Reeder Custom Guns - try several loads shown in the loading manuals and you

Gary Reeder
try several loads shown in the loading manuals and you
Thursday, March 26, 2020, 15:19

will find a load that you and your gun likes. Alcorn is a Swift A Frame fan, while my favorite bullets are the Sierra bullets. Being weaned on the Super Vel 44 Magnum 180 grain bullet I found long ago that in most cases I can do just as well with the light to medium weight bullets as I could with a heavy bullet and have less recoil and less back thrust on my elbow and my gun. For that reason I never use the real heavy bullets. In 44 Mag I seldom go over 260 grain bullets. In a 41 GNR I always use one of the 210 or 220 grain Silhouette bullets and in most cases one shot will do the trick if I do my part.

The only time I use a heavy bullet is in my Encore for dangerous game. My Cape Buffalo was taken with one shot in the 450 GNR and a 500 grain soft point .458 caliber bullet.
Again my personal preference only. Try different loads and you will find a load that you and your 44 like.

I ask a lot - Tom, 2020-03-26, 13:15
- we have built dozens and dozens of 475 and 500 Linebaugh, - Gary Reeder, 2020-03-26, 15:09
  - So, in layman's terms - Tom, 2020-03-26, 15:23
    - yup (nm) - Gary Reeder, 2020-03-26, 16:36
- It’s not so much the bullet weight - MTM, 2020-03-26, 13:39
  - I came into a pile of SSK 330 gr. TC cast - WB, 2020-03-26, 14:16
    - YOU DON'T WANNA KNOW HOW - JT, 2020-03-27, 05:44
    - Mould was called 320gr. (nm) - Alcorn, 2020-03-26, 14:24
      - I’m a monkey’s uncle, looky here - WB, 2020-03-26, 18:06
        We knew that (nm) - IC, 2020-03-26, 19:13
        Do you have any .44's Irv? I can't remember. (nm) - WB, 2020-03-26, 20:21
        Yes (nm) - IC, 2020-03-27, 06:29
        I remember shooting your short barrel 429 Gnr - Derek, 2020-03-27, 03:25
        Puffy helped Roman get that at HHC one year. - WB, 2020-03-27, 09:22
        WB was that an Encore or g2? (nm) - Derek, 2020-03-27, 12:37
        Encore, I’ll post a pic of it later. (nm) - WB, 2020-03-27, 14:23
  - The HMS is listed as - Tom, 2020-03-26, 14:02
- I have a .510 GNR built on the Super Blackhawk - Larry Fry, 2020-03-26, 13:25
  - Thanks Larry, the loads I am - Tom, 2020-03-26, 13:39
    - I HAVE SHOT MANY, MANY 300 GRAIN BULLET - JT, 2020-03-26, 13:47
      - 44 mag factory loads - Alcorn, 2020-03-26, 14:05
        try several loads shown in the loading manuals and you - Gary Reeder, 2020-03-26, 15:19
        Back in the early to mid 1980's - John W, 2020-03-26, 15:37