.44 Mag - .429 or .430? - The Firearms Forum

45fullmoon · 02-22-2010, 10:20 PM

I am just getting started with handloading .44 Magnum.

I noticed in looking at bullets that some jacketed rounds (for example, Magtech) are .429, but Winchester 240 grain JHPs are .430.

Are there any concerns with using either diameter in a .44 Magnum load?

If it makes any difference, it's for a Ruger Super Redhawk.

old semperfi · 02-22-2010, 10:57 PM

i shoot mostly .429 in my smiths,but it should not make much of a difference unless your barrel is oversized. old semperfi

JLA · 02-23-2010, 08:38 AM

It shouldnt make a difference at all unless you go switching a .430 in a near max load for a .429. could cause a dangerous pressure spike.

carver · 02-23-2010, 08:49 AM

Don't worry about it! Load em up and have fun! I reload wad cutters, several different kinds, as well as jacketed bullets. One thing you can be sure of is that if you buy a box of 500 bullets, no matter who makes them, they will differ in weight, as well as in diameter.

02-22-2010, 10:20 PM	#1
45fullmoon Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Dallas, Texas Posts: 30	.44 Mag - .429 or .430? I am just getting started with handloading .44 Magnum. I noticed in looking at bullets that some jacketed rounds (for example, Magtech) are .429, but Winchester 240 grain JHPs are .430. Are there any concerns with using either diameter in a .44 Magnum load? If it makes any difference, it's for a Ruger Super Redhawk. __________________ The five best things in life begin with "G": God, Guns, Gold, Girls and Guitars. -->

02-22-2010, 10:57 PM	#2
old semperfi Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: i live in southern indiana,old country boy at heart Posts: 1,506	Re: .44 Mag - .429 or .430? i shoot mostly .429 in my smiths,but it should not make much of a difference unless your barrel is oversized. old semperfi

02-23-2010, 08:38 AM	#3
JLA TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Heart Of Texas Contributor Posts: 17,407	Re: .44 Mag - .429 or .430? It shouldnt make a difference at all unless you go switching a .430 in a near max load for a .429. could cause a dangerous pressure spike. __________________ It takes 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 3 for proper trigger squeeze. The latest caliber or gear is no substitute for experience and skill. Rifles and cartridges don't make hits -- shooters do. Fact of life: After Monday and Tuesday, even the calendar says WTF!

02-23-2010, 08:49 AM	#4
carver TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: DAV, Deep in the Pineywoods of East Texas, just west of Shreveport, LA Contributor Posts: 11,550	Re: .44 Mag - .429 or .430? Don't worry about it! Load em up and have fun! I reload wad cutters, several different kinds, as well as jacketed bullets. One thing you can be sure of is that if you buy a box of 500 bullets, no matter who makes them, they will differ in weight, as well as in diameter. __________________ Y'all be safe now, ya hear! Lamentations Chapter 5: 1. Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. 2. Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. 3. We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows. 5. Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest. 16. The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! 21. Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.