I casted up some 310gr bullets for 44mag, and I usually run these in front of 21.5gr of H110 with great results. I'm looking for a lighter non magnum load. I had previously used Unique for a much more tolerable load for extended plinking but can't find my data. Manufacturers data is scarce if existent at all. This is not a commercially available bullet and most info found is for magnum loads. Anyone using these bullets or have any info on the 44 heavyweights?
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Lee 310gr .430
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gerrycaruso
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The 2nd edition of the Lee manual lists data for a 310 grain lead in .44 magnum. powders listed are red dot,green dot,unique,bullseye,herco,blue dot and 2400. Velocities run from 813 fps to 1150 fps.
SRH and SBH. I casted up and lubed a bunch of the 310's, did 50 up with H110 for full effect and wanted 50 more "plinking loads".
My brother has this mold and when I had my Redhawk, it was a great whacker load. I don't know why you'd want to use this bullet in reduced loads, but maybe this link will shed some light...
http://www.castbulletassoc.org/forum/view_topic.php?id=5872&forum_id=24&highlight=h322
Couldn't you run less expensive 200g and 240g with Unique or Trail Boss and save the 310s for full-tilt loads?
I don't recall if the Lee 310 chambered in his M77/44, but I ran them at both crimp grooves in the Redhawk. Never did run them in a Ruger Carbine to see if they'd function properly.
I got in a casting frenzy and have 100's of them, instead of casting up some 240gr SWC's, figured I'd just use what I had already casted up. My previous "lighter loads". Still chrono'd at 900, either way these things hit like a wet phone book. I've taken several deer with the 310.
