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I let this one get away, and I'm still kicking myself! If anyone see's it out there, lemme know.., I WANT IT BACK.
Make Gitmo Great Again!! Who gave the order to stop counting votes in the swing states on the night of November 3/4, 2020?
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Countless hogs have been killed with a single.shot from 22 rimfires.
Yes but you have to shoot them twice to make a 44.
When a country is well governed, poverty and a mean condition are something to be ashamed of. When a country is ill governed, riches and honors are something to be ashamed of . Confucius
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I've killed quite a few deer with 44 mag lever guns, and a bunch with a 30/30.
Broadside rib shots, they seem to run a little further using the 44 mag and 240 soft points or the Hornady 240 XTP. They're very dead, and great blood trails.
The 30/30, with either 150 or 170 grain FP, seems to shorten up the blood trails a little.
Heck I love em both, and in the woods I hunt I'll take either.
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I woulda said bout the same with like type bullets before I tried fast 130gr FP in 30-30. Whole nother animal.
Big difference would be for subsonic suppressed, but that's a guess on my part.
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Killed many a moose with rbh 7.5 and one with my 92' Browning....DRT , 175 yarder with the 92' Btw i roll my own 265 and 270 grain rounds ......own a 7.5" a 10" and the 92' the speed vs powder burn ...the 10" is all it needs. My Browning 92 carbine in .44 Mag is one of the guns that I always regret having, in a weak moment, sold back in the late 1990s.
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For what its worth, I just saw RCBS Carbide Dies at Walmart for $25. 1/2 price if you need some dies for that 44.
A true sportsman counts his achievements in proportion to the effort involved and fairness of the sport. - S. Pope
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Big difference would be for subsonic suppressed, but that's a guess on my part. Man! This is high on my "To Do" list. As soon as a few expendable funds appear, I'll be all over it. Dang Grandkids are expensive little toots! (And too young to shoot still!!)
Make Gitmo Great Again!! Who gave the order to stop counting votes in the swing states on the night of November 3/4, 2020?
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Afternoon guys!!! A little late to the show, I have resently acquired a Rossi 454 casull, early one no safety, real nice bluing. Have not shot it much yet. Would it be comparative to the 44 rem mag in killing power from a 20" bbl? Have some 300xtp, 250 Barnes xpbs, & 200 cast lead. Have only shot frogs with the cast, ya I know a little over gunned but ya wouldn't believe the air time ya get. Thanks, any reloads would be good to. Bill out. πΎπ£π¨π¦
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Trajectory (IE, gravity) is a fact of life. Regardless of the romance of ONE critter killed.
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I've killed quite a few deer with 44 mag lever guns, and a bunch with a 30/30.
Broadside rib shots, they seem to run a little further using the 44 mag and 240 soft points or the Hornady 240 XTP. They're very dead, and great blood trails.
The 30/30, with either 150 or 170 grain FP, seems to shorten up the blood trails a little.
Huh, I could have written that myself. My experience is exactly the same.
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[My Browning 92 carbine in .44 Mag is one of the guns that I always regret having, in a weak moment, sold back in the late 1990s. I wonder if I have your old one ? By the way - LOVE it. Ok- done rubbing salt....
When a country is well governed, poverty and a mean condition are something to be ashamed of. When a country is ill governed, riches and honors are something to be ashamed of . Confucius
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[My Browning 92 carbine in .44 Mag is one of the guns that I always regret having, in a weak moment, sold back in the late 1990s. I wonder if I have your old one ? By the way - LOVE it. Ok- done rubbing salt.... Could be. Gold trigger?
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Well over the years I have taken several deer with the 44 magnum from both rifles and pistols. More than several using various 30-30 carbines. Difference being I usually used cast Kieth style semi wadcutters from the 44 Magnum and Jacketed 150 grain bullets from the 30-30 rifles. Both worked just fine with deer traveling a bit farther when hit with the cast bullets from the 44 unless I hit bone. This said it seemed to me the 44 left a more reliable blood trail but I had to follow the blood trail more often and farther. MY 30-30's were almost always loaded with 32.2 grains of 3031 under either the Sierra or Speer 150 grain bullets. Seemed to me the 30-30 was the faster killer using those two contrasting loads. I also recovered very few bullets getting exits more than most of the time. Maybe if I had used jacketed bullets in the 44 I would feel differently but if I had to chose one over the other for deer it would be the 30-30.
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Iβve had a Ruger 77/44 for a few years always thought it was a light handy gun but have yet to harvest a deer with it whatβs the muzzle energy in 44 mag vs say 80gr of blackthorn 209 in a muzzle loader?
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[My Browning 92 carbine in .44 Mag is one of the guns that I always regret having, in a weak moment, sold back in the late 1990s. I wonder if I have your old one ? By the way - LOVE it. Ok- done rubbing salt.... Could be. Gold trigger? Lol !
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I've shot one hog at 30 yards with the 270gr Speer in the .44, shooting a Ruger #1 - it was DRT. The same Ruger has been kinda fussy about accuracy, and 1ΒΎ-2" groups is about the best I can do at 100 yards. The one .30-30 I have, a Contender Carbine, also worked well on a doe, and is a good deal more accurate.
Other than a wornout lever gun, I would think the .30-30 would be more accurate and have a better trajectory than the .44 mag. I have not yet given up working on mine, however.
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