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Yea, Buffalo Boar, Wilson Combat for factory. I do not know if Georgia loads it or not. I hand load so I do not buy any factory stuff.

Wilson Combat loads the slightly reduced loads. I match them.

Double tap probably will soon I here. Just 2nd hand information though. It would be right up there alley. Competes with their 10mm loads.

Me too. Just picked up some more Barnes Vor-Tx 180 XPBs. Love this load. Accurate, over 1500 fps and low recoil.

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how bout the 50 GI? along with the 480 Ruger they just intrigue me.....big bullets at sane velocities.....wish i could afford one of the 50GI 1911's but will prolly be what makes me get a Glock in the end as they offer a conversion kit for a 20/21......a 480 in a SA revolver just screams hunting revolver to me.....big arse bullet but in a normal wheelgun and at a velocity that should make for lots of practice without beating you up.......

Whoa !! That ain't one ya hear crossing many fellers lips !!!

You're right, though.

I keep a pair of 'em around just for good measure.

As a member of the rather exclusive club of .41 Special owners, I'd say that this excellent cartridge has yet to show any signs of popularity.

I have a number of pistols in 7.62x25, and it is a stormer of a cartridge, and i am envious of your work making those rounds.
a 19930's designed round that was truely a magnum.

I've always liked the .32 H&R magnum. super cheap to shoot with cast lead bullets and HP38.

Well,...it's good for shooting about as far away as you can hit without having to sweat too much about trajectory,..and a 100 grain, .312" JHP is a very nasty thing when it's going fast enough to outrun sound by 400 fps.

I keep my Yugo Model 57 here in the desk drawer with 3 magazines filled up with my JHP loads.

A few rounds fired through one of these things will make you understand that it's not a good idea to be on the receiving end of it.

yep

My youngest son had one of these in a Ruger Single-Six. Lots of fun to shoot and easy to load for. Was kinda sad he sold it but the funds went towards our joint purchase of a no dash S&W 696 so I was good with it!

Another vote for the 480 ruger, 30% more real world power than a 44 mag with recoil that is in the same ballpark. 400 gr @ 1200 fps with 30% more frontal area than the 44 is a noteable increase in terminal performance and it will take any game one would hunt with a revolver. The shootability is just as imporant, and you don't have to resort to a muzzle brake to make it shootable. It'll also push 460 gr 1050 fps, but I think that's past the point of dimishing returns.

I've shot enough 475's and 500's to know that the extra 100-200 fps with the same weight bullets comes at a tremendous increase in fealt recoil and I believe puts them into a recoil level that takes a tremendous amount of practice to master. The 480 with bullets designed to be loaded out to the end of the cylinder can be throttled up to near 475 levels, 400's @ 1350 fps, but that defeats what I see as the 480's strength, shootability.