, ummm quick question. Never have ever used quick load, and lets not forget, I am still new to this stuff (joined forum in 08, been reloading since feb of 09) swaging for only a couple months, long story short, what kind of info will you be needing? LOL....

Thanks again

What I know, these are 256 grains (256.1-256.9) you wanting length of bullet? these are .429 diameter... oh and HP's

[1967spud]

cheers . give me an hour or two as  i realtivly new to quick load

[daywalker627]

Cool thanks

[Keystone]

Hi DW, Heck...just fill up your 44mag case with any powder and load them babies up!

[Keystone]

DW, I'm just messing around. PLEASE don't do what I said. 

[hawcer]

Hey DW,
My speer manual lists the 240 GDHP using Unique.  Starting charge of 9.2, max 10.3, COL 1.575"
My lee manual lists a 265gr  jacketed using Unique. Starting charge of 8.4, Max 9.3, COL 1.620"

I would start with the 265gr data and work up...you will prolly end up with a max at about 10gr.

Using Quick load and a COL of 1.620"...the max looks like 9.8gr...that's using a 256gr bullet with a bullet length of .860"(guess) at .429" diameter.

A .760" length bullet seated to an OAL of 1.560" still comes out to 9.8gr max(35844psi)

QL is showing about 1236fps out of a 8" barrel

[1967spud]

by the looks odff it you are sorted , i am having probs with quickload at the moment

sorry

[daywalker627]

DW, I'm just messing around. PLEASE don't do what I said. 

No worries man LOL, I knew you were kidding, well, atleast I hoped you were kidding ha ha... 

[daywalker627]

No worries spud, thanks for trying tho bud. Appreciate the effort.

Hawcer, thanks for the info!! Appreciate that. Through elimination, and speaking with XbonesX last night, we was thinking of going with 240 grain infor from Hornady and starting out at 9 grains. Also decided,  use unique for plinking but thinking about going with a diffferent powder to hunt with so that I have enough foot pounds of energy to take down a whitetail.

[hawcer]

Oh yeah.. For max energy....go with h110.w296 or Lil gun.....I think blue dot is also in this catagory.

[daywalker627]

Oh yeah.. For max energy....go with h110.w296 or Lil gun.....I think blue dot is also in this catagory.

Now one other note, being that I have tons of large pistol primers, I kinda want to stick using just large pistol primers so that I do not have to run outand purchase large pistol magnum primers. Eventually one day I will tho LOL...

Thanks again

[happy1]

If you can't find the load for the weight of the bullet you are using, use the next heaviest bullet weight for starting load not the lighter bullet weight load.

Paul