44mag Load for Deer Hunting

240gr or 300gr?


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While many super heavyweight bullet fans will swallow their gum on hearing this, even a 180 gr. JHP kept at modest velocity will kill even large deer quickly if the hunter will wait for and limit himself to a near broadside shot and avoid heavy bone. Years ago I used a bulk 180 gr. JHP out of my Ruger SBH .44 mag over just enough Blue Dot to run them to about 1275 FPS. One evening from a tree stand I took a whitetail buck broadside from about 12 yards. He wheeled at the shot going to one knee and ran about 50 yards leaving a blood trail you'd had to have seen to believe. The bullet hit him about half way up and a few inches back from the shoulder, exited the far side, and left golf ball sized holes in the chest cavity.
 
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