I was a little hesitant, but I finally shot some of my first reloads. I've been reloading 45acp for awhile and am so use to using 4.0g of clays. Now filling up 44mag brass with 19-20g of 2400 seems like a lot of powder, relatively.
I made 2 batches:
- once fired walmart 44mag brass (winchester), 19.0g 2400, OAL 1.610" and a "strong" roll crimp and win WLP primer and 240g JSP nosler bulk.
- same as above except 19.5g 2400.
The recoil in the 19.0g seems very weak compared to the walmart stuff. I also notice a lot of unburnt powder on the bench below the shooting area and in my face. Side and muzzle flash is crazy big. I think it's kinda cool in a way as long as the gun stays in one piece. Accuracy at 7 yards rested about 1.5" 6 shots.
At 19.5g, recoil is slightly stronger. Less unburnt powder is seen although still present. Accuracy tightened up to about 1" at 7 yards.
I might try 20.0g (don't think I want to go any higher than this) next time. A question I have is whether accuracy increases or decreases with changes in powder amount, because it seems like accuracy increased when I went from 19.0g to 19.5g powder. I also want to know what they pack in those walmart white box 44mags? They recoil pretty hard (manageable) compared to my reloads. Maybe H110 with mag primers will be similar to the walmart stuff?
BTW, I was shooting a 629 full lug with 6.5" barrel.
Thanks in advance.
I made 2 batches:
- once fired walmart 44mag brass (winchester), 19.0g 2400, OAL 1.610" and a "strong" roll crimp and win WLP primer and 240g JSP nosler bulk.
- same as above except 19.5g 2400.
The recoil in the 19.0g seems very weak compared to the walmart stuff. I also notice a lot of unburnt powder on the bench below the shooting area and in my face. Side and muzzle flash is crazy big. I think it's kinda cool in a way as long as the gun stays in one piece. Accuracy at 7 yards rested about 1.5" 6 shots.
At 19.5g, recoil is slightly stronger. Less unburnt powder is seen although still present. Accuracy tightened up to about 1" at 7 yards.
I might try 20.0g (don't think I want to go any higher than this) next time. A question I have is whether accuracy increases or decreases with changes in powder amount, because it seems like accuracy increased when I went from 19.0g to 19.5g powder. I also want to know what they pack in those walmart white box 44mags? They recoil pretty hard (manageable) compared to my reloads. Maybe H110 with mag primers will be similar to the walmart stuff?
BTW, I was shooting a 629 full lug with 6.5" barrel.
Thanks in advance.