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Anyone have sources of load data for the above, or heavier? I know it probably dont make a lot of sense but I also know some folks out there probably try it anyway. :) Thanks for any links.
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Well, I thought I had at least one source but haven't found it, yet.
I know googling "300 .44 special" brings up a lot of articles and forum discussions. Careful....some i saw posted by individuals were hotter than .44 mag loads :shock:

I just loaded several 300 gr Nosler JHP using 20.0 gr of Win296 in .44 magnum. That's a compressed load in a magnum case. At. 44 magnum pressures....A 300 grain doesn't leave much room for powder in a Special case.

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Best bet would be a 300 gr cast, lubed with appropriate BP lube over a slightly compressed load of FFFg. That would be a hoot to shoot!
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"At. 44 magnum pressures....A 300 grain doesn't leave much room for powder in a Special case."

With the special having a slightly (only .005") longer SAAMI OAL, I do not see why the 44Sp should run out of powder space any sooner than the magnum assuming the same powder, pressures and bullet. I only have one pistol (FA 97) that could put up with magnum pressures but that light pistol and my arthritic hands want nothing to do with that. Now-a-days I might run out of any number of rounds before I get back to the loading bench but I try to never run out of 44Russian as it shoots like a house a-fire in every special I own.
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Leverluver wrote: Thu May 06, 2021 9:51 am "At. 44 magnum pressures....A 300 grain doesn't leave much room for powder in a Special case."

With the special having a slightly (only .005") longer SAAMI OAL, I do not see why the 44Sp should run out of powder space any sooner than the magnum assuming the same powder, pressures and bullet.
If you crimp to the cannelure, it will, since the case is shorter. But you ARE going to be using less powder, so it shouldn't really be an issue.
Most likely a person would use cast bullets, unless they wanted a hunting load or a self defense load and were set on using the Special instead of a magnum.

It will depend a lot on what firearm the OP wants to use to determine what pressures he wants to stay under.
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Just wondering: would the 300 grain bullet in a .44 Special have much power at a safe load? Not knowing which handgun the round is intended to be fired from, I am somewhat concerned for safety. I remember when 86er was trying to work up a companion handgun load for carry while hunting. He and Mike Rintoul were using a .44 special, and they abandoned the project because it could not safely reach the power level he was looking for. They were even getting help on powder selection from at least one major manufacturer.
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There is such a thing as "Diminishing Returns." You run into it quickly using heavy for caliber bullets.
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Ray, I might not be able to bounce it offof the bad guy's spine in a fast changing interpersonal crisis situation. I could miss.
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It might not bounce off! Three hundred grains is a lot going-forwardness.


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Ray wrote: Thu May 06, 2021 7:13 pm I'm sure you have already performed exhaustive internet researches before asking this. I found quite a few similar online queries with the inevitable "ballistics experts" severely castigating the humble seeker of knowledge.

Perusing older printed data I found a hodgdon published load circa 1996 for non-specified 300 gr. jacketed and H4227. Starting load 9.8 gr.....Maximum 11.5 gr. showing 752 fps.....18,600 c.u.p. chamber pressure. That is on the high-end of kosher pressure for that cartridge.

I have used the lee 310 gr. over 9 gr. of 2400 in heavy sixguns but never in a charter, rossi, taurus.....

As for power, a 300 gr. .43 caliber at even a wobbly 500 fps should drive through the navel of the largest brigand's beer belly and bounce off of his backbone. Who cares the strictly theoretic foot pounds cipher much less the tko factor.

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Even a tied hog was slightly missed. See, it can happen.
Although, it does seem that the bullet still worked.
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Thanks for the data fellas. I recall manuals from the old days where it seemed to be more common. I remember a couple of write-ups from decades ago on it too.
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I must confess to having recurring thoughts of a 300 grain bullet at 500 feet per second (maybe a WFN or broad SWC). I don't think it would be a weak sister at all, and might be really effective on folks, maybe a load to try in a Charter Arms. I'm quite sure it would punch through a person and the dwell time as it tears through the body would probably not be good for them.

Recoil would be manageable, muzzle blast (which bothers me much more than recoil) would be pretty low.

One of the reasons I keep coming back to the Keith bullet over 7.5 gr of Unique is that it isn't terribly loud.
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I have looked through every manual and magazine I can think of around the house and can't find a published 300 gr load. I would have sworn I had seen some. Might still find it someday.
All the older manuals have 246 and 240 gr loads. Some of the newer ones are more varied.
That one I posted above came from Handloader magazine that I found on an internet search.

As to effectiveness....I wouldn't want to be shot by a 300 gr anything. And it would probably be fun to bang steel with. Maybe not too far out (might run out of Kentucky windage) :D

I have had oldtimers my whole life tell me .45 Colt wasn't enough for deer. Granted, they were from West Texas or Montana and used to shooting longer distances on mule deer. But I have taken several deer with anything from 300 gr jacketed +P+ down to 255 gr RN cast in a normal pressure load.

I have 7 (or 8 or 9...lost count :oops: ) guns capable of shooting .44 Special and am very interested in this topic. I'm even looking to get a .44 Russian. Already have the brass and dies.... :D
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I don't know about "real life" but when I play around in QuickLoad with this concept it looks to me like Lil' Gun would be the cat's miastrophy. And then when I looked at the Hodgden site they don't have any 300 grain loads in the 44 Spcl, but they had my QL generated 44 Spcl load in the 44 mag but at 15k psi more out of the 44 mag than QL thought you'd get from a 44 Spcl. So maybe QL isn't worth poop when predicting Lil' Gun for revolvers.

But I still think that Lil' Gun would be where I'd start if I were trying to do a 44 Spcl load with that heavy bullet, though all my experience with Lil' Gun has been in rifles. I know it'll really zing a hornet bullet out the barrel with quite a lot less powder than Hodgden says to use, and there are a modest number of us pea-shooters using the stuff for low-pressure cast bullet loads in 25/20 and 32/20. So I know that at least in rifles it burns nicely at much lower pressures than you'd expect of a ball powder at higher velocities than predicted.
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never have shot 44spcl in my 44mag, although it's the house load for the redhawk. i don't remember the bullet weight.

but i have shot scads of low velocity 325Gr out of 44 mag brass. someone told me it was something like 1100 fps, sneering at my chickenpoopedness with the low pressure load. however, it was my go-to hunting load making winter meat supplies for years.

all to say that I think that 300 or 325 from 44spcl cases should be simple. the way i started with 44mag without any internet or really any heavy for caliber info was by scaling back loads and experimenting STARTING AT THE LOW END. my final load was slow enough that in the right light i could see the bullets traveling to the target. and it was the HAMMER on deer.

what are the case capacities? I am shooting a 405Gr bullet out of the redhawk in a safe lower pressure load. 300Gr should be easy, but idk what idk.

hope you find your load, sounds like it will be a winner for your guns
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Grizz wrote: Fri May 07, 2021 11:07 am my final load was slow enough that in the right light i could see the bullets traveling to the target. and it was the HAMMER on deer.
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I have seen videos of Lynn Thompson shooting hogs and buffalo with a .44 mag Redhawk and Hornady 300 grain factory ammo.

Those bullets can be seen in flight and he had no trouble knocking all manner of animals over with that combination.
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yeah, it's kind of like having a very short carbine in hand. i hope someone can get that 44 spcl info together because i can't imagine that it would not be a great hunting load.
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That's a no brainer....but first the gun that it's going to be shot out of needs to be identified.
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Ray wrote: Fri May 07, 2021 9:37 pm
AmBraCol wrote: Thu May 06, 2021 9:14 am Best bet would be a 300 gr cast, lubed with appropriate BP lube over a slightly compressed load of FFFg. That would be a hoot to shoot!
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Yep, need to know the sixgun involved.

The heaviest I've ever loaded in the Special was an RCBS Keith style that weighed 275 or so. I don't recall the load, I'm sure it was some ridiculous amount of 2400.
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Seems I asked this same question a while back with mixed (if I remember correctly) results. Have to look it up as I have 500 300gr BB .429 cast slugs with only 44 Special guns now. Don't have the time at the moment.
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very interested to here the result ray 8)
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Mic McPherson does list data for 44 Special, 300 gr bullet in his Metallic Cartridge Reloading, 3rd Edition.
10.5 gr (W296 , H4227 , IMR 4227)
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does he include velocities tradervic?
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Yes he does, just a brain fanny burp on my part :roll:

W296 11.5 gr (774 fps) - 12.5 gr (max, 877 fps)

H4227 11.5 gr (769 fps) - 12.5 gr (max, 852 fps)

IMR4227 11.2 gr (740 fps) - 12.2 gr (max, 812 fps)

IMR800-X 6.5 gr (711 fps) - 7.0 gr (max, 769 fps)

Her2400 9.5 gr (685 fps) - 10.5 gr (max, 763 fps)

Bluetooth 7.5 gr (679 fps) - 8.0 gr ( max, 705 fps)
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Vic, where can I get some of that Bluetooth powder? :lol: :wink:
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For a defensive load, I have long thought that a 300 grain flatpoint at about 500 fps from a Charter Arms revolver would be the bees knees.....if you could get it to stabilize.

Let's face it, most deadly force confrontations that involve a handgun occur at bad breath distances. For this purpose, a big, slow, flat pointed slug would seem to be ideal. At least that is my theory.
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I don't know Bill :roll: ........all I can say is I hate spellchecker on my phone. I should know better by now to check my texts/emails every time.

In this case, Bluetooth = Blue Dot :mrgreen:
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Scott Tschirhart wrote: Tue Oct 19, 2021 8:40 am For a defensive load, I have long thought that a 300 grain flatpoint at about 500 fps from a Charter Arms revolver would be the bees knees.....if you could get it to stabilize.

Let's face it, most deadly force confrontations that involve a handgun occur at bad breath distances. For this purpose, a big, slow, flat pointed slug would seem to be ideal. At least that is my theory.
Maybe a bit off subject, but a low velocity 22 short (behind the front leg) dispatches skunks and other critters better than anything faster.
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TraderVic wrote: Tue Oct 19, 2021 9:08 am Maybe a bit off subject, but a low velocity 22 short (behind the front leg) dispatches skunks and other critters better than anything faster.
I used to shoot a lot of squirrels. The .22 Short was better for me than a .22 Long Rifle. I don't exactly know why. But often a squirrel shot through the chest with the .22 Long Rifle would hang on and get stuck in the tree. However, the .22 Short would kill them fine and they would drop.

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I'm looking forward to your results. I really love seeing bullets that fill the cylinders!
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Scott Tschirhart wrote: Tue Nov 23, 2021 9:27 am I'm looking forward to your results.
Me too.

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N320 to N340 according to Vihtavouri...
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Just revisiting this thread, playing around with a friends 44mag again. Any updates on your experiments Ray?
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I don't know if this will help but it's all I could find. It's from a issue of Handloader. As always use care.


.44 Spc +p
Warning! All data is also safe for postwar Smith & Wesson N-Frame revolvers. Barrel length of Freedom Arms Model 1997 is 4 1/2. Winchester brass was used in all loads as were CCI 300 primers, except Federal 155s were used with loads containing H-110, H-4227 and IMR-4227 (Handloader Issue No. 224)

307 Dry Creek cast SWC Hodgdon H-110 15.5 1,057
Remarks: extreme spread: 20; good big game load

Edit: Looks like this is the same data Vance provided above.
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Sorry about that Ray. Vance beat be me like a rented mule. That's ok too, he's a pretty good ol boy.
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Ray wrote: Tue Nov 23, 2021 1:55 am "All work and no play makes ray a dull boy !" so I am slow in getting this experiment going.

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.44 colt cases with missouri bullets 300 gr. "hammer" over four point a bit grains vectan A-1 which is close to 231/HP-38. This load only occupies .5 c.c. and there is an audible granule rattle when shaken.

Going to try an over and under out of a bond 3" then if everything looks and feels kashrut then I'll attempt five out of the bulldog.....
I'm really looking forward to hearing about this. I've always liked the old Charter Arms Bulldog and carried one for a while back in the day.
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RKrodle wrote: Thu Dec 30, 2021 8:39 pm Sorry about that Ray. Vance beat be me like a rented mule. That's ok too, he's a pretty good ol boy.
Don't tell anyone..

You'll ruin my reputation
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Re: 300 grain in 44 special

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Your secrete is safe with me LOL
Ricky

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