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Reloading for Desert Eagle

First Big FootFirst Big Foot Member Posts: 29 ✭✭
edited January 2008 in Ask the Experts
Folks,
I have been considering getting into a Desert Eagle Mark VII 44 Mag. Being and avid reloader AND a wheel gun fan, I am being scared off by the following:
1 - Picking up brass from all over the place.
2 - Brass being abused by the violence of the feeding process.
3 - Being limited by bullet selection due to:
A - Profiles that will feed properly.
B - Polygonal rifling precluding the use of cast bullets.

If anyone has experience reloading for the Desert Eagle, It would be great to get some input.
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  • First Big FootFirst Big Foot Member Posts: 29 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Is there any chance anybody out there reloads for their Desert Eagle .44 Magnum. About 20 years ago I made half a dozen loads for a friend with one to try, and only one would cycle the mechanism. It was the hottest load. But I gave him the details, and don't know what it was any more.
    (As an aside, I do recollect that the 300 gr. Speer JSP's would not fit in the magazine. Just in case that can save anybody out there any trouble.)

    First Big Foot
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  • CHEVELLE427CHEVELLE427 Member Posts: 6,750
    edited November -1
    i reload for my desert eagle 44 and 50ae, it likes them hot, i have had no problems not fitting in the mag, i have some 300jhp loaded for hunting. i dont over load i just load at the top of the scale and use cci 350mag primers.
    maybe the 300 gr were not seated enough.
    what powder did you use. i use 2400 and H110
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  • First Big FootFirst Big Foot Member Posts: 29 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Seems to me that back in those days I was new and broke, that's why I reloaded. I would search the info for a powder that would do all my calibers, so it seems to me like my powder de jour was HS-6 at the time, as it would do 9mm and .44.

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  • 5mmgunguy5mmgunguy Member Posts: 3,092 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    The Desert Eagle likes loads on the top end. I use 2400 for both the 357Mag and the 44Mag. A little dirty but it gets really good performance. Also have found that 296 works really well too. All Magnum primers.
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  • First Big FootFirst Big Foot Member Posts: 29 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thanks 5mm: But do you mind including the recipes? Speer manual #11 is my reference. Magnum primers, various powders, (2400, H-110, and 296), but how much?

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  • First Big FootFirst Big Foot Member Posts: 29 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thanks for your responses
    I'm kinda excited, my ten days of waiting is over soon.
    Anybody else got any input?
    First Big Foot
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