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09-06-2009, 12:02 PM
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| Rifleman  Joined: Sep 2009 From: Poulsbo, WA Posts: 182 | New guy needs help
Hi Just joined. I need some help. I used to reload a Speer 240gr SJ-SWC for my 44mag ahead of around 14.5 gr of Bluedot. I started looking around for these to do some reloading and can't find them anywhere. They were my favorite round for this pistola. Anybody suggest a source? I scanned this pic out of my Speer #11 Reloading Manual  |
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09-07-2009, 12:04 AM
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| Marksman  Joined: Jan 2009 From: Spokane Posts: 371 |
looks a lot like all they make now are just lead SWC's, which I would think are ok since they should be much much cheaper. T |
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09-07-2009, 05:30 PM
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| Rifleman Joined: Sep 2009 From: Poulsbo, WA Posts: 182 |
I think there is hope.... I found two references to that slug. The first one is out of a pdf file that I found on the net. It has a picture of the round and calls it a "4447". It's the upper color part of this picture. The other is out of my Speer Reloading Manual Number 13. It makes reference to the 4447 round but does not have a picture of it anywhere in the book that I can find.  Now if I can find a store with enough stock to have it. Probably I should call Speer tomorrow too.  |
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09-08-2009, 08:09 AM
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| Rifleman Joined: Sep 2009 From: Poulsbo, WA Posts: 182 |
Speer says they were discontinued 1 to 1-1/2 years ago. Bummer |
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09-08-2009, 12:29 PM
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| Marksman  Joined: Jan 2009 From: Washington on the wet side Posts: 326 |
if you dig hard enough youll find somone with a horde of your bullets stashed away
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09-08-2009, 02:07 PM
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| Rifleman Joined: Jan 2009 From: Seattle Posts: 193 |
You might be able to find them on Guns - Online Gun Auction - Guns at GunBroker.com |
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09-08-2009, 02:09 PM
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| Rifleman Joined: Jan 2009 From: Seattle Posts: 193 |
turned my link into an advertisment.. strange
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09-08-2009, 02:12 PM
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| Rifleman Joined: Sep 2009 From: Poulsbo, WA Posts: 182 |
That would be sweet I did find 6 rounds that I had loaded last time. So I have a cylinder full. I can't believe I didn't buy up a bunch |
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09-08-2009, 03:02 PM
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| Rifleman Joined: Sep 2009 From: Poulsbo, WA Posts: 182 |
I did find some at a store in New Zealand and they'd be happy to sell them to me but the shipping costs would equal the costs of the bullets. $70 us for shipping I used to buy stuff from a guy in New Zealand and was always surprised at how cheap he could ship me 60 pound boxes. |
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10-01-2009, 05:53 PM
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| Rifleman Joined: Sep 2009 From: Poulsbo, WA Posts: 182 |
Hooray! 300 Speer 4447s arrived today from New Zealand This should last a bit  |
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10-01-2009, 10:35 PM
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| Moderator  Joined: Jan 2009 From: lynnhood Posts: 608 |
congrats on hunting them down!
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10-02-2009, 09:52 AM
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| Rifleman Joined: Sep 2009 From: Poulsbo, WA Posts: 182 |
Thank You Now if I could find some Speer 4684s for the Vaquero 45 I bought yesterday.  |
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04-21-2011, 08:35 AM
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| Peashooter Joined: Apr 2011 From: Sisters, OR Posts: 5 |
Be very careful of the Vaquero .45 It is not designed for high pressure loads. I had the cylinder on one of them blow up on me due to overpressure. Luckily, my Angel, was hovering nearby and I wasn't injured. The cause was an accidental powder overcharge (i.e. my dumbass mistake). For practicing with larger calibers, it's a lot easier on your hands and ears to load lighter bullets and lower velocities (laws of physics). There are a number of sources for lead bullets (way cheaper) and velocities under 1500 fps, there shouldn't be a big lead fouling issue. |
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04-21-2011, 02:59 PM
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| Gunslinger  Joined: Mar 2011 From: Renton, WA Posts: 58 |
Helluva thread necro there.
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