The magic still works!!!

Archie

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I finally got to shoot my newly acquired nickel 44 Magnum S&W M29 yesterday (28th May.)

240 grain cast bullet (Nevada bullets, I think) over 17.7 grains of 2400. It's .3 less than the starting load from my Speer book, but I figured it'd be okay.

First three shots did a cloverleaf at 25 yards. Then I got cocky and sloppy. Still, they all stayed well withing a rapid fire center (about 6 inches) at 25 yards. Chronograph showed an average of 993 f/s. Extreme spread was 192 f/s, but I figure a higher loading will smooth that out some.

Now I have to order some new cases and work up a bit. I've some jacketed bullets I'll try also. I'm going to find a general purpose 44 Magnum load of a (more or less) 240 grain bullet at 1200 f/s or so.

There is something very satisfying about having serious power under control. Let the anti-gun amateur shrinks make of that what they will. I bet they wet their pants over a car with a real engine, too.
 
1200 FPS

A load I used for 8 years in a 4" M-29 was the L-429421 @ 250 grs., 20 grs. of 2400 and a WLP primer. This load clocked 1201 fps and was very accurate.
 
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