Thread: 44 mag powder coated lead accuracy @ $0.31 per projectile

I've mentioned in previous posts my liking for HRBC powder coated pure lead flat pointed projectiles I use in my pistol calibre Rossi 92 Puma Lever rifles..I got to finally complete some load testing with 44mag loads I built back in early 21 during Auckland lockdown. I had a 16" at the time but eventually changed it out for my preferred 20" barrel. I've done a fair number of goats with my 357mag with 158gn PC and also lubed lead bullets in both RN and Flat point. Shot in the right area goats are not that hard to kill and if they don't have hunting pressure on them they also are not hard to get up on. In the latter circumstance, a 10 round LA is a useful culling tool. As with other similar cartridges real accuracy comes down to finding the right node and they often are not in the top quartile of possible velocities. I have loads that knock on the door and go over 2000fps but good grouping does not usually come with them.

Here is a group I was ecstatic to find today in an incremental load test where the max charge was topping 1900fps.

This group was shot seated at a wooden picnic table with a front rest, no back rest, Rossi Puma 92 Stainless 20in with a Vortex Crossfire II Scout Scope at 47.5m.

x4 Rounds

240 gn HRBC Flatpoint (https://www.deltamike.co.nz/product/...0-projectiles/)

IMR SR4759 21.0gn
Winchester Primer
3/4 Lee FCD Crimp on front crimp groove.

Velocities/fps
1675
1628
1645
1637



This is a load from published data, Hogdon Online.Your mileage may differ. Safe in my rifle maybe not in yours. Please check for yourself.

The flat pointed lead bullet is an effective killing projectile with a long proven history back to Elmer Keith. No I don't own shares in Hawke River or Delta Mike.