Originally Posted by shootem
Brian Pearce has a very good article on loading the .44 Mag with heavy bullets in this month's Handloader magazine. Typical Pearce. Lots of data and little rumor. Very good write. Goes right along with your original question. BTW Pearce will argue the point about the shoulder of the Keith not cutting flesh. And he'll argue with experience and pictures. Seen his articles on it. No dog in the fight for me. I'm learning.



When the front of the bullets are painted and fired into ballistic jellitin the paint stays on the wad cutter shoulder. Indicating that the shoulder has not came into contact with the media.

Pearce is the same writer that wrote the reason that 454 cases were sticking in the SRH cylinder was because the particular grade of steel expanded under presurre and then contracted back down around the brass. Well the steel does indeed expand and countract as does any and all grades of steel

Last edited by jwp475; 03/17/10.

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