Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Deer Hunting 44 mag results not impressing.

Glad your marlin likes it.
I have the hornady abridged edition printed 1997.
Load dated for ruger super blackhawk 7 1/2 barrel, win wlp primer, hornady hp/xtp
H110-24.9 max, vel. 1450
Win 296-24.2 max, vel.1400

Not sure why win 296 has lower max as thought to be the same powder. Not sure when/if they were different.

Their methods can't get numbers significant to the tenth of a grain. And lots vary enough that the numbers can look like that.

I shoot my own cast 265gr wide meplat out of my 1894 at a chronographed 1700fps. Have killed deer and black bear with it. Works very good.

My wife shoots hogs with a Ruger semi-auto Deerslayer. With 240gr JSN and a shoulder shot they go down and stay down. I have/have had several Contender barrels in .44 mag and a Ruger New Model SBH. The .44 mag is NOT a long range round from either a rifle or handgun, but is a heavy hitter at closer distances. The .44 I shoot most is a 14" Contender barrel with a suppressor, mounted on a carbine shoulder stock. I load 335gr Hard Cast and 300gr Barnes Buster bullets to sub sonic velocities - under 1100 fps, generally - and the penetration on hogs to at least 75 yards is very impressive. I have friends who shoot sub sonic .44 mags loaded with 300gr XTP's on their guided hog hunts using Ruger 77 bolt guns with suppressed barrels, and they are very happy with the results.

Just different powder lots.