Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Deer Hunting How many hunt with a 44 rem mag rifle?

I had a Ruger 77/44. Loaded with 300 grain Beartooth Bullets WFNs at just under 1600 fps, I was not worried about penetration.

That rifle did not like 240s, and with a little work, shot the hardcast lead good enough, a solid 2 MOA with more than the occasional 1.5 MOA group, which was more than needed to shoot deer at 15 to 50 yards, typical range where I hunted with that rifle.

Sadly, it went away when I went through one of my "Inventory Reduction" periods. It wasn't one of my best moves....