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Anybody load 44Special with #2?
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Site Supporter   Location: Renton Joined: Sat Mar 21, 2015 Posts: 2180 
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Ordered a 629 and need to start gathering reloading gear for it.
I am flush with #2 and need to start shooting it to consume it. Accurate's 44 Special does list quite a bit of loads with #2. I was planning on buying some 240gr powder coated cast. The charge is small, from 4.2-4.7gr. how does this fill the case? I don't have any brass yet so I have been able to double drop some powder to see how it fills/overfills the case. Is it easy to double charge? Is the small charge position sensitive? It seems like Dillon's Square Deal B doesn't list 44 Mag dies, just 44 Special. Does anyone know if their Special does will size the longer Mag brass? _________________ Reloading is easy, it's growing back fingers that's tough. Studying for my Liberal Arts degree at Evergreen College. YouTube taught me, just like everybody else. |
| Thu Aug 10, 2023 10:25 pm |
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 Site Admin   Location: Renton, WA Joined: Sun Mar 13, 2011 Posts: 52078 Real Name: Steve
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If you are using .44 Magnum brass, then use .44 Magnum load data. .44 Special load data in a ..4 Magnum case is not valid, since the OAL is different.
You can make light .44 Magnum loads, of course, and I suspect that your AA#2 might work for that. As for filling the case … yeah, not gonna happen with a fast powder like that. _________________ Steve Benefactor Life Member, National Rifle Association Life Member, Second Amendment Foundation Patriot & Life Member, Gun Owners of America Life Member, Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms Legal Action Supporter, Firearms Policy Coalition Member, NAGR/NFGR Please support the organizations that support all of us. Leave it cleaner than you found it. |
| Fri Aug 11, 2023 5:52 am |
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Site Supporter Location: Renton Joined: Sat Mar 21, 2015 Posts: 2180
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I will be using Special brass.
MadPick wrote: You can make light .44 Magnum loads, of course, and I suspect that your AA#2 might work for that. I have not found any 44 Mag & #2 data. I am sure I could work up a load. But it would be quicker and easier to load #2 in Special brass. _________________ Reloading is easy, it's growing back fingers that's tough. Studying for my Liberal Arts degree at Evergreen College. YouTube taught me, just like everybody else. |
| Fri Aug 11, 2023 7:15 am |
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