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There are a bunch of styles out there designed for modern rifles and mostly pistols. Check those out, you will probably find one that works. I recently melted down about 100 that did not work in our rifle.
Rice 44 inch barrel, 6 lands and grooves, 1:48 twist. I know there are some solid lead conicals out there people have used in the .40 caliber to take deer. Solid lead is what I am thinking
Deer hunting. So you need accuracy, weight and velocity.
44 inches... wow! At 44 inches you're can get a lot of velocity which translates into lots of spin.
That means you might be able to up the weight of lead (the length of the bullet) which is good for penetration.
And, no lubed lead bullet is going to stand up to that kind bore to bullet friction.
That leaves paper patched.
So what I'd do is use paper patched bullets.
I'd use hollow based paper patched bullets because the hollow bases can quickly seal off the rifling and prevent gas cutting and that loss of accuracy. With a 44" barrel the pressure will drop by the time the bullet gets to the muzzle and there wouldn't necessarily be a problem with blown skirts on the hollow bases.
All that means you'd be shooting with a cleaned barrel just like stepping out on a deery morning.
I used to shoot Lyman Great Plains lubed bullets in a .50 caliber with 1: 48 twist 39 inch barrel accurate out to 100 yards. I just needs something like that in .40 caliber.
Daaaaang those look like they mean business...would these work in a 42" barrel with a slower twist of 1:66?, or does one need to stick with a faster twist?