Originally Posted by MontanaMarine
Curious what your favorite dose of H110 is for 44 Mag loads with the hardcast bullets in the 310gr weight.

I ordered some of Oregon Trail 'True Shot' 310gr WFN GC to load for the SBH. Fairly impressive looking projectile.

Anywho, I looked through the books and see anywhere from 20.5 to 22.5gr H110 for the various jacketed 300gr bullets. Ran some QL calcs and decided to start out at 20.5gr H110 for the 310s. Looks like it should generate somewhere in the area of 1150 fps, and 35K lbs-psi.

So I loaded up 20 rounds with 20.5gr for a test drive, and to regulate the sights before putting the chrono in front of these. They were not bad as far as recoil.

Here's a couple pics,
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This is a wide Meplat bullet and should do well in the wound channel department




Originally Posted by Eremicus
That's the usual complaint about all of the hard cast SWC/wide flat point bullets. They penetrate lots, but don't kill very quickly.
I've never seen any need for the 300 gr. class stuff. The older 250 gr. stuff has a long record of penetrating plenty in any live target. Even the softer 240 gr. lead factory loads have long had this rep of plenty of penetration.
It is possible to get too little penetration with some of the lighter, faster hollow point juacket bullets I understand. E



That is the problem of some, not reconizing that a larger meplat bullet is vastly different in wound channel diameter. All hard cast flat points are not the same nor do they have the same effect on game


Use a wide flat point (like in the photo above) and the outcome will be harmonious


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