purecharger Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Curious if anyone has experience with the components I gathered: Hodgdon H110 240gr LSWC from Missouri Bullet Company [Link] CCI #300 Large Pistol Primer Hodgdon only publishes a load for 240gr jacketed bullets and I just got this response from their support account: H110 is a magnum pistol powder and as such does not work well with lead bullets unless they are in the 325 grain plus category and above. Dave Campbell Customer Service Hodgdon Powder Co. This sounds more like a corporate CYA response than anything. What do you guys think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
56hawk Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 I have shot a lot of 240 grain lead bullets with H110. Never had any problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purecharger Posted July 8, 2013 Author Share Posted July 8, 2013 I have shot a lot of 240 grain lead bullets with H110. Never had any problems. Do you recall the load you've used? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
56hawk Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 24 grains, same as the maximum listed for jacketed. If I remember right I've taken it up to 26 grains, but the brass starts sticking at that point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purecharger Posted July 8, 2013 Author Share Posted July 8, 2013 Good to know, thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
56hawk Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Sure thing. By the way, that was out of a S&W 629. I think you can go quite a bit hotter out of some of the Rugers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
45 Raven Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 I'm not familiar with that specific bullet configuration, but 23.0 to 24.0 grains of H110 is plenty safe and accurate and provides low sd's and good MV from several Ruger SA pistols as well as a S&W Mountain Gun. Make certain you have a FIRM roll crimp on the bullet when crimping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD45 Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 My thoughts are exactly the same as above. I've shot a bunch of it, and it is a great powder if you stay close to max, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purecharger Posted July 9, 2013 Author Share Posted July 9, 2013 I had thought I'd start at 21gr and work up but sounds like 23 is a better place to begin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purecharger Posted July 9, 2013 Author Share Posted July 9, 2013 Realized I never said what I'm loading for - just got a Ruger Super Redhawk 9.5". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
45 Raven Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 I would start at 23.0 for that pistol. My load for a 250 gr. hard cast SWC in my 9 1/2" Ruger SRH (purchased in 1989) is 24.2 grains and is the most accurate revolver load I have ever developed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purecharger Posted July 9, 2013 Author Share Posted July 9, 2013 I would start at 23.0 for that pistol. My load for a 250 gr. hard cast SWC in my 9 1/2" Ruger SRH (purchased in 1989) is 24.2 grains and is the most accurate revolver load I have ever developed. Thats what I'll do then! I need to finish 100 rounds of .223 after I pull them (sized wrong) then I'm switching toolheads to .44 magnum and I'll try this load out. I do have quite a bit of Hodgdon Clays on hand and they do have published loads for that between 4-6gr, have you ever tried Clays? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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