.44 Rem Mag

[Just in joy]

Has anyone loaded 44 with A #2 ?

I have a lot of that powder as I load my 9 and 40 with that powder so I buy in bulk kegs instead of lbs.

[mr surveyor]

even though it appears to be a pretty fast burning powder, the Lee manual shows AA7 for quite a few .44 mag loads. They all seem to be on the low side (8.5 to 10 gr), which would make me wonder if it would be a consistant performer depending on whether or not it is a "position sensitive" powder.

[Just in joy]

Yeah as soon as I find a powder for my hunting loads I will purchase a leg of it saves me the headache or redoing test when I run out a lot number or powder. I still want to test to make sure they will preform as I want them too. I make my own defense 9 And 40 loads and testing another set of 40 loads with hs6 which is another powder the 44 can use.

[mr surveyor]

I've loaded a few XTP's with AA#7 and like it pretty well, but am looking for something better with 240 gr lswc's. Finally broke down and bought a can of 2400 for .357 and .44 mag. Haven't had a chance to take it to the range yet, but I'm sure it will do fine... as it has for many decades for everyone that's used it.

[Bawanna]

I've burned a lot of 2400. It was an Elmer Keith favorite too. If it's good enough for him I figured it was good enough for me.