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just wondering if anyone has any experience with the hornady 225 ftx leverevolution ammo on deer? shooting a 44 mag handi and wondering if these will hold up at the higher rifle velocity.
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The .44 magnum Handi rifle is a great deer rifle.You don't have to load it to the max.It will do fine at normal velocities.
Stan in SC
The more I listen,the more I hear....and vice versa.
45/70,it's almost a religion.
If you have to take a second shot then you probably shouldn't have taken the first shot.
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I shoot the Hornady 240gr XTP out of my Ruger 77/44. Ballistics on the 240 are a bit better out past 75 yards with the bigger slug. Great for the hardwood bottoms around here. Light, short and quick to point.
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thanx, i have a handi in 44 and trying to decide if i wanta keep it for down here where im at until i can relocate. i got a nice slug gun set up for my home state of iowa but the slugs are so darned expensive. have pry 600 pounds of lead i wanted to keep something i would cast for to keep cost down and i saw the hornady stuff other day and got a box to try
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I've just about settled on a 335 gr hard cast bullet with a copper gas check that brings the weight up to about 355 gr. I'm shooting these sub-sonic with a suppressor, getting great penetration, and I think they would be very good at higher velocities as well.
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I load the Speer 270 grain bullet for my 44 MAG carbine. Just a plain vanilla loading; not hot at all. The animals don't get away. My shots rarely exceed 80 yards.
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most of my shot down here rarely excede 30 yards with the farthest ive taken in ga being about 70. guess im gonna start melting me some lead.
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