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Not sure where to start. Looking to build up some full powder 44 mags for a 44mag henry lever gun. Casting my own using a lee 240g swc gas checked mold. bullets are around 13bhn as cast. was considering water dropping. bullets will be powder coated so I was not sure if water drop was needed...

Saw a thread that was recently closed and it got me thinking along another line. Why do you reload? I started loading to save money, which was hard to do at the time, but I did break even on my equipment. Now its a lot easier to save money, but my focus has shifted to producing really good...

So I finally made time to work up my 44mag loads for my 20in barrel Henry. Did 2 testing session, had a chronograph error on the first outing and lost one of my data sets. Finished testing today. Goal was a full power hunting load using the Hornady XTP's. Wanted to get them up to 1500fps, as...

So I'm getting ready to load some 44spl with some heavy 260g gas checked hollow points. Lead is around 13bhn. Will be going through my henry big boy 44mag/44spl with a 20in barrel so no pressure concerns and I don't mind going over 44spl max by a bit if needed. using starline brass CCI #300...

So Midway has 124g .355 Speer Gold Dots on sale for 20.42 per 100 here. https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1010888458?pid=675983 So I decided to invest in a good supply. I will have about 100 to work a load up with the rest will be loaded and stored. I ran through my manuals and GRT but wanted...

So I'm a bit confused. I was looking at the Berrys bonded hollow points on midway here. https://www.midwayusa.com/product/101818285?pid=555685 . they appear to be similar to a speer gold dot. The list the manufacturers part number as 01704. However when I go to berrys site for 9mm bullets here...

Tried to log in last night and today, keeps saying database error. Didn't get shut down did them? https://castboolits.gunloads.com/

Got 2 new molds today. both .429 lees, a 200g Flat Point, and a 240g swc. Also got a RCBS lead thermometer and got my temps mostly figured out. was casting WAY too hot. Managed to get NOE mold hot enough to cast. it was only hitting about 215f warming on the pot. Tooke it to the electric stove...

So I tried some .429 Barnes Tac-XP bullets for 44spl in my Henry 44mag/44spl rifle. I pushed a bit and velocities were in the 1500fps range. Went to clean my rifle today and my patches were coming out the darkest blue I have ever seen them. I ran 2 patches, let it sit for 20min, 2 more, let it...

Not sure exactly what happened. My toaster oven was set to 450F. The thermometer read 425, but I had bullets MELTING in the toaster over.... last I checked that was not supposed to happen until around 621F....

Did my first pours with my new NOE mold today. I'm not happy, on the struggle bus big time. I could not get things hot enough. I had my lee furnace up to HI, and let the furnace, with the mold on top, warm up for around 30min. The lead was pouring smoothly. the sprues were staying liquid for a...

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So in thinking about Federal's new 30 super carry I had a question. Why would they release a new cartridge in the middle of a shortage? During shortages it has been my experience that people tend to consolidate, or purchase guns in cartridges they already have or are familiar with. Something...

So I recently purchased a Henry Rifle. Steel Side gate, round barrel, big boy in 44mag/44spl, 20in barrel. On my 2nd trip to the range the gun started failing to feed. After I got home I found that the trigger guard plate screw had come loose. All the screws in the gun were weeping oil when I...

So based on some recent testing I had question pop up that I had never thought of before. Note: 44spl loads tested in a 20in barrel rifle, thus the slower burning powders. While testing some 44spl loads I was advised that H110 would not perform well in a low pressure cartridge, it did not...

All my dies are carbide, and I understand I do not need to lube my straight wall pistol brass. With that said I have switched to wet tumbling. I have found significantly greater resistance sizing the clean brass over say dry tumbled or mostly clean straight from the range and resizing 44mag is a...

Just checking in to see how yall are doing and what your up to. Currently I just got a new caliber 44 mag/spl, in a 20in henry lever gun. Just got 500pcs each of once fired 44mag and 44spl brass. Got them all deprimed, going through the wet tumbler now. Going to throw together a few loads...

So I bought a Henry 44mag/44spl lever gun, 20in barrel. Ran through the manuals, put some loads together. Had some VERY odd results. Only did 3 round groups for the initial workup to conserve primers and powders. Was just trying to get a rough idea of how things were going to work. Goal was...

Got my new Henry 44 today. Tested some of my friends home cast bullets in my clear ballistics gel block. I believe my friend was using unique, not sure of the charge weight, but pretty sure he was over max a touch. Out of a 44spl case he had these going about 1100fps out of a 20in barrel...

Been looking for reasonably priced gas checks. Found Sage's outdoors here https://www.sagesoutdoors.com/ According to the site its a father son business with no show room. Could not find a listed address. They do accept major credit cards. They show both copper and aluminum gas checks. Has...