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Congrats. As asked before, what caliber?I just picked up a Henry lever rifle. Any tips or known preferred brands or shapes
of projo (or ones to avoid)? Any other tips?
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It's just a minor stronkDid you have an aneurysm while you were typing this? Just a friendly wellness check, bro.
Ah then anything goes. Stick to lead and you can shoot twice as much.After my seizure, I blurted out '44Mag'.
lame to omit the caliber
Try some of the 429303 if you can find them. The Carl Hudson pointy 44 magnum for shooting through 3/16” steel plates.Thanks, I have a bunch of 240 FPs from Berry/Xtreme and some XTPs.
Currently low on simpler 240 LSWC almost-Keith
My all weather Henry 44 mag is 1:20 I believe. Seems to shoot 180-300gr fine.If it's a new one, the barrel twist is 1:20. If it's old, the twist is 1:38. Mine is the latter, and there have been some ammo choices that would keyhole with it.
With the 1:38, it just isn't very forgiving of driving heavier bullets slow. 300 grain XTPs shot mostly OK. Every now and again I'd get some keyholing. The worst keyholing, though, was with these, maybe because the bullets were undersized. Nowadays I just shoot 240 grain jacketed bullets, Zeros or XTPs. But with these I only get about 4-5 moa performance, pretty evenly distributed in a 2 to 2.5" group at 55 yards. With 225 grain LeverEvolution I get a cloverleaf at 55 yards, but always with a flier 2" away. I most recently did this with a 2 MOA red dot sight, so that could be a factor, but I was centering the dot on a larger circular target, so I think it's the rifle. Haven't managed to do better with a scope on that gun.My all weather Henry 44 mag is 1:20 I believe. Seems to shoot 180-300gr fine.
So what Andrew is saying is if you choose not to cast you’re stuck with limited bullet design and high cost.If you don’t end up casting your own, TB Bullets has coated 240 gr SWCs for 13 cents shipped. I use his gas checked coated rifle bullets for reduced 30-30 30-06 and 7.5x55 loads. After that I would use the Zero 240 gr JSPs (18 cents shipped).
Can’t be too picky nowadays for 44 cal bullets. When I first started loading 44 mag I could get various Speer, Sierra, Montana gold bullets for cheap. Now it’s basically pricy XTPs and cheaper Zero bullets - for jacketed anyway
Here’s my 44 mag lineup View attachment 692725
I found the XTremes for 0.16CPR so I'm pretty good w/ that.Ah then anything goes. Stick to lead and you can shoot twice as much.
Get a bullet mould and the sky is the limit.
I have some 250 grain SWC if you want to try them.
Also a couple of .433” round balls stacked in the case makes for a fun plinking cartridge.
What you running for powder?These 240 grain bullets load easy, run reliably, and are very accurate out of my Big Boy.
I second this. Zero brand jacketed bullets run great in my 357 Henry and also 44mag put of my ruger carbine. The price is not terrible for jacketed projos either.This
But if 357 or 44 mag, Zero brand bullets. Done.
He'll blow up his gun and turn this thing around if you don't stop right now.So what Andrew is saying is if you choose not to cast you’re stuck with limited bullet design and high cost.
Don’t be like Andrew.
He ain’t crazy. He won’t do it.He'll blow up his gun and turn this thing around if you don't stop right now.
Is that a dare?He ain’t crazy. He won’t do it.