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Interesting. It seems there are some options. Thanks!

I like that setup!

Hello. What are a few good choices for adding a scope to my .44? (S&W Model 29, 6.5" bbl.)

Hello. What can you gentlemen tell me about loading shot shells for a .44 magnum? The other day I was thinking that something like a dozen or so BBs in front of an appropriate powder charge would be useful for nuisance birds like European Starlings.

Thanks for the replies, all. The ranges are closed where I am, nearest outdoor is over an hour's drive, so this is where I'm at: reading load data and wondering "Why is that?"

Interesting to see. Thanks, mcb, I've never loaded those to the point where the plating starts stripping.

Yes, Berry's warns not to push their standard plated bullets over 1,250 fps. I'm normally at about 1000. Thanks for the safety warnings, guys. (No, really. Shows you care.) So let me ask the question in a different way: plating aside, what is there about a 5gr.-heavier bullet that would let you...

I shoot Berry's 220gr flatpoints for target shooting with my S&W M29 6.5". My usual load is 9gr. of W231. Looking at this data from Winchester (maximum loads in both cases: 220 GR. BERB FP GRS. 9.4 VEL.(FT/S) 1104 PRESS. 20,700 PSI 225 GR. SPR JHP GRS. 11.0 VEL.(FT/S) 1344 PRESS. 38,200 CUP I...

"Air horn or just walk outside and yell at them." I've tried yelling. They just stand there and look at you.

Never mind. I found what I was looking for. https://www.gunandgame.com/threads/how-to-make-blanks.92239/

Hello, Who knows anything about loading blanks (for .44 magnum)? For various reasons (like scaring the deer out of my garden) I'd like to be able to make a loud noise without launching a projectile. Do I just load a case with some powder (say, 5 gr of 231) and put a construction paper wad over...

Loading .45 ACP, 5gr 231 over 230gr. round nose, new Starline brass, CCI large pistol primers. I finished of a box of 100 primers and opened another one. Guess the right hand didn't know what the left hand was doing; I just noticed I opened a box of CCI large pistol magnum primers by mistake. I...

For a 240gr JHP .44 Rem Magnum load Hodgdon gives a starting load of 23gr and maximum of 24gr. That's not a lot of room. What happens when loads are over/under those limits? Incomplete/sooty burning? Detonation? Or something else?

Thanks for the info. Useful, as always. If it matters, the revolver is an S&W 29, 6.5" barrel. I usually use CCI #300 Large Pistol primers. Do I need to go up to magnums?

Hello forum members, I'm preparing to load some .44 magnum ammo with Speer Deep Curl 240 gr JHP bullets over W296. These bullets have a cannelure. Do I need to get a crimp die for my press (Lee turret) and crimp these rounds? If so, how much crimp us appropriate?