What are your favorite 44mag and 30-06 load recipes?

[my82cam]

i'm working on my loads for my 44mag and my 30-06 right now. so far my 30-06 loads are doing well but my 44 mag loads arent....what have you guys found to work out well for the 44 mag, i have h110 and 2400 typically i'm loading a 240gr nosler jhp.

some of the first batches i have made for the 30-06 were less than a 1inch group at 100 yards(4350 and 150gr btsp), the factory loaded hornday ammo was 1.5 inches shooting off a led sled.

[SHbicycle]

Oh you mean ammo?

[TGO David]

The only thing this thread's title is going to do is bring strickj in here.

[my82cam]

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Edited June 18, 2009 by my82cam

[Guest Mugster]

You don't mention a barrel length. I like accurate #5 in 4" and shorter barrels. I went to accurate #9 in my ruger .44 deerfield. I'd skip the h110 personally, but to each their own.

I use about a 10.8 gr charge of #5 under either a lead 240gr swchp from hornady or a lasercast 240gr swc in the handgun (4" smith). Clocks out about 1000 fps. Both are pretty accurate...but the hornady's are really accurate. There's a ton of headroom...the listed minimum is 11 grains I think. I like to plink a steel rifle plate with them at 100 yards. Hits it good.

In the carbine, so far i've only shot the jacketed 240gr XTP hp. They are pretty good, well made bullets imo. I worked up to a 19.5gr charge...worked pretty well, about 2.5" for 5 shots at 100 yards.

Your not going to shoot MOA with a .44 carbine or a handgun at 100 yards, imo. Unless you can hold like superman and have a custom barrel and some other work. Mebbe something like the encore might do it.

[I_Like_Pie]

1.6cc (21.6gr) of 2400 is my favorite .44 mag load for the 240gr Nosler sporting handgun bullets.

This is ruger only...3" at 100 yards all day long from my OM SBH. Simply due to iron sights and rifle rest.

.44 is an inherently accurate cartridge...shoots better than most would think.

[my82cam]

i'm shooting out of a super redhawk with a 7.5 inch barrel and leupold 4x scope. i would love to be able to do a 3 inch group at 100yards. my plan is to take it to indiana and deer hunt with it but i havent been able to find any great loads....i'm new to reloading.....since i have some 2400 and 240 nosler bullets i'm gonna try the 21.6 like pie said. how much of a crimp do you do? a light crimp or heavy(half turn)? also, do you get any muzzle flash with your loads of 2400?

[Guest Mugster]

I put a stiff crimp on my deerfield carbine loads with the XTP bullets. On my lighter revolver loads, I go with a medium'ish crimp...but they aren't jacketed. You should be thinking a stiff crimp for full power jacketed loads out of a handgun, imo.

[I_Like_Pie]

i'm shooting out of a super redhawk with a 7.5 inch barrel and leupold 4x scope. i would love to be able to do a 3 inch group at 100yards. my plan is to take it to indiana and deer hunt with it but i havent been able to find any great loads....i'm new to reloading.....since i have some 2400 and 240 nosler bullets i'm gonna try the 21.6 like pie said. how much of a crimp do you do? a light crimp or heavy(half turn)? also, do you get any muzzle flash with your loads of 2400?

I use a heavy crimp...using lee dies it is usually 1/2 - 3/4 turn. The very instant you work the die around to where the crimp is visible - it is heavy enough for the recoil generated in a SBH or SRH.

I measure every load through a 1.6cc Lee dipper and they only vary 0.1 or 0.2 grains straight from the dipper...Have been doing it this way for a LONG time, so if you are new I would suggest weighing ever 5th one or so to see if you are overloading or compressing.

These are the bullets I am using CLICK HERE So use at your own risk if you dare to venture somewhere outside of this load.

It works very well for me, the bullet performs more than well enough for whitetail/pig, and is a blast to shoot. It does put out a fair amount of flash and fire, but nowhere like a similar load using H-110 or its Winchester equivalent. This load will get you under 3 MOA, but your nerves and the gun will have to be up to it also

Note...I do NOT use magnum primers with 2400...standard only

Edited June 18, 2009 by I_Like_Pie

[my82cam]

thanks for the info....the primers i have are the winchester large pistol for standard or magnum loads. don't see how it could do both but i figured i would try it. i have got lee dies as well. if i can get a 3 inch group i will be happy! i'm hoping to get a few whitetail!!

[SpacemanSpiff]

I've used a 240gr JSP with 19.0gr of AA#9. Also used 9.0gr of Titegroup with the same bullet. Both shot well.

I just loaded up some 180gr LFP with 5.5gr of Titegroup last night, have not shot them yet.