What did you do at the reloading bench today?

[JBowen]

I ran my last 45 Lee 429-200 RF cast boolits through the .431 Lee sizer and then give them another coat of ALOX. These are going to be loaded into 44-40
brass loaded over 24.5 Reloader 7. I loaded some up last week like Bryan Austin posted about and they work really well in my Navy Arms (fancy Rossi) R92
rifle. I need to get the casting pot out and cast up a bunch while we are having mild weather.

JBowen

[JimT]

I loaded .41 Magnums with the 230 gr. NEI cast flat point over 6.6 gr. of Green Dot.

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[GunnyMack]

6.6 of green dot eh? I'll try to remember to try that load Jim.

I didn't load anything today but I did shoot 4 of my 20ga reloads this morning for 3 pheasants!

[JimT]

6.6 of green dot eh? I'll try to remember to try that load Jim.

I didn't load anything today but I did shoot 4 of my 20ga reloads this morning for 3 pheasants!

It's a SWAG load. Speer #8 has Green Dot loads. For the .41 with a 210 gr. cast bullet, 8.0 gr. is the starting load and 9.0 gr. is the max load. The starting load is listed as a bit over 1000 fps. I am using a bullet 20 gr. heavier and I want something around 800 fps, so I cut the starting load for the lighter bullet by 1.4 grains. I haven't shot any yet. I loaded 50 and will run them and see how I like them.

[GunnyMack]

I gotcha Jim, I have about 12 lbs of green dot, I use it in shotshells but if a nice easy 41 mag load falls in my lap I'll take it!
I also have an NEI 230gr mould, I got from brother Bill in Oregon.
Please let us know how you like the load.

[ollogger]

Loaded up 94 cases with 7 gr. of TiteGroup with the same Lee 429 200 gr. bullet
my 44-40 in the Ruger has to have them sized at 427, 429 & they wont fit the cylinder
yep its way out of wack, bore is tite at 417 dia. on the lands odd thing is it shoots
bout like any hand gun i shoot, yes this must have been a monday morning build
Friday was a 32-20 loading day, wind was wild out



ollogger