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I shoot a 270 gr. in .44 Special.
Thursday, August 28, 2025, 09:15

I took the LEE .310 gr. mold and cut the top to where the gas check shank was gone. That first driving band is now the flat base. Tank Hoover (the popular author) had me make him one. When he saw how easy it was, he got into trimming the inexpensive LEE molds. Wrote it up for publication a while back. It really whacks in .44 as it has a huge wide meplat.

I digress…. A .44 Special load for a 240 gr. cast bullet, loaded with a 270 in a .44 Mag case, fired in a string .44 Mag platform, is an easy place to start. Unique, 4227, Herco, are the ancient powders I’m most familiar with. No need to chronograph, you’ll hear when you get over the line, then back off a smidge.