Now that I'm casting again I regret selling my BFR in 475 L and my rossi 92 in 480 ruger. They would have been great with around a 400 grain cast flat nose.
The other day I took my 77/44 with a scope on it to the range to try my lighter load 44 mag with 310g Lee wfn powder coated gas checked bullets in it. At 100 yards it was grouping about 2". I didn't chrony one from the rifle but that load from my 4" 329 clocks around 1050 fps.
I used to run 310g 44s at 1200 fps in the 4" gun. My old load was 20g of H110 and more recently 22g of PP300MP. My more recent reduced load is 10.5g of Longshot netting 1050 in the 4". It's about half the number of grains of powder for only a 150 fps loss. I just loaded a few more at 10g of Longshot to try. The 329pd can get a little sticky on ejecting cases especially when a bit dirty. I want the cases to fall out pretty easily to give me trouble free fast reloads. At 10.5 of Longshot they are just a bit sticky in that gun even though they eject easily in my other 44s.
We'll see how 10 g does and if the speed is still close to 1050. Plus my standard 45 lc load is 10g of Longshot under a 250g xtp or cast. It would make it easy to remember if they both work well at 10g.
Bb
