The Frontier Sixshooter Community Message Board - WOW!

WOW! (reply)

Hoot — Sat, 23 Oct 2021 23:09:03 +0000

Thanks for that Rob! I have many printed but seem to struggle with finding more. Bookmarked this time.

I use these links from JT's Taffin Tests. Years ago I (reply)

Rob Leahy — Sat, 23 Oct 2021 16:15:07 +0000

printed off the pages I use and put them in a 3 ring binder.

http://sixguns.com/tests/index.html

That is a good and useful load. (reply)

Rob Leahy — Sat, 23 Oct 2021 16:12:22 +0000

Great to see you here compadre.

Good to see you again my friend. (reply)

Tom Richardson — Fri, 22 Oct 2021 03:14:58 +0000

It's good to see your handle here again, Scott. (nt) (reply)

Paul — Thu, 21 Oct 2021 21:53:49 +0000

38/44 loads (reply)

The Alsatian — Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:47:06 +0000

My most used load is 5 gr of Unique under that 170+ grain bullet.

It shoots great in just about any .38 or .357 I own. It is not a barn burner, but it is a bit more than the manuals show as maximum these days. It will kill pigs though and that bullet seems to stay stable over longer distances.

38/44 loads (reply)

The Alsatian — Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:37:49 +0000

Same here. Not just in this cartridge, but across the board.

38/44 loads (reply)

Slow Hand — Thu, 14 Oct 2021 09:18:09 +0000

Sounds reasonable. I’ve read many times that newer 240p is a bit warmer than teh old stuff. Plus we have more scientific means of testing pressure and velocity than Mr Keith did back in the day!

Thanks, Hoot! (reply)

Slow Hand — Thu, 14 Oct 2021 09:16:53 +0000

I completely forgot I had that book! I pulled it off the shelf last night and did a quick scan. Looks like his load suggestions are in line with Mike V’s article. And that is pretty close to what I’ve loaded up to try this time.

38/44 loads (reply)

JT — Wed, 13 Oct 2021 15:48:25 +0000

I HAVE CUT MY "KEITH lOADS" BY ONE GRAIN OF #2400

I will send you a scan from... (reply)

Hoot — Wed, 13 Oct 2021 14:45:40 +0000

Dave Scovill's "Loading the Peacemaker - Colt's Model P" in which he references ".38-44 High Velocity".

I have used his data in my H-D's and (factoring in my "skill") seemed to work well.

38/44 loads

Slow Hand — Wed, 13 Oct 2021 13:21:06 +0000

Does anyone have a pet load or an original factory duplicate load for the old .38/44? I have a 1934 Outdoorsman that I’ve unfortunately only had to the range once. I had some pretty stout loads with 2400 and 358429’s out of an older Lyman manual. Did some reading recently and found an article by Mike Venturino and his recommendation was a couple grains less than what I’d shot before! I’m just plinking with it so I guess I don’t need top end power but I’d like to load it a little warmer than standard .38’s. The one time I’ve had it out it wasn’t super impressive at 25 yards (probably my fault) but I was able to keep it on steel at a hundred yards about 5 of 6 shots.