LOUDEST 44 mag ammo?

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One thing I love about my Redawk 44 mag is makin noise! Remington 180grn bark pretty good. What's your favorite thunder round?
 
The all seem doggone loud to me... but as much as I can tell under plugs and muffs, the lighter ones seem louder. Maybe cause they burn more powder? I guess my favorite load is the old 240grn bullets behind a max charge of 296.

Of course what I shoot MOST in my Redhawk is .44 Spl... a 240ish Keith bullet over 5.3 of 231. Dirty Harry Callahan taught me this in Magnum Force:

"I use a light special. In a gun this size and weight it has no more recoil than .38 Special in a .357..."

StrikeEagle ;)
 
I love throwing a 240gr LSWC on top of about 24grains of either H110 or 296. KaBOOOOOOM!!!:eek:

I wake up everyone at the range with that!

I think the H110 is louder somehow. If shooting outside towards dusk, it leaves a larger fireball than the 296. I've heard they are really the same gunpowder, but I started to wonder after seeing the difference in fireball size.
 
I've shot the Miwall 240 grain +P loads and they are fun, I've got some Hornady 300 grain loads on the way.

The load I want to shoot is the Buffalo Bore 340 grain +P+, only a few revolvers have a long enough cylinder for it and the Redhawk is one of them. But at $30 for 20 rds, I just haven't gotten around to buying a box yet.:rolleyes:
 
With factory ammo loads with lighter bullets will usually be louder since they have more powder.

I reload and use HS-6 and H110, later is pretty loud; lots of noise, fire and recoil :cool:
 
I shot many sierra 180gr loads with 29gr of h110 and a magnum primer and man it would peel your ears off!!
 
Blue Dot will give you the biggest flash and bang - - so I've been told.
Never used the stuff myself.
 
Hal-you were told right. I may not have burned EVERY powder in this caliber. But out of 15 or so I've tried, if you are after FLASH/BANG, a max charge of blue dot under a 180 is VERY tough to beat.

It has better uses however-like in 357 and 41 mag.
 
Try a Ruger Blackhawk in 'little' 30 cal. Carbine

You'll never think a 44 or 454 or 500 is loud again.

Comes close to making yur brain drain out your ears....
 
Blue Dot will give you the biggest flash and bang - - so I've been told.
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bigger flash than H110 :eek:really? can anyone who tried both comfirm this?

I never tried Bluedot but H110 is quite a flame thrower :)
 
I'm a big fan of flashy, boomy powders, it makes you take the punishment, instead of the gun. Three of my favorite powders are blue dot, H110, and power pistol. :)
I bet a light bullet seated over a full charge of blue dot would be louder and flashier than H110 with heavy bullets.
H110 is for heavy bullets, it doesn't make any sense to use it for light bullets, so I haven't tried it.

I loaded a "oops" overload of blue dot in a 357SIG case with 124 grain bullets, and it was louder than anything I've ever heard, short of a full power .454!!!!

I took my CPP class next to somebody shooting a snubby taurus.
That thing was LOUD, man. I mean really loud!!!
And you could see the flash at 2 in the afternoon on a bright sunny day!!!
I asked the instructor (A good friend of mine.) what kind of ammo he was shooting in his .357 magnum....
HE said 'Oh no, I asked him that, too. I told him the ammo was not acceptable for this course, he showed me, he was shooting win white box .38 special, and the gun isn't a magnum, it's a PORTED .38!!!' :eek:

Apparently the taurus porting REALLY makes things loud and flashy.
 
H110 is for heavy bullets, it doesn't make any sense to use it for light bullets, so I haven't tried it.
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:eek: What are you talking about? I use 180gr and 200gr bullets with H110 all the time, why wouldn't it make sense to use lighter bullets with H110? :confused:

(lighter bullet = more powder = bigger flash :cool: )
 
I use 180gr and 200gr bullets with H110 all the time, why wouldn't it make sense to use lighter bullets with H110?
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The "slow powder is for heavy bullets only" thing is pretty much,,, not all that true.
I'm not sure where/why it started, but it's definatly not the whole story.
I remember hearing it and reading it ever since I got into reloading 25 plus years ago.

About the only reason I can think of for using faster powders under light bullets is one of economy. It takes roughly 1/2 the amount of fast powder.

Hogdons' top velocity loads for the 125 gr .357 magnum use H110.(22 grains)
They list them online @ 1900 plus fps.
OTOH, HP38 - a faster powder - tops out @ 1500 plus fps. - almost 400 fps slower.(8.5 grains)

I guess if your willing to sacrifice twice the cost for the powder, for maximum velocity, then there isn't really any reason not to use H110 or any other slow powder.
 
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