What are some of your favorite .44Mag loads? I'm about to finally pick up my first wheel gun, and I'm trying to plan ahead. I've never loaded for a wheel gun before. I have both a Dillon 650 and a single stage press. I'm not sure it will be worth the cost to set up the Dillon to progressively load for it, but maybe it will be worth the time savings in the long run.

I already have large pistol primers, regular and magnum, since it seems that both get called for in specific load recipes. I have brass on the way, but haven't chosen bullets yet. I'm not particularly interested in getting set up to cast my own just for one caliber for one gun. Perhaps it actually is worth it; bullets seem pricey for this caliber.

I'd love to get a hollow point load that is great for water bottle busting- I want flame, sound, and to rip a 2 liter bottle a new one! It's purely a fun load. I've shot .50, .460, .45-70, and .454 in revolvers, so I'm no stranger to big booms. Berry's bullets seem popular for this round, but how does roll crimping onto a smooth-sided bullet work out? I don't want my bullets taking a walk during firing.

On the other side, I want a decent practice load for target shooting. It will not be a defensive pistol.

On the powder side, I have Power Pistol, Blue Dot, AA#7, Titegroup, and want to get some H110.



Not my gun, but the same model (S&W Performance Center 629 Competitor). Any ideas why they went with a Weaver rail on top? (besides the fact that a Picatinny rail would look ridiculous). I'm going to stick with irons for a while, but may toy with an optic/red dot at some point.

I only have one 44 mag, Ruger Redhawk, but have other revolvers in 41 & 45 Colt, etc..

I do load some towards max with Win-296/H-110. Most of my loads and shooting is a medium burn rate powder, like H Universal or Unique. In the large cases I’m less likely to use Titegroup, though there’s likely data with it.



Even with a medium speed powder like Unique, loads can be fairly warm if desired.

I reload my powder coated cast bullets to 44special velocity for plinking. And load Hornady 230 HP to standard magnum for other stuff. I have a S&W model 69 the five shot combat magnum. And a Rossi lever gun

I load for a 2 3/4" Model 69, a 329PD, and a Marlin 1894.

For absolute max performance H110 is the way to go. It burns slow and gains a ton of velocity out of the rifle. It's a bit much for the airweight 329, though, and most of the powder burns outside the barrel in the snubby.

I load 240gr jacketed bullets for the 329 because the titanium cylinder is a pain to clean lead out of. Usually over a pretty stout charge of Unique. Those same loads are good for carry in the 69, but I also cast and powdercoat my own "light magnum" loads for plinking with a 200gr round nose flat point...they're hotter than .44spcl, but not as punishing as the really hot magnum loads, and very accurate.

I’m a fan of 2400 through all 7 of my .44 long guns; currently no .44 revolvers in the safe. 2400 gives a bit more latitude in tailoring loads as 110 is less forgiving when stepping down from full house.

JM .44 Marlin microgroove rifles have slightly loose bores and can struggle with accuracy. I like these bullets a lot as they mic a hair larger than other offerings (most every other mic at .429 where these are at .431) and seat in rifling a touch better than other pills. They also have a very generous meplat and expand well for a flat point profile. I’ve taken quite a few deer with them and the price is right.

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I've been reloading the .44 Magnum for around 30 years or so. In .44 Magnum, I currently have a 9.5" Ruger SRH, 7.5" Ruger SBH, 5.5" Ruger BH, 14" TC Contender and Henry Lever rifle.

Standard load is a 240gr XTP over 24.0gr of H110. I use 20.0gr of H110 for 300gr bullets. These are max or close to max published loads.

My plinking load is 240gr Berry plated over 10.0gr of Unique. I need t find something to replace Unique when I run out.

629 6" ported and a CA 44spl 4" and since I had a ton of titegroup so
it is what I have used along with mainly 240 semi wadcutters.
It has severed me well.

A cast swc and 7 to 10 grains of Unique will give you a lot of practice and a lot of knockdown.