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    Anyone have a good “recipie” for duplicating the Blackhills 210 grain SWC?

    This load: http://www.black-hills.com/shop/cowboy-ammo/44-special/

    BH shows it at 700 FPS.

    Looking at using these: https://www.montanabulletworks.com/p...-210gr-swc-gc/

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    Try 4.5 grains of Red Dot.

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    Good thread.

    I’ve been using Alliant Power Pistol in .44spl for my Ruger Vaquero 44Mag, has a 3.5” barrel.
    Shooting a 240g SWC that I pour from wheel weights, various brass, Winchester primer, and a 7.7gr charge I’m seeing 950 FPS average over the Chrony, accuracy is great and I believe it would suit my needs very well.
    Reading this thread has me wanting to load some more, I have some Starline brass to fill!
    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uRBvMzKZEFY

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    Quote Originally Posted by HCM View Post
    Anyone have a good “recipie” for duplicating the Blackhills 210 grain SWC?

    This load: http://www.black-hills.com/shop/cowboy-ammo/44-special/

    BH shows it at 700 FPS.

    Looking at using these: https://www.montanabulletworks.com/p...-210gr-swc-gc/
    5.5 grains of Unique is a good place to start.
    Shumba
    Last edited by Shumba; 12-01-2019 at 10:43 AM.

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    Been quite awhile since I messed with my GP. I had hoped Ruger would see enough sales interest to spark development of a medium frame LCR. The same basic design as the current gun just swelled up 5% or so to accept five rounds of 44 SPL and six rounds of 38/357. I assume such a gun would sell very well.

    Surely Ruger has done the design development and knows how such a gun would need to be built to work. I guess it boils down to three things:

    1 The design can't work for whatever reason

    2 Ruger market research says it won't sell

    3 Ruger market research says it will sell very well and will cut into SP/GP sales

    To me the only real possibility is #2 since the current LCR works in 327 and 357. And #3 seems unlikey too. Sales are sales.

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  6. #76
    Here's another piece of the cast hollowpoint bullet puzzle for you. The video quality is a bit challenging, the guy who made the videos got beat up by youtube for the subject of the videos and has set out to find other ways to get the word out, including starting his own website & forums. I support his efforts and forward his work whenever I can. His efforts are ongoing, and you might also consider checking out his main site at: https://thereloadersnetwork.com/

    https://thereloadersnetwork.com/auth...ullet-testing/

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    Quote Originally Posted by 358156hp View Post
    Here's another piece of the cast hollowpoint bullet puzzle for you. The video quality is a bit challenging, the guy who made the videos got beat up by youtube for the subject of the videos and has set out to find other ways to get the word out, including starting his own website & forums. I support his efforts and forward his work whenever I can. His efforts are ongoing, and you might also consider checking out his main site at: https://thereloadersnetwork.com/

    https://thereloadersnetwork.com/auth...ullet-testing/

    Those links look very interesting, to me. When I get time I'm going to dig thru them.
    Thanks!

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    Quote Originally Posted by 358156hp View Post
    Here's another piece of the cast hollowpoint bullet puzzle for you.
    I used to have a Ross Seyfried article that was really down the rabbit of cast HPs. Using a HP mold, he poured only enough of a softer alloy to make the nose of the bullet. When it cooled somewhat he poured a hard alloy for the base. My description of the process is over simplified. The plan was for soft bullet expansion with hard bullet penetration.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tokarev View Post
    Been quite awhile since I messed with my GP. I had hoped Ruger would see enough sales interest to spark development of a medium frame LCR. The same basic design as the current gun just swelled up 5% or so to accept five rounds of 44 SPL and six rounds of 38/357. I assume such a gun would sell very well.

    Surely Ruger has done the design development and knows how such a gun would need to be built to work. I guess it boils down to three things:

    1 The design can't work for whatever reason

    2 Ruger market research says it won't sell

    3 Ruger market research says it will sell very well and will cut into SP/GP sales

    To me the only real possibility is #2 since the current LCR works in 327 and 357. And #3 seems unlikey too. Sales are sales.

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    I'm betting #3 is a factor. A sale that kills a sale from a pre-existing line may be a wash or worse, especially considering the cost of tooling up for a new product line. Also, the fact that most revolver buyers are "Smith" or "Ruger" people (less so on P-f, and other such hardcorp types) makes cutting into anyone else's sales difficult.

    Perhaps the equation will change, and I hope so, because a 3" 6 shot .357 medium frame LCR would be a swwweet carry gun.
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  10. #80
    For my Ruger Blackhawk Lipsey flat-top 44 Special 4 5/8 bbl I load a 250 grain Keith over 7.5 gr Unique that runs about 930 FPS and the same bullet over 9gr of Power Pistol for a little over 1050 fps. Both pleasant to shoot and are great woods loads.

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