according to alliant's website they are calling for 21 grains of powder for a 240 gr gdhp I would start around there for starters
according to alliant's website they are calling for 21 grains of powder for a 240 gr gdhp I would start around there for starters
Gee, 2400 has worked great with lead bullets in my .44 Mag for about 40 years.
Call Alliant for data. Call Hornady for data. Somewhere around 18 grains might be good, but call and verify.
I believe that Hornady uses 92/6/2 alloy for their swaged bullets, so they "might" be OK with heavy loads of 2400 (certainly that is a bit harder than I used for up to max loads in my .44 Mags for several decades, and harder than Keith used for his .44 Mag development work--fit trumps alloy every time, with my concern being the wax emulsion lube and not the alloy). Light loads of 2400 may not perform very well, with almost any powder from Herco to Bullseye being better.
Thanks for all the replies, I'll be doing some more research on this. May call Alliant.
[SIZE=-1]Wt.[/SIZE] | [SIZE=-1]Bullet[/SIZE] | [SIZE=-1]Powder Manufacturer[/SIZE] | [SIZE=-1]Powder[/SIZE] | [SIZE=-1]Charge[/SIZE] | [SIZE=-1]Velocity (FPS)[/SIZE] |
[SIZE=-1]240[/SIZE] | [SIZE=-1]Hornady HP-XTP or CL-SIL[/SIZE] | [SIZE=-1]Alliant[/SIZE] | [SIZE=-1]Unique[/SIZE] | [SIZE=-1]9.5[/SIZE] | [SIZE=-1]1074[/SIZE] |
[SIZE=-1]240[/SIZE] | [SIZE=-1]Hornady HP-XTP or CL-SIL[/SIZE] | [SIZE=-1]Alliant[/SIZE] | [SIZE=-1]Unique[/SIZE] | [SIZE=-1]10.7[/SIZE] | [SIZE=-1]1160[/SIZE] |
[SIZE=-1]Remarks: maximum load[/SIZE] |