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300 grain .44 handloads
Uploaded on November 03, 2009Just wanted to share a bit of enthusiasm with the group. I'm in the process of working up a handload for my 5 1/2" Super Black Hawk using H110 and Speer 300 grain PSP's. Off the bench I had about a 3" 3 shot group with one flier. I pretty much suck with iron sights so I was pretty happy with this. I carry the old gun when bow hunting for protection and during bear season so the 300's make good sense to me. I was pleasantly surprised, expecting the recoil to be a bit fierce but it didn't seem to be as sharp as with the usual 240's. Thanks for your interest, good hunting!
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I would like to hear more once you dial it in. I carry a Ruger 4 5/8" in .44 mag in case of the bear encounter gone bad and was thinking of using a 300 grain.
Is there a big recoil difference? I was using 200-gr. JCHPs in mine. Wish I still had it.
I wound up with 21.7 grains of H110 behind the Speer 300 grain PSP. Accuracy was pretty good, 3" or so as mentioned, and the recoil didn't seem to be as sharp as a 240 with 23 grains of H110. I'll be carrying the 300's most of the time from now on. Thanks for your interest and merry Christmas!
I like to play with the 300s too. I think they are a good idea for the bears but mine do produce more recoil than normal. I usually shoot the 240s. I'm not sure I would trust a .44 against a charging bear but I'm sure it would be better than fists. I shot a charging 325 pound Russian boar with 240 grain bullets and they just made it MAD. The 240g bullets mushroomed and penetrated just fine but they didn't carry enough energy to stop the beast. Just poked .44 caliber holes. The first shot hit between the eyes and bounced off the skull on the first charge because teeth is all I could see. The second shot penetrated completely side to side at the diaphram and the third shot penetrated the chest side to side after going right through the heart... only the skull shot caused the hog to flinch and he didn't drop until about 20 seconds after the heart shot... during this medley, he managed to slash the dog that was with me all the way across the chest and I couldn't stop him. I'm thankful he wasn't a grizzley.
I don't want to face a charging anything with just a handgun but as you say, better than fists, and a handgun is usually available. I think a lot of the current 240's just aren't made for penetration for bear, hogs, etc. One of my bear buddies hog shot a big blackie at point blank range and the bear just shook his head and moved on. It wasn't charging, my guy was cutting him off. After that he went to a model 94 Trapper .30-30.
Addendum - forgot to add, his one son went from a .44 to a Taurus .480, the other son now packs a .454 Casull. I've never had to use my .44 in defense and hope I never do, but everything I've read says it's adequate for black bears. If I find out it's not, my son has a .480 as well and I'd be on the look-out for a .454 myself. Thanks for your input, good hunting!
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I would like to hear more once you dial it in. I carry a Ruger 4 5/8" in .44 mag in case of the bear encounter gone bad and was thinking of using a 300 grain.
Is there a big recoil difference? I was using 200-gr. JCHPs in mine. Wish I still had it.
I don't want to face a charging anything with just a handgun but as you say, better than fists, and a handgun is usually available. I think a lot of the current 240's just aren't made for penetration for bear, hogs, etc. One of my bear buddies hog shot a big blackie at point blank range and the bear just shook his head and moved on. It wasn't charging, my guy was cutting him off. After that he went to a model 94 Trapper .30-30.
Addendum - forgot to add, his one son went from a .44 to a Taurus .480, the other son now packs a .454 Casull. I've never had to use my .44 in defense and hope I never do, but everything I've read says it's adequate for black bears. If I find out it's not, my son has a .480 as well and I'd be on the look-out for a .454 myself. Thanks for your input, good hunting!
I wound up with 21.7 grains of H110 behind the Speer 300 grain PSP. Accuracy was pretty good, 3" or so as mentioned, and the recoil didn't seem to be as sharp as a 240 with 23 grains of H110. I'll be carrying the 300's most of the time from now on. Thanks for your interest and merry Christmas!
I like to play with the 300s too. I think they are a good idea for the bears but mine do produce more recoil than normal. I usually shoot the 240s. I'm not sure I would trust a .44 against a charging bear but I'm sure it would be better than fists. I shot a charging 325 pound Russian boar with 240 grain bullets and they just made it MAD. The 240g bullets mushroomed and penetrated just fine but they didn't carry enough energy to stop the beast. Just poked .44 caliber holes. The first shot hit between the eyes and bounced off the skull on the first charge because teeth is all I could see. The second shot penetrated completely side to side at the diaphram and the third shot penetrated the chest side to side after going right through the heart... only the skull shot caused the hog to flinch and he didn't drop until about 20 seconds after the heart shot... during this medley, he managed to slash the dog that was with me all the way across the chest and I couldn't stop him. I'm thankful he wasn't a grizzley.
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