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Re: How handy is a .44 magnum?
« Reply #10 on: December 02, 2009, 07:43:24 PM »
other then bear defence, I can't think of another reason to get one.  Yeah there is the want factor, but I'm past that stage in my gun buying.  a 357, is more then powerful enough to kill any game animal I might hunt. 
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Re: How handy is a .44 magnum?
« Reply #11 on: December 02, 2009, 08:01:47 PM »
Handy because of its sheer versatility...a downloaded version at .44 Special velocities is a legendary self-defense cartridge...hotted up, it can be used to cap a velociraptor. It tends to be a surprisingly forgiving cartridge when reloading...hard to find a round that won't shoot well.

It I had to run out of the house with one and only one handgun, it'd be a .44 Magnum...

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Re: How handy is a .44 magnum?
« Reply #12 on: December 02, 2009, 08:15:14 PM »
Quote from: ellis4538 on December 02, 2009, 01:34:36 PM
Just like almost everything else these days...don't need one, would like to have one,  can't afford it right now. 

By golly if that ain't the truth I don't know what is! Heck, I'd just like a Super Blackhawk in .45 Colt to play with!
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Re: How handy is a .44 magnum?
« Reply #13 on: December 02, 2009, 10:09:07 PM »
Quote from: Michael Bane on December 02, 2009, 08:01:47 PM
Handy because of its sheer versatility...a downloaded version at .44 Special velocities is a legendary self-defense cartridge...hotted up, it can be used to cap a velociraptor. It tends to be a surprisingly forgiving cartridge when reloading...hard to find a round that won't shoot well.

It I had to run out of the house with one and only one handgun, it'd be a .44 Magnum...

Michael B

+1 on all that.  ;)

You can load it light enough to match .45 ACP velocities, or hot enough to mash a moose.  Either way I believe it's reputation for recoil is far worse than the reality of it.  That said, I'm sure if one were to choose a little titainium snubby with wood grips just specifically to punish themselves, it'd be up that task to.  ;D

For me.  Hornady XTP's (180-300grain), Winchester brass, Federal match primers, and Hodges H110 make for all kinds of .44 mag fun!   ;D ;D ;D

The video was just fun (even the fourth time I watched it). :)

When is Ruger going to bless us with a modern semi-auto carbine in this caliber?!?!?   On my wish list would be the rotary magazine from their bolt gun, a decent laminat, or synthetic stock (not like the bolt gun), a MUCH simplified trigger mechanism / action than that of the "Deerslayer", and a barrel that can be changed out by the end user.  Look at the success the 10/22 has enjoyed with these things!
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Re: How handy is a .44 magnum?
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Re: How handy is a .44 magnum?
« Reply #15 on: December 02, 2009, 11:28:41 PM »
Personally I don't think the recoil from a .44 mag with 240 grain factory loads is too bad from a 5 and half inch barreled  Ruger Redhawk or a 6 and a half inch barreled Vaquero.  I have not shot any heavier round though.

A little bigger than a .44 mag, but this was a great shot.  176 yard shot on a Grizzley from a custom .475 Linebaugh revelover.
http://www.dustinlinebaugh.com/alaska-grizzly-hunt.htm

Dustin Linebaugh took a lot of flack on some of the forums for taking this shot, but in my opinion he new what he was doing and more than capable of making the shot.
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Re: How handy is a .44 magnum?
« Reply #16 on: December 03, 2009, 11:53:36 PM »
The only .44 mag that I've had a lot of experience with is my Super Blackhawk Hunter.  I used it to hunt black bear, in Maine, a few years ago and fired a lot of rounds of different weights and powder charges.  I did upgrade to Hogue grips, instead of the cool looking grey wood grips, since I have big hands, but had no trouble whatsoever with recoil. (Even when firing one handed.)  The .44 mag, in my opinion, has a more comfortable "push" recoil instead of a "snap", which I find harder to control for follow up shots.  I'm a huge fan of .45s, but like MB, if I had to choose one handgun, the combination of accuracy and power would make the .44 mag my only choice out of the calibers I have experience with.

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Re: How handy is a .44 magnum?
« Reply #17 on: December 04, 2009, 07:56:24 AM »
A friend of mine kept telling me to get a .44 mag and eventually I picked up my 4" 629. I love shooting it and carry it out hunting with me. My dad liked it so much he picked up a 6" for taking to Alaska. As for versality, my mom loves shooting the .44 special cowboy loads with it. I also find the recoil is different from my .357. Reloading is what makes the .44 Mag really shine.
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Re: How handy is a .44 magnum?
« Reply #18 on: December 04, 2009, 10:26:21 AM »
Quote from: Blaidd on December 04, 2009, 07:56:24 AM
A friend of mine kept telling me to get a .44 mag and eventually I picked up my 4" 629. I love shooting it and carry it out hunting with me. My dad liked it so much he picked up a 6" for taking to Alaska. As for versality, my mom loves shooting the .44 special cowboy loads with it. I also find the recoil is different from my .357. Reloading is what makes the .44 Mag really shine.

Same for the .45 Colt.
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Re: How handy is a .44 magnum?
« Reply #19 on: December 04, 2009, 05:04:24 PM »
Quote from: Michael Bane on December 02, 2009, 08:01:47 PM
Handy because of its sheer versatility...a downloaded version at .44 Special velocities is a legendary self-defense cartridge...hotted up, it can be used to cap a velociraptor. It tends to be a surprisingly forgiving cartridge when reloading...hard to find a round that won't shoot well.

It I had to run out of the house with one and only one handgun, it'd be a .44 Magnum...

Michael B

That's what I've heard from a variety of different reloaders... It makes me wonder what this guy did to cause this...

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