44 plated bullet target loads for 1894 Marlin

[brutus51]

Bought 500 200gr. Rainier flat points not realizing they have no cannelure.
Don't want to spend the money on a taper crimp die so I'm planning on using a light roll crimp. Would like to load up some target rounds at about 1100,1200 fps.
Does anyone have any experience doing this?
What overall length feeds reliably?
Am I at risk of bullet setback using a light roll crimp?
Will probably start with 8.5gr. of Universal or some combination of either AA#9 or AA#7.

 

[mdi]

http://thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=548408

 

[brutus51]

And your point is that you can read more than one forum at a time too?

 

[R.W.Dale]

Just kind if an FYI but many manufacturers make plated bullets with a cannelure now.

Keep me posted on this, I've been down this road before and am about to do so again with a 77-357mag. And to date I've never gotten satisfactory accuracy from plated in revolver round carbines

 

[brutus51]

Yes it's true I just bought some Extreme 38's that have a cannelure but it's still a plated bullet which I think will still require a light crimp. I jumped at it when I saw them (needed some 38's anyway) but after thinking about it, it's kind of a placebo in that any kind of a moderate roll crimp will only serve to strip off the plating.

 

[Jlr2267]

I have never had luck w/plated bullets in a Marlin 1894 44...the bore size on every one I've owned was .4310-.4315, and plated bullets are typically .429

Jacketed .430 Hornadys worked well, but plated bullets were all over the place. Best accuracy was with .432 lead bullets.