source for 44 mag bullets for reloading

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Someone at this site was a terrific help in hooking me up with Zero bullets from Powder Valley for the .357. Unfortunately Zero doesn't make anything in a .44 caliber. Been doing XTPs in the 44 but they are expensive. Can anyone hook me up with some bullets as good as the XTP but cheaper?
 
Montana or Missouri

I mostly shoot lead from Missouri Bullet but if you want a jacketed bullet Montana Gold makes a 240 gr JSP.

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www.pennbullets.com offers a complete range of .44 caliber bullets and all are very well made with some in the premium grade alloy can be shot to over 1500fps. My number 1 supplier of cast bullets.
 
You might also consider Winchester and Remington bullets bought in bulk from Graf's, Midway or Powder Valley.;)
 
I shoot a few different Lead and Jacketed bullets in my .44 Mags. For jacketed I stick with Hornady XTP-HP (200gr+240gr) which shoot well out of all my .44s. For Lead I use a local casting operation (Chey-Cast) who makes some decent bullets that shoot well in my Ruger 4 5/8" Blackhawk. For my rifles I bought everything to cast my own bullets, and bought a mold and sizer from Ranch Dog Outdoors. The Ranch Dog bullet is a great shooting bullet out of my rifles (Rossi Lever Guns 20" and 16") and leaves no leading at all. The ones I have tried are sized at .432 instead of the normal .430 most casters use. And the extra weight (270gr when checked) should work great on anything I may hunt up here in WY.

I have a bunch of wheel weights that I need to smelt down to clean up the lead, but will probably get another 500 count box or two of .240gr bullets from Chey-Cast or MBC and melt down half of them to re-cast with the Ranch Dog mold. Getting Wheel weights around here can be a pain; the recyclers want to much for them and the tire places all say the already have folks who recycle them, plus it seems zinc and iron weights are becoming the norm.
 
Seedtick said:
Hanzerik said:
I have a bunch of wheel weights that I need to smelt down to clean up the lead, but will probably get another 500 count box or two of .240gr bullets from Chey-Cast or MBC and melt down half of them to re-cast with the Ranch Dog mold.
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Hanzerik, Don't know if you know it or not but Brad sells Lyman #2 bullet alloy if you need some.

Seedtick
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May have to look in to that. Wonder if the Military Discount code that the lady at MBC gave me will work for that. May be a good option. WW's from the recycling place were priced at $.85 a pound, but then you may end up with zinc and iron weights thrown in because they don't separate them.
 
Like several others here, I use cast bullets almost exclusively in my .44s. I particularly like Mt. Baldy's Keith-style bullets as well as the 24 BHN bullets from Oregon Trail. Don't let anyone tell you cast bullets harder than a Linotype alloy (22 BHN) are so fragile they'll shatter if merely dropped on the floor as I've seen claimed...Oregon Trail's hard-cast bullets perform superbly with full power loads.

And for lurkers who might be interested in a virgin alloy source for casting their own bullets, look no further than Roto Metals.
 
I use the 240gr XTP for all serious hunting loads from a carbine. My M629 Classic gets nothing but lead from the garage. I just got a Ruger M77/44 that I am planning a load for. I would like it to shoot the lead really well. Keep costs down and they will be another homemade item I shoot with.

Also, here in Indiana a few years ago, a rifle in certain calibers became legal for deer hunting. A lot of friends got Marlin 1894 rifles but they don't reload. Once they saw the price of ammo, they asked if I would be willing to load some hunting ammo for them if they bought the components. I said sure and went on a hunt for the cheapest jacketed bullets and cases.

There is a local supplier that has Remington and Winchester bulk bullets and I happened to be there when he had the former. They will shoot into a 1" group @ 50 yards consistently @ 1800fps from the carbines. The XTP will do that and better if all of the oddities are worked out of the gun.

Hope this helps.
 
Can anyone hook me up with some bullets as good as the XTP but cheaper?

Would you consider cheaper, plated bullets for practice and save the XTP for your more serious needs?

I use Berry's in my revolver for target practice. Just throwin' it out there.
 
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If I buy lead do any come with the cannule marks so it is easy to load as far length goes....
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Every .44 caliber lead bullet I have ever used has had a crimp grove. Crimp into the grove and you should be good to go for COL. Now there are some lead bullets that have multiple crimp groves, but I have not used any, they are usually your heavier bullets.
 
I'm the odd duck here. I don't shoot cast bullets in anything except the .45 Long Colt. I just don't like the smoke, and no matter how hard the bullet is, it always leaves too much lead in my barrels for my taste. So, in the .44 Mag, I've shot a lot of Remington 210 grain JHP's. But, like so many other bullets of late, they seem to be perpetually out of stock everywhere that I look.

I buy most of my jacketed bullets from Montana Gold these days, as they seem to always have stock on hand. But, they don't sell in quantities less than 1000. I didn't need 1000 bullets, so just last evening, I bought a 250 box of Nosler .44 200 grain JHP from Natchez. They ran $39 a box.
 
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