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OK, I'm at my wits end. I have several hundred 210 grain lead round-nose flat-point *non* gas checked bullets for my .44 magnum. But I am coming up empty finding load data for it. I've looked through all of the manuals I have and all of the data I can find is for gas checked bullets - in some cases specified as such, in other cases the velocity data looks *way* too high for what I would expect for plain base lead - in the neighborhood of 1400-1600fps.

Anyone (ahem Deeken ahem) have any .44 mag load data for 200-220 gr plain base lead bullets they care to share?

It would be great if the data was for H110/W296, 2400, Bullseye, Unique, AA #2/5/7, 700x, 800x (I think that's all of the pistol/shotgun powder I have...) but I'll take what I can get at this point.

I have 3 recipes for .44 Special with 205-Gr LWC but not with your powders.

Lee second edition has an entry for a 200-Gr lead bullet. I’d start there using the lower velocity loads like:
IMR 700X 3.8/4.3
IMR 800X 5.2/5.9

These are purported to yield 726-818 FPS.

If you go to the Hodgdon powder website, their online reference guide shows loads for 44 Rem Mag using the 220-gr Berry's plated flat point in several of the powders you listed and at reasonable velocities for lead bullets. I'd try any of them and feel safe.

Morne wrote:I have 3 recipes for .44 Special with 205-Gr LWC but not with your powders.

I'm not opposed to new powders if the loads are good...

JustaShooter wrote:

Morne wrote:I have 3 recipes for .44 Special with 205-Gr LWC but not with your powders.

I'm not opposed to new powders if the loads are good...

Reminder that these are .44 SPECIAL loads:

205-gr LWC
Either CCI-300 or WLP

0.5cc (6.9-gr) HS-6
1.0cc (4.6-gr) Trail Boss
0.5cc (5.2-gr) W-231

These develop 700-820-ish FPS from a 4" barrel in my testing.

But I would still try those 700X/800X recipes first.

Thanks, much appreciated.