[patentnonsense]

UMC 180 grain used to be my favorite, but I just ordered some from Natchez and got a box of 25 for what I had thought was a not-too-great box of 50 price!

WWB and PMC look like the best prospects in big-name factory ammo, but I'm not married to brand names. However, I am carefully saving cases, so I do at least want to get something with virgin cases. I went through a case or so of Samson, but haven't seen it in awhile; and somebody advertised FNM (Portuguese) .44M, but I can't find any currently. Any suggestions? (240g is fine too.)

Thanks!

[Magnum88C]

I like the MagTech 240-grain loads.
Good, stout loads, and are pretty good brass.
It's also about the cheapest around here.

[BluesBear]

I too, like Mag Tech brass.
But I've had no problems with PMC either. And WWB is, or course, good brass.


I have been buying 240 gr SWC and JHP .44 Magnum ammo from Miwall at my local gunshows.
It's the cheapest ammo I can find ($10-$12 per 50) and they use W-W virgin brass for their .44 magnum loads.

[Quickdraw Limpsalot]

Another vote for the Magtech 240 grainers.

Nice, stout loads... good consistency, low price. Works for me!

[HSMITH]

I have collected about 700 of the MagTech cases, they reload nicely and seem to last just fine. It is the cheapest I have found around here, about $15 for a box of 50. Makes me cringe to buy it though, my reloads are typically around $75 per THOUSAND. Star-Line makes great brass, and you can buy it and reload it for the same cost or less than buying Mag-Tech and loading the cases, what I mean is you will be cheaper by a lot for 2000 rounds with virgin Star-Line than with factory ammo and 1000 reloads. New brass is sometimes the way to go.

[birddog]

I am currently re-loading:
UMC, PMC, WWB and Magtech cases. All have been reloaded several times with no problems (10gr Unique pushing a 240gr. JSP) and no notable differences.

[danosrs]

Now I'm worried, just ordered the other day some of the same for just under 14 a box, better be the box of 50 or I'll give them heck!! I just checked the web site again and it for sure says 50 round box??

I guess I will have to wait to see.

[Magnum88C]

HSMITH has a good point, if you buy by the 1,000 or 2,000 lots, you save money. It's about 60% the cost of "range ammo" to load by the 1,000, including the cost of virgin brass. Even cheaper once you start loading the same brass.

'Course I don't know how you guys got started, but I wanted to reload for a long time before I actually started, but I collected every piece of brass I could from the range until I started reloading. I won't be buying brass for a while (except that loaded for "serious" purposes).

[Mikul]

Magtech is cheap, but if you're going to reload, just buy the components separately. I found this out AFTER I already ordered a case of Magtech.

[P95Carry]

I like the MagTech 240-grain loads. Good, stout loads, and are pretty good brass. It's also about the cheapest around here. Ditto here, when ''lazy man'' syndrome strikes, but otherwise, reload is best.

[roo_ster]

Here is a list of some .44mag prices I compiled a while back.

Enjoy.