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last year i bought some projectiles from montana bullets.
410 size 265cast, weighed just under 270, lbt g.c. keith style bullets. He had ovened treated them to a brn of 24 if i remember right. I loaded them .7grains less than max per accurate with no 9.

No leading in the barrel, and they kind of went boom. Heaviest bullet in 41magnum i have fired so far.
They did have some recoil. I am going to chrony them as i think out of the four inch probably around 1000fps. accurate has them at 1250 to 1350 but that is with a ten inch barrel.
I think i am going to have to get a 41barrel for the contender.
I can't hardly think of anything that combination wouldn't put down.

EvilTwin is a huge fan of the .41Magnum.

Try that old can of H110 you have had hanging around...that 265 from a 4" barrel will run over 1200 fps if you want it to...

Bob

2400 don't suck either.

I neglected by intention not to bring the lever along as i had other things i wanted to do but the 265 went in the mountain gun. sooner or later i want to run it in the lever. I was trying to get a combination load in a marlin 44 lever and revolver, but haven't figured it out yet. Mainly because the handgun is .429 and the lever marlin made oversize for some reason at i think .431 from memory.
I use 2400 a lot in these loads but that 110 has been sitting around for a long time.
I read somewhere about an ideal weight is 220 to 230 and i think i am seeing the truth of that in a bullet. I think that came from keith.
those 300grainers you sent me bob are coming up next.

I shoot a 250 gr LBT WFN hard cast bullet at about 1200 fps out of my S&W Mountain Gun and also in my .41 mag Blackhawk. I use WW-296. Most of my friends won't shoot a cylinder load of them when I hand them my revolver with that load.
That load is a feral hog killing sob!

A good cast slug at 1000 or so fps is all that is needed. Choose your weight.

As I recall, I believe John Taffin said that 265 grains (heviest bullet)was about the max for the 41 mag and accuracy/stability. But I am not a big handloader.

I have to drive 265gr LBT style bullets at full steam for good accuracy in my .41's, but I never tried that weight in a Keith style bullet. Hodgdon's website has good data for the 265's.

41 mag deletes the need of anything bigger to kill stuff with...

Do you still have that Good Year hat?



Travis

Of course, that picture was only taken last fall...

"If I don't get my ransom money in 1 hour, I'm going to shoot these hostages!"

Shrapnel, a 41 fan for several years I see...

It's hard not to be a .41 fan, much like it's hard not to be a 10mm fan.

I want a 657 so bad it hurts............. But alas kids want to eat everyday. Can you believe that selfish crap? Sometimes even more than once. Jerks

I've been known to shoot some 41 now and then....

per rjm's continuing effort to have me spend money, I had a couple of boxes of c.o.p. (copper only projectile) 41 ammo come in. That has got to be one of the deepest hollowpoints i have seen. Curious to see what it does when it smacks something.
they advertise it about 1300fps, but i am going to run some through a chrony for my own benefit.
http://www.midwayusa.com/product/83...-copper-hollow-point-lead-free-box-of-25

you might notice who wrote that first review at the midway site.

I'd wager that isn't BobinNH that posts here. Our Bob isn't a handgunner.