Cranking out 44 Henry rounds...sortof.

[Tuolumne Lawman]

Well, my 1860 Henry is  finally in CA DROS jail, so I thought I would load some ammo for it and the two Pietta 1858s with .45 Colt/Schofield cartridge conversion cylinders.  I have .45 Schofield cases, Stateline bullets 200 grain RNFP, Winchester large magnum pistol primers, and three pounds of Triple seven.

I started loading the rounds on my LEE turret press with auto index, and four hole die plates.  I am using LEE 45 Schofield carbide dies, a LEE powder dump through the charging die, and crimping with a LEE factory crimp die.  The load I am using is 27-28 grains volume (22.5 grains weight) of FFFG triple Seven, with very slight compression.  This is the .44 Henry Duplication load I came up with about 6 or 7 years ago, that gives 1125 fps + or - from the 45 Henry barrel.  That is virtually identical to the original loading.

I'll post some pics and a picture of the ammo boxes I made:  Cheyenne Cartridge box .45 Schofield bowes with a home made 44 Henry label rubber cemented on.

[mtmarfield]

   Greetings!

   That's pretty decent ballistics from a Schofield case! Keep us posted...!

                M.T.Marfield

[Tuolumne Lawman]

That was the velocity I got from it before.  That is about the same as I got with 28 grains (volume) FFFG Goex, which makes sense, since the original had a 200 grain with 27ish grains of powder.  IIRC, it clocks about 800 fps + or - from the 8" Pietta 1858 with the R&D cylinder.

[Tuolumne Lawman]

Here's for .44 Henry porn...

[mtmarfield]

   Greetings!

   NICE! I've been eye-balling one of the Remington Conversions in .44WCF to go with my '66 Carbine, and
that Henry I keep saying I need... They really look slick, and much more rugged than the Colt's Open-Tops.

                M.T.Marfield