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Post by AxeHandle on Sept 12, 2009 12:09:59 GMT -5
Flipping through the loading manuals that 35 years of reloading puts on the shelf looking at 44 Special loads... Pulled out the Accurate book and saw something like 10.5-11.5 grains of AA #9 under a 250 grain cast.... Flipped through everything I had and didn't see AA #9 listed for the 44 Special anywhere... Accurate says in the neighborhood of 1000 for velocity and 14,000 for pressure... We are taking a few to the range to play....
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Post by Markbo on Sept 12, 2009 12:49:24 GMT -5
Thata boy! Don't even pay attention to what the manuals say... just listen to your 30 year old notes! ;D
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Post by AxeHandle on Sept 12, 2009 12:53:03 GMT -5
 Notes? Notes? We don't need no stinking notes! ;D Why bother when we have pressure tested data from the powder company... Remember back when everyone just knew that ole Chris was about to sail off the edge of the world? 
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Post by brionic on Sept 12, 2009 12:59:12 GMT -5
Mic McPherson has some loads for AA#9, if I'm not mistaken. I will give his book at look/see after I feed the boys, take out the trash, clean the kitchen, medicate the dog, etc. and report back.
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Mr. Mom
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Post by brionic on Sept 12, 2009 16:57:33 GMT -5
Mic lists a starting load of 9.7 gr under a 240 LRN. Max load is 10.8 gr. at 14,000 CUP for 930 fps.
Richard Lee lists the same load under a 245 gr bullet.
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Brian
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Post by brionic on Sept 14, 2009 7:49:02 GMT -5
Hmm, I went back and looked at the loads in Richard Lee's book again and noticed that lighter bullets AND heavier bullets both are listed with hotter loads - closer to your 10.5-11.5 gr. listed above... I don't know why the 240-245 gr. LRN would be downloaded, very strange.
I know that his data is from the manufacturer - probably AA, but this doesn't make any sense. Very peculiar.
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Post by dale53 on Oct 1, 2009 0:31:23 GMT -5
The data for the 240-245 gr LRN was probably a swaged soft lead factory bullet. Drive them too fast and they lead, big time. THAT is probably why the data shows a lighter load.
FWIW
Dale53
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