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44 Mag Reloading Recipes for Hogs #135482 09/10/2013 1:41 AM
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Tried a search for the this topic but all that came up was 454 recipes. Also, who are good suppliers of the heavy grain hard cast bullets. I saw Cast Precision mentioned in a post but on their website I only saw standard grain bullets. Any advice would be appreciated.

Re: 44 Mag Reloading Recipes for Hogs [Re: Sifmar] #135484 09/10/2013 1:51 AM
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Also, who are good suppliers of the heavy grain hard cast bullets.


How heavy?

There is a bunch of .429 magnum data under the Member Servies tab.

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Re: 44 Mag Reloading Recipes for Hogs [Re: s4s4u] #135489 09/10/2013 2:13 AM
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Look on grizzlycartridge.com . They carry up to 320 grain. I personally see no reason to go heavier than their 300 grain wfn.

Re: 44 Mag Reloading Recipes for Hogs [Re: EricS] #135491 09/10/2013 2:29 AM
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Montana bullet works, Leadhead bullets, dry creek bullets, there are plenty more but that should get you started.


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Re: 44 Mag Reloading Recipes for Hogs [Re: GlennS] #135492 09/10/2013 3:27 AM
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Oregon Trail Trueshot 310 grain.

Re: 44 Mag Reloading Recipes for Hogs [Re: iunderpressure] #135493 09/10/2013 11:00 AM
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Cast Performance bullets are very good, but Double Tap Ammo sells a 320 grain WFN (made on a real LBT mold) that works well on hogs.


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Re: 44 Mag Reloading Recipes for Hogs [Re: Sifmar] #135495 09/10/2013 11:38 AM
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As mentioned the Oregon Trail True Shot 310-grain is a good hard cast bullet and will offer great penetration. The Swift A-Frame 280-grain is also a good bullet for hogs. It will expand and still give plenty of penetration for a reliable exit.


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Re: 44 Mag Reloading Recipes for Hogs [Re: ClayFHT] #135497 09/10/2013 12:36 PM
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44mag and recipes for hogs.....where to begin.
Those two things go together like cigars and fine scotch or strippers and body glitter.


Hard cast lead bullets, Beartooth is my goto supplier
http://www.beartoothbullets.com

I also prefer the heavy for caliber bullets 280gr -320gr, with a preference toward the 300grainers.
The 300gr WFN and WLN varieties will work in pretty much anything Ruger. The WLN bullets pretty much completely fill the cylinder in my super blackhawk. Both shoot very well but for hunting purposes I prefer the WFN design.

If you have a Ruger, I would suggest purchasing bullets sized .432. This is a bit on the large size for most companies revolvers, but throats on all of my Rugers run between .4315 and .432" and the .432" sized bullets are a perfect fit.

To push those heavy slugs, I like the following recipe:
BTB 300gr (.432)
Starline brass
Winchester Large Pistol Primer
20.5gr H110/W296
Seated into the crimp groove with a heavy roll crimp.
With a 7.5" barrel this will run around 1250fps.

Out of my guns this load has yielded exceptional accuracy and I have yet to recover a single bullet (although I have recovered every hog). The recoil is pretty stiff and I would not want to feed a steady diet of these to something like a S&W 629, but out of a Ruger, you will grow old before this load takes a toll on it. This is also pretty near a top end load. Start lower and work up but I generally find that all my H110 loads tend to give the best consistency when loaded right up at the max.

The Double Tap load that Whitworth mentioned is also a decent load if you are looking for factory loaded ammunition. The consistency was not quite as good as my handloads but I attribute that to the fact that the bullet is sized .430 instead of .432. That being said, it is most certainly accurate enough for all but the longest shots, and it really hits like a freight train. Plenty of boom and recoil with that one.

Re: 44 Mag Reloading Recipes for Hogs [Re: 98Redline] #135499 09/10/2013 1:02 PM
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I was actually referring to DT's bullets. You can buy cast bullets from Double Tap that are cast in-house.


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Re: 44 Mag Reloading Recipes for Hogs [Re: Whitworth] #135503 09/10/2013 2:24 PM
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Gentlemen, thx for all the info. This is exactly what I was looking for.

Happy hunting!

Re: 44 Mag Reloading Recipes for Hogs [Re: Sifmar] #138605 12/08/2013 3:26 PM
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i was shooting 340 grain rimrocks over a fairly stiff load of h-110 in my ruger superblackhawk 10.5" gave great accuracy and shoot do a number on hogs


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