Elric (and others),
Thanks for the heads up and the advice.
I guess I'll try 2400.
I had to wonder why Alliant gives the warning on BD with 41 mag?
Felix offered some insight.
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/sho...g-from-Alliant&p=370874&viewfull=1#post370874
It's a long story, and I ain't gonna type it all, but I found about 500 rds of 41 mag that I loaded with Blue Dot, some a few years ago (2009) and some loaded last year. The old ones were 208gr hand swaged brass jacketed bullets with 11.0gr and also some 224gr SWC w/GC with 11.7gr. The new ones were 255gr RF Ranch Dog with 11.7gr. That load I got from a QuickLoad printout I got from Micheal and should be 25Kpsi with the 255gr RF...which would make the other loads less or at least similar.
Anyway, during the range trip today, I brought the Henry 41mag, to give it a workout ...it still doesn't cycle some ammo 100% reliably. I'm just gonna keep shooting it, til is wears or loosens up. Also, I believe there is something with the Lever actuating the 'release next round' linkage to the mag tube...it doesn't always actuate...the weird thing is, it seems to not actuate with mostly SWC ammo...honestly, I would think the bullet wouldn't matter...also, it almost NEVER fails to actuate a Jacketed bullet?
I shot up 200 rds of these blue dot loads today. I was having a good day, using my prescription bifocals, which wasn't the case in the past. I had some empty 134a freon cans (12 oz), and a small empty propane cylinder. Off hand I was hitting them every shot at 25 yds. I've struggled with these glasses, this was the first outing I was happy with hitting my targets. I didn't notice any pressure spikes/issues, I checked each fired cartridge, as that was the reason for this range trip. Also, it was good trigger control therapy, that's for sure. I'm getting pretty good with the iron sites on The Henry. The Ranch Dog bullets did the best, when they were loaded, I seated them, so they engage the rifling when chambered.
While I didn't do any shooting from the bench to get an idea about 'real' accuracy, I was plenty happy with these loads, and it will be difficult to NOT use Blue Dot in 41 mag anymore, as I say again, I was quite happy with these loads today...80º degrees and humid.
The 224gr SWC GC were bullets that I didn't cast, I swapped for them from Rbuck351 (spelling?), and they had a homemade lube that he had experimented with, that was orange and soft and gooey. I remember loading those, and it was messy...more messy than Speed Green. I mention all this, cause after shooting about 80 rounds of those (half didn't want to cycle well, dang SWC), the action was a greasy, sloppy mess. Makes me appreciate SL68B all that much more.
OK, that's all, just sharing my range visit today.