I'm thinking on shooting my .41 Mag. Ruger NMB with cast bullets; never done that before. Along with the Ruger, I have a Marlin M94 carbine in the same caliber that I'll no doubt want to try the cast bullet loads in, also. I have a box (500 count) of Oregon Trail laser-cast, lubed bullets (215 grn. SWC .412" dia.) that I've had stashed for a few years, and they say "Silver Bullets" on the box (good for werewolves?). Good looking slugs. I've got a good supply of large pistol primers, mag primers, too, and a real good supply of H110, which I'll use exclusively for this project. Plenty of brass, too.
I just called the Oregon Trail folks to verify the data they have available online, and it shows 21 grns. of H110 as the minimum charge they recommend, but there's no data for a max load, and they verified that as the case, too. I'll be exploring "new ground" going over the 21 grns, cautiously, for sure, if I find I do need to raise the bar a bit. They also said to load the same for use in both pistol and rifle, which I had planned to do anyway, and they also said the bullets should work well with the micro-groove rifling in the Marlin. I do have a load I use with jacketed bullets (Speer 210 grn. GDHPs) for both firearms, and they shoot good. I Just want to try out the cast stuff I have, just because, and I have the supplies to do it.
Using the H110, and using the Oregon Trail folks' reloading data for the bullets I've mentioned, it states using H110 -DO NOT REDUCE-21.0 (grns.) but it doesn't have any max. data at all.
Without getting too hot with a charge, does anyone looking at this have a safe load using that bullet and possibly an idea of what a max, safe charge might be?
Thanks for any info anyone might give to shed light on the project.
I just called the Oregon Trail folks to verify the data they have available online, and it shows 21 grns. of H110 as the minimum charge they recommend, but there's no data for a max load, and they verified that as the case, too. I'll be exploring "new ground" going over the 21 grns, cautiously, for sure, if I find I do need to raise the bar a bit. They also said to load the same for use in both pistol and rifle, which I had planned to do anyway, and they also said the bullets should work well with the micro-groove rifling in the Marlin. I do have a load I use with jacketed bullets (Speer 210 grn. GDHPs) for both firearms, and they shoot good. I Just want to try out the cast stuff I have, just because, and I have the supplies to do it.
Using the H110, and using the Oregon Trail folks' reloading data for the bullets I've mentioned, it states using H110 -DO NOT REDUCE-21.0 (grns.) but it doesn't have any max. data at all.
Without getting too hot with a charge, does anyone looking at this have a safe load using that bullet and possibly an idea of what a max, safe charge might be?
Thanks for any info anyone might give to shed light on the project.