Bruce » 31 Jul 2023, 12:42 pm » wrote: ↑
I own three 44 Magnums.
The 44 Mag has a 1/10” gap in the cylinder to shoot a REAL Skeeter Load through it.
So 44 Mag wanna be Skeeter loads are 8.5 grains of Unique.
They aren’t real Skeeter loads.
A real Skeeter load in a real 44 Special Colt Model P sized (not magnum sized) revolver is just as intuitive to hit with as the original 1873 Colt Model P.
My Ruger 44 Specials have 4 3/4” barrels. My Chrony says Skeeters leave about 975 feet per second and Keiths leave at 1,200.
As Elmer noted at 400 yards the sight picture is the same between loads. Don’t ask me why, it just is.
The advantage of 975 fps Skeeter loads is I can and do shoot hundreds at a session and smile.
I quit smiling after about 18 or 24 Keith loads.
Keith loads are hot, to shoot a lot of.