Paging Vanilla Gorilla and other .44 Magnum fans

[Alpha Sierra]

We have a local bullet maker, L&M Supply in Piqua, that sells through Olde English Outfitters in Tipp City/Ginghamsburg. I stopped by OE today and found what looks like a true Keith-style .44 caliber SWC. I didn't know L&M made this style.

It's a .430", 250 grain semi wadcutter with a flat base, a longer than usual nose, and a nice, sharp shoulder.

On top of that, a box of 500 was $53 out the door from the fun store.

Here's a shot of it loaded in a dummy .44 Magnum cartridge (what I use for die set up) next to my previous .44 Magnum load (200 grain Oregon Trail RNFP) and the SWC itself.
http://i420.photobucket.com/albums/pp290/JRossy/guns/DSC00245.jpg

The bullet itself:
http://i420.photobucket.com/albums/pp290/JRossy/guns/DSC00249.jpg

A couple of different angles highlighting the shoulder and base:
http://i420.photobucket.com/albums/pp290/JRossy/guns/DSC00251.jpg
http://i420.photobucket.com/albums/pp290/JRossy/guns/DSC00250.jpg

And here's the money shot with the dummy loaded in my 629 MG. That sure looks like a bad ass load, dontcha think? :D
http://i420.photobucket.com/albums/pp290/JRossy/guns/DSC00252.jpg

I plan on filling this up with 6.5 grains of W231 for about 850 fps for a nice target and plinking load, but I might set aside 20 or 30 of them and load them up with some 2400 for some good ol' fashion Elmer-style whoopin'

[BobM]

I haven't been to OE in years; did they have a pretty good supply of those bullets in stock?

[chadbag]

My only concern is what looks like crap lube. Looks like the paraffin stuff that people use which is useless as a lube.

[Alpha Sierra]

BobM: there was a good amount of .45 ACP and .45 Colt bullets (three or four 500 count boxes). I snagged the only box of these SWCs and they had a two or three hundred .38 bullets in 155 gr SWC and 140 gr TCFP.

eguns: I've used their .38 caliber SWCs (presumably with the same lube) and had no abnormal leading. My S&W Model 65 is a little rough in the cone so it picks up a little lead over the course of about 150 to 200 rounds (accuracy is still solid) no matter whose bullets I use. My Model 29s all have very smooth bores and don't lead at all.