Gunnerboy
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This is really making me itch to take my 41mag out of the safe and shoot it more.... i wish i had more ammo 
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caz223
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Sign me up, I got more .41 revolvers than anything else.
RealGun
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I think that's why it is known as a reloader's caliber, aside from any Magnum serving better, if the ammo can be tuned to a task via reloading.
caz223
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You can buy factory ammo for $60 a box, or reload it for $20 a box.
I got a Lee loader kit for .41 sometime in the 90s, it paid for itself and all the supplies in one loading session. I have since gone on to bigger and better things, but say what you want, that little lee loader made thousands and thousands of rounds of .41 mag, they were as good as anything I've ever made, and I used the same 200 pieces of brass over and over for over a decade.
***EDIT*** A quick Google has found that Lee no longer makes the .41 mag lee loader kits. That's too bad, they were an awesome way to get your feet wet.
I got a Lee loader kit for .41 sometime in the 90s, it paid for itself and all the supplies in one loading session. I have since gone on to bigger and better things, but say what you want, that little lee loader made thousands and thousands of rounds of .41 mag, they were as good as anything I've ever made, and I used the same 200 pieces of brass over and over for over a decade.
***EDIT*** A quick Google has found that Lee no longer makes the .41 mag lee loader kits. That's too bad, they were an awesome way to get your feet wet.
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horsemen61
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I just got mine and I love it
tightgroup tiger
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I know I sure love my model 57 6". The people at the indoor range I shoot at don't but I sure do.
I put in my ear plugs and my muffs over them and load my hot jacketed magnums.
If I get a bunch of A-holes in the lane next to me, The 41 comes out. They usually leave in short order.
My god does it shoot good. I enjoy shooting it more than any other revolver I have.
I put in my ear plugs and my muffs over them and load my hot jacketed magnums.
If I get a bunch of A-holes in the lane next to me, The 41 comes out. They usually leave in short order.
My god does it shoot good. I enjoy shooting it more than any other revolver I have.
Gunnerboy
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Oh i definatly reload my own... just finding H110... and the bullets i favor is becoming an issue! But i have a 6.5" Ruger blackhawk that just stacks 210s with 20grs of h110 behind it.
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Gunnerboy
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Well..... yeah its 20grs of h110.... not unique.. id just got done using unique on my 9mm loads and had unique on the mind 
RealGun
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Ouch! I will take 4" barrel or longer, thanks. There's a light load in the making.
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Have you shot this gun? I'll bet that porting isn't fun.John Jovino was one of the companies making custom short barrel, round butt N frames before Smith & Wesson started producing them.
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It's as fun as fun can be! Cleaning the deposits off the front sight after shooting plain base cast bullets is not fun. Shooting from underneath a canopy it does make a different noise than the un-ported 657 Effector.
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Jwbfx4
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I'm looking forward to getting my first 41 mag. I'm on the look out for a model 57
Hi, new forum member and ready to join the .41 Magnum club. Bought my blue Model 57 6" barrel in 1980 for my 21st birthday. It has aged much better than me. Love the caliber and the gun. The only modification I made was to put Pachmayer rubber grips on it and it handles great. I don't shoot too many full power loads through it, but I do store it with them.
41 Mag
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Seeing that I haven't kept up as much as I would like on this thread, I thought I would bring this back up for a few of the newer folks who are just getting into the wonderful world of the 41.
Somewhere back in the depths of this thread I am sure I have posted before that the Remington 200gr SJHP is a real tackdriver to those who might not know it. Loaded over 20.5grs of H110/296, it will deliver all of the accuracy you should need out to 100yds, and with little real felt recoil. If you can find them, they are a great bulk bullet and have served me well for hunting over the last 25+ years. I have cleanly taken quite a few feral hogs out just past 100yds with them using the load above and had complete pass throughs on them when not hitting point on the shoulders. Even then though they will flat out, slap a fat hog on the ground.
I also suggest that when you start out with fresh new brass that you trim to lenght. Just need all of the cases to be even and have square necks to allow for a good consistent crimp on each round. Also even with H110/296, don't get carried away and over do your crimp. You only need enough to actually hold the bullet in place, and not so much that your swedging the lip of the case into the jacket.
For cast loads my good friend and I have found that AA-5 and 9 have worked out great using the 200 - 215gr loads. Also we have found that getting much higher than a 14 BHN is not conducive to the best performance. Most of our accurate loads have been with the hardness running in the 12 BHN range. There are several great commercial bullets out there as well as a host of molds if you want to pour your own. My main mold now is the MP 410258 which drops around a 220'ish grain Keith SWC type solid or a 215'ish grain HP. This particular mold was designed from the ground up as close to the Keith dimensions as the folks could come up with. It was a group buy over on Castboolits, and I don't if or when it is or might be available again. That said however Accurate molds, as well as a couple of others, do offer great molds and can probably produce what ever you might need or want. For alloy using these molds in the 41 nothing really harder than a straight clip on wheel weight is really needed for most of the loads you will find your best accuracy with. Accurate will also cut a GC on most any of their molds not listed in the catalog with one, if there is enough room to do so. They will also work with you to get what your wanting IF it isn't already listed there. Their quality is excellent as well.
Hope this helps.
Somewhere back in the depths of this thread I am sure I have posted before that the Remington 200gr SJHP is a real tackdriver to those who might not know it. Loaded over 20.5grs of H110/296, it will deliver all of the accuracy you should need out to 100yds, and with little real felt recoil. If you can find them, they are a great bulk bullet and have served me well for hunting over the last 25+ years. I have cleanly taken quite a few feral hogs out just past 100yds with them using the load above and had complete pass throughs on them when not hitting point on the shoulders. Even then though they will flat out, slap a fat hog on the ground.
I also suggest that when you start out with fresh new brass that you trim to lenght. Just need all of the cases to be even and have square necks to allow for a good consistent crimp on each round. Also even with H110/296, don't get carried away and over do your crimp. You only need enough to actually hold the bullet in place, and not so much that your swedging the lip of the case into the jacket.
For cast loads my good friend and I have found that AA-5 and 9 have worked out great using the 200 - 215gr loads. Also we have found that getting much higher than a 14 BHN is not conducive to the best performance. Most of our accurate loads have been with the hardness running in the 12 BHN range. There are several great commercial bullets out there as well as a host of molds if you want to pour your own. My main mold now is the MP 410258 which drops around a 220'ish grain Keith SWC type solid or a 215'ish grain HP. This particular mold was designed from the ground up as close to the Keith dimensions as the folks could come up with. It was a group buy over on Castboolits, and I don't if or when it is or might be available again. That said however Accurate molds, as well as a couple of others, do offer great molds and can probably produce what ever you might need or want. For alloy using these molds in the 41 nothing really harder than a straight clip on wheel weight is really needed for most of the loads you will find your best accuracy with. Accurate will also cut a GC on most any of their molds not listed in the catalog with one, if there is enough room to do so. They will also work with you to get what your wanting IF it isn't already listed there. Their quality is excellent as well.
Hope this helps.
RealGun
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Hmmm...
41 Mag
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Hmmm...
Ok well I guess recoil IS somewhat subjective and a perceived thing. To me my 454 has some felt recoil, the 44 loaded on the upper end with 260gr loads has some felt recoil, the 45 Clot loaded with the 270 - 280gr bullets over 13grs of HS-6 has some recoil, but this particular load in the 41 is rather nice to shoot.
Course I see folks talking about shooting 38's in their 357's all the time due to excess recoil so I dunno, might have to try it out and see for yourself.
If you DO try it please post back up and let me know how it does for you. I have shot it in Blackhawks, my Redhawk for close to 25yrs, and my friend has used it in his two S & W's almost exclusively. He doesn't like recoil much at all. Lets just say it has recoil, but it is very nice load to go out and shoot a box full of, and not come home with your palm being tender.
my first wheel gun
I finally got away from semi auto (kinda) and picked up my first wheel gun which just happens to be a 41 magnum. I had an ar pistol laying around that I didn't really need and wanted a hunting revolver, so a trade was made for Bridgett (yep I'm one of those guys that names their firearms). She is a real beauty. Now I just have to take her to the range......
I finally got away from semi auto (kinda) and picked up my first wheel gun which just happens to be a 41 magnum. I had an ar pistol laying around that I didn't really need and wanted a hunting revolver, so a trade was made for Bridgett (yep I'm one of those guys that names their firearms). She is a real beauty. Now I just have to take her to the range......
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