Ammunition Reloading Journal October 2011 Issue Number 274 - Handloader

Frank smiled, raised his coffee mug to the empty garage, and whispered: “To the next two hundred seventy-four.”

“Dear Editor,” it read. “For twenty years, I used my father’s data for the .44 Mag. 240-grain Sierra over 21.5 grains of 2400. Last month, that load keyholed at 25 yards. My new chronograph shows pressure signs he never had. Is the powder different? Or have I just forgotten how to listen to the brass?” Frank smiled, raised his coffee mug to the

It was signed: “Uneasy in Idaho.”