Ian
Notorious member
You've been putting up enough pressure to obturate diamonds, and the bullets are a swage-fit into the barrel, I don't think you're going to have any leading issues at all if you can keep the bullets from going to mush and the lube groove from totally collapsing. You were experiencing total material failure before, even the gas check. Remember that one thing that Rick and James both agree on with hot .44 loads: The only deformation the bullet should experience when being fired is rifling engraves. So far the only bullet you've managed to recover in that condition from the revolver was launched with two grains of Titegroup, so the addition of woodpecker lips should solve a lot of problems for you.
What I don't get is how I can shoot plain-based 16:1 SWCs in a .44 revolver within a half grain of max load of 2400 and have none of the issues you've been having with your Ruger.
What I don't get is how I can shoot plain-based 16:1 SWCs in a .44 revolver within a half grain of max load of 2400 and have none of the issues you've been having with your Ruger.