Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Handguns Looking for a good 44 mag 300 gr cast /N110 load

Just being lazy I guess. I have a bunch of N110 and ordered some Beartooth 300 gr fp's. Lookimg for some load data for a reliable load for WT and black bear. Shooting a newish Taurus Tracker SS

Is the Tracker's cylinder long enough to handle the BTB 300gr bullet.

If so, and even though data is for jacketed bullets, this should give you a starting point.

http://www.vihtavuori.com/en/reloading-data/handgun-reloading/-44-remington-magnum-.html

Paul

Good question, he might want to look at using 44 special brass.

Beartooth has two 300 grain bullets for the .44 mag.

One is a WFN that will seat at just under 1.6", and the other is a LFN LCMN DCG that will accommodate 1.725" and 1.775" OALs.

I currently use both, the WFN in my 77/44, the LCMN in both my SuperBlackhawk and Redhawk, but at 1.725" to be able to use in both revolvers. The Redhawk will accommodate the longer OAL.

You might want to look at owners manual. They put limitations/suggestions on bullet weight and velocities for the Tracker. 2401250 fps if I recall. Just saying.

Don't recall anything like that in the owners manual and I'm running 240's at or near max with no issues. I'll double check. I know the 240 Speer GD's I have loaded now at the cannelure have a lot of room left. Not sure why you would build a pistol/revolver for a 44 mag that wasn't up to handling SAAMI loads. Sounds like a lawsuit waiting to happen. I checked the twist rate a couple of years ago and it was up to task for 300's.
Maybe I will stick with the 240 Speer Gold Dot or similar worked well enough on the bear this year.

You could use the BB 300 grain WFN.

They also have a 250 grain WFN, with a .340" meplat, if you are looking to use a bullet in the same weight class as your Gold Dots.

I've used N110 in the .44 mag, but with the LMN DCG bullets at an OAL of 1.775" in a SuperRedhawk. Being a single based powder, it burned noticeably cleaner than H110/296. I gave up a little speed, but that load was very accurate.

The correct nomenclature for the bullet I use is LMN DCG GC.

http://www.taurususa.com/pdf/revolver_manual.pdf


My bad, 2401350.

My 44 tracker has a longer barrel than what they are showing and looks more like the hunter. It's cylinder specs out at 1.650" according to calipers after several checks. I've been running 240's about half grain under max for years now with out issue and that's were it seems to like them. I guess every gun is different.