I have a Ruger super Blackhawk that I’ll be using for deer hunting this year. I sighted it in this past week using 240 gr. 44spl. It shoots great! I then shot some 210gr. 44mag through it and noticed they shot around 3-4” lower. After the noticeable recoil and fire shooting side to side, why shoot 44mags? I personally don’t need to shock the deer into death . I just want to shoot the deer to death. lol
Your thoughts?
If you want your Super to shoot closer with Mags whilst loaded with Specials, shoot 240 grain magnums. There's nothing wrong with the Special for deer at any level past moribund old factory levels (think 700 fps). However the reason the Magnum was developed was to get about 200 fps more out of a 240-250 grain bullet and it does this. So all things being equal, the Magnum will always be more powerful than the Special. Both are fine for deer and the magnum loaded down to old, decrepit Special levels will be just as underpowered as the Special.
