Post by magnumwheelman on Feb 2, 2016 8:58:58 GMT -5
had some warmer mixed cast 44 mag loads I was given, that I decided to shoot up, so I could sell the brass, put those through my 6" Dan Wesson... & I sighted in my Ruger Alaskan in 480 that I had just installed a set of Fiber optic front & rear sights on... so since I'm lazy... I shot from from my bench, so I could sit down, & just rested my arms on the table... 480 was sighted in with my 1st hand loads... 19 grains of AA#9 under a 412 grain cast bullet... I'm thinking I might want to try to lighten the trigger a little, since the single action breaks were pretty heavy... but, I'll put a couple 100 rounds through it, before I change anything... the 480 was "stout" from the table top... the 44 mag I put 100 rounds through the gun, I was banging away at my AR-500 plates at 60 ft... after I got the 480 sighted in, I banged 2 cylinders full of plates with the 480... fired 25-30 rounds of 480 total...
sad thing, is my arm is sore... but not from big bore magnums, but from the impact bullet puller, since I pulled down 250 rounds of FIL's handloaded 17 Remingtons on Sunday... those 25 grain bullets don't build much momentum, in a bullet puller, & some took 3 or 4 whacks to pop the lil pills loose...
Blizzard is hitting today, so I won't be on my range for a few days, but think I have another 75 or so 44 mags to shoot up, & get polished before the next gun show...
those 480 bullets only come 50 to a box, at 412 grains each, so I need to either buy more of those, or buy something else to try... was thinking of trying a box of powder coated 480 bullets???
sad thing, is my arm is sore... but not from big bore magnums, but from the impact bullet puller, since I pulled down 250 rounds of FIL's handloaded 17 Remingtons on Sunday... those 25 grain bullets don't build much momentum, in a bullet puller, & some took 3 or 4 whacks to pop the lil pills loose...
Blizzard is hitting today, so I won't be on my range for a few days, but think I have another 75 or so 44 mags to shoot up, & get polished before the next gun show...
those 480 bullets only come 50 to a box, at 412 grains each, so I need to either buy more of those, or buy something else to try... was thinking of trying a box of powder coated 480 bullets???
