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Reloading Keith Style .44 Hard Cast.

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Michael W Cuber
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Ordering some 260 gr Keith Style Flat Base from Rim Rock Bullets, and was wondering if anyone has loaded these bullets, or a similiar 260 gr bullet?
I’m loading for a Taurus M-44, and I’m not looking for max loads with H-110, but will be loading with CFE Pistol, and Unique. Don’t think the Taurus is equal in strength to a 29 Smith and certainly nothing like a Redhawk, but would like to work up some loads in the 1100-1150 fps range that won’t put any undue stress on the Taurus .44, so I’d be interested in anyones experience loading this bullet, or for a similiar Taurus .44 Mag. I’m really looking for a bigger hammer than 180’s in my Service Six without having to buy a new revolver!
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Michael W Cuber
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I made an earlier post but I just got a new 260 flat base Lyman mold and it drops at .434 and I bought a new Lyman sizer .432 for my Ruger SRH throats with a 2.5x7 Burris. The sizer should be here tomorrow. I will try to test some at 50 yards or longer. I am going to start with 2400 but I have H110 and 296 and several others. My buddy has a Freedom Arms 44 1 in 20'' twist and we can test this week end weather permitting. I have about 8 bullet weights in 44- 185-310 grain. Unique works good with cast bullets and I have some .WELL-the sizer came as I was typing.:)
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My son is bringing a 629 over this week, and I’m probably going to try my Rim Rock 260’s with H-110 in it. I’m curious to see how well the 629 shoots the CFE-Pistol loads and I want to see what velocity difference their actually is between the different barrel lengths.
Those are really some good looking cast bullets!
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Just shot the Rim Rock 260 gr Keith’s over 9.5 gr CFE-Pistol. Definitely pulled one on the top group but the load shot pretty well out the gate, even though it was worked up in the Taurus—actually both seem very comparable in accuracy!
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