44mag

[Hawkeye6]

Tater:

What are you trying to accomplish with your Ruger? Target practice or hunting? Large or small game?

What do you mean by the factory loads did not work too well?

Are you new to the .44 Magnum?

If you are new to the gun/cartridge and having trouble with the factory loads, could the recoil be inducing some "flinch" in your hold? If so, maybe start out with a realtively light charge and a relatively light bullet weight to reduce the recoil.

My preference is to use semi-jacketed 240 gr. softpoints in my .44 Mags. I would think the 300 gr. would have some pretty heavy recoil, so I'm not sure I would want that unless I was expecting bears or boars to come calling.

I've got a friend who is loading (I think) 180's and 200's for his .44 mag. He has a 9.5" Ruger SRH.

Have you looked into .44 Specials either as factory or reloads?

I think Rocky may be able to offer some more specific advice, particulalry on the .44 Special, but maybe on the Mag as well.

Hawkeye