I bought several boxes of 180gr XTPs to shoot in my 44 magnums. I bought them thinking I could make a decent load for them in my 3” 629. Well that gun has lost its appeal and I’m gonna have it rebarreled into a 5” gun. Anyway I shot some the other day with H110, HS6, Unique, and 2400. With the exception of the H110 load, I was trying for a middle of the road loading for it, around 1300-1400 FPS. The H110 turned day into brighter day from my 6.5” 629 classic. I’m going to load some more of those for anyone that wants “the magnum experience” haha. The rest of the loads were dirty and left a gummy like residue all over my gun. I used 11.0gs of Unique, 15.0grs. of HS6, 23.0 grs of 2400. The unique load was 1227fps average and the 15.0grs of HS6 was 1356fps. I didn’t Chrono the H110 or the 2400.
If anyone has a cleaner burning load they can suggest I would appreciate it. Also if I pushed the HS6 or the 2400 a little harder would it clean up any?
I have several different powders to try from other than these, Longshot, Autocomp, etc. No accurate brand or vitahourri(?)