44 Special 200 gr XTP

tecumseh

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Oct 20, 2010
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Loaded up some 44 special with 7.5 gr of power pistol and 8 gr with a 200 gr XTP. Shot at 10 yards with open sights, the load with 7.5 gr was nothing to write home about but the 8 gr charge was the goods in my model 29 44 mag. Gonna try it with 8.5 gr next time I get it out.
 

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Nice. Looks good. Should be an mild shooting load.
Any idea what you're muzzle velocity is?

JD338
 
It would be nice to find a load like that with a 44 Magnum case.

JD338
 
JD338":6qe9xwr2 said:
It would be nice to find a load like that with a 44 Magnum case.

JD338

I was thinkin’ The same thing after shooting that group. I’m gonna load some up for magnum loads and see how they do the next time I go to the range.
 
JD338":2da4qnrf said:
It would be nice to find a load like that with a 44 Magnum case.

JD338


8 grains unique :mrgreen:

Code:
Cartridge          : .44 Rem. Mag. (SAAMI)
Bullet             : .430, 200, Hornady HP/XTP 44100
Useable Case Capaci: 27.034 grain H2O = 1.755 cm³
Cartridge O.A.L. L6: 1.610 inch = 40.89 mm
Barrel Length      : 6.0 inch = 152.4 mm
Powder             : Alliant UNIQUE

Predicted data by increasing and decreasing the given charge,
incremented in steps of 3.0% of nominal charge.
CAUTION: Figures exceed maximum and minimum recommended loads !

Step    Fill. Charge   Vel.  Energy   Pmax   Pmuz  Prop.Burnt B_Time
 %       %    Grains   fps   ft.lbs    psi    psi      %        ms

-30.0   35     5.60    768     262    8073   2681     89.9    1.108
-27.0   36     5.84    796     282    8662   2824     91.3    1.068
-24.0   38     6.08    824     302    9273   2966     92.6    1.032
-21.0   39     6.32    851     322    9907   3106     93.7    0.999
-18.0   41     6.56    877     342   10564   3244     94.8    0.967
-15.0   42     6.80    904     363   11245   3380     95.7    0.938
-12.0   44     7.04    929     383   11950   3512     96.6    0.911
-09.0   45     7.28    954     404   12679   3641     97.3    0.886
-06.0   47     7.52    979     426   13431   3767     97.9    0.862
-03.0   48     7.76   1003     447   14209   3890     98.5    0.839
+00.0   50     8.00   1027     469   15010   4008     99.0    0.818
+03.0   51     8.24   1051     490   15837   4122     99.3    0.797
+06.0   53     8.48   1074     512   16688   4233     99.6    0.778
+09.0   54     8.72   1096     534   17565   4338     99.8    0.760
+12.0   56     8.96   1119     556   18468   4440     99.9    0.742
+15.0   57     9.20   1140     578   19396   4536    100.0    0.726
 
I run 8.5 or 10 grains of Unique in my 44’s with 250 WFN HC.. easy to shoot and pretty accurate. Best I’ve done is about a spread hand at 100. Takes a bunch to stop them.
 
Thanks Fotis. That looks pretty good for my 3" 629.
I'm guessing about 100 fps loss from what QL shows.

JD338
 
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