The brown truck just dropped off my Uberti Schofield 44-40 (replacement for 44 Russian nightmare).
I've loaded up about 15 44-40 rounds to test fire when she arrived using .430 RNFP's which is what I load for my 44 Special loads.
The first thing that I noticed right off the bat is that 44-40 is going to be a little bit more tempermental than straight case cartridges. My test loads load into the chambers as they should with one slight exception. I probably got a little too over-zealous with the flare or the crimp, but not much. It appears that a few of them need just a little push to seat in the chamber. Once seated the cylinder rotates no problem.
My question is as follows: Those of you loading 44-40 are you typically loading .429's or smaller?? I haven't slugged the barrel but a caliper shows .430 grove to grove and the cylinder mouth is the same.
Also, out of curiousity: On my 45 Colt loads I DO NOT resize, ever. Do 44-40's have the same nasty habit of blow-back that 45 Colt's do??
I've loaded up about 15 44-40 rounds to test fire when she arrived using .430 RNFP's which is what I load for my 44 Special loads.
The first thing that I noticed right off the bat is that 44-40 is going to be a little bit more tempermental than straight case cartridges. My test loads load into the chambers as they should with one slight exception. I probably got a little too over-zealous with the flare or the crimp, but not much. It appears that a few of them need just a little push to seat in the chamber. Once seated the cylinder rotates no problem.
My question is as follows: Those of you loading 44-40 are you typically loading .429's or smaller?? I haven't slugged the barrel but a caliper shows .430 grove to grove and the cylinder mouth is the same.
Also, out of curiousity: On my 45 Colt loads I DO NOT resize, ever. Do 44-40's have the same nasty habit of blow-back that 45 Colt's do??