Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire what about the ruger 44 carbine,any good?

Fluffy - Too clarify, the 10/22 look-a-like is the original .44 mag. carbine.

Note Ruger45/70's post, if the type you want, he may have one for sale that works just fine.

Got two of the bolt Ruger .44s in stainless, one walnut, the other synthetic black, recent build, and one of the original bolt .44, walnut/blue, a good bit trail worn. These are all rotary fed from clip

The lever version works just fine for function, but grip angle with lever bit the heck out of my hand as was awkward for me.

Had two of the singles, still kicking myself for being talked out of the last one I had.

I was not bashing Ruger .44's, nor do I have any for sale.

Lead bullets + .44 Mag = enough gun for armadillos.








They sorta explode in a chunky kinda way.

I've never had a signature line - but that is really tempting.

My Dad carries a 1960's version deer hunting. I used it for a couple of seasons but never had any luck with it. It shoots as good as my Marlins about 2"-3" at 100 yards but it won't cycle the Leverevolution ammo. We have shot some lead bullets out of it without ill effect before we knew better. I imagine it would take a pile of them to clog up the gas port. It has never jammed as far as I can remember. They are fun little units. Everybody should have one. Mike

An accuracy tip.

do something with that silly slick curved buttplate, get one of the checkered steel replacements, or glue some rubber on to it, so the thing doesn't squirt off your shoulder when you shoot. It will make it much easier to shoot well.

early Mini-14's have the same issue, but not as pronounced.

I did the glued rubber treatment on a .44 mag for a friend, as well as glass bedded it, and it was certainly a fine little carbine.

Make damn good boat anchor material!!

It's not near heavy enough for a boat anchor even though it has a great place to tie the rope.

I've had the older Ruger auto carbine, the Marlin 336 in 44 mag and the Marlin 1894 in 44 mag. I liked them all. They all shot good and were very reliable. Of the bunch the Marlin 336 was the most accurate and the one I kept.

If I was in the market for a 44mag carbine, the only thing that would make me pass on any of them other than price is the safety on the new Marlin 1894's. Can't stand it. It would have to be a pre safety Marlin.

I have numerous 44 carbines. Never could like the curved butt plate. My favorites are either the sporter or mannlicher. Both have a flat butt. My favorite of all my 44 carbines is a custom 96/44 lever action. Short throw on the lever makes it nearly as quick as the semiauto clip fed and no gas system to worry about of course I had to do something about the stock. The picture shows my original mannlicher carbine and the 96.

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I had one of the newer, rotary-mag ones. Frankly it never moved me, other than as a means to shoot 44 mag from a carbine, which is very cool. It was a 3 MOA rifle @ 100 yds, and it jammed enough to be troublesome.

I traded it towards a stainless Marlin 44 mag carbine, which I found to be a more accurate, reliable, and infinitly classier, rifle.

Just IMHO.

ruger 44 mag carbine, i have one i bought new in 1976, put a leupy 2X5 on it. and used it as a truck gun for years,i have killed a lot of critters with it.great pig gun, trick to the gun is clean it about every fifty rounds and it will run all day, great little gun in the heavy brush. rio7

I bought and sold three of the older style Ruger carbines last year and one of the model 77/44's.Started to keep one of the semi autos but found out Ruger will no longer work on them and there are no spare parts to be had.They are not bench rifles in accuracy but they do function good.The newer "Deerfield" models are,as I understand,beefed up Mini 14 type actions.I have killed several deer with them.I would not buy another one.I have never found a .44 rifle which was consistently accurate enough for my tastes.

Stan in SC

Stan, I'm shooting a 77/44 that runs slightly over MOA consistently with paper patch lead and a bit under with jacketed loads.