Single Shot 44 mag.

Hasaf said:
It is not a Single Shot or a Lever Action, but this Ruger 77/44 is probably my favourite centrefire rifle and is in 44 magnum.
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There is something to be said for the .44mag in a rifle. My non-single shot .44 is a Ruger semi-auto carbine, and it was my main deer rifle for many years, and took many a deer. Since it always produced one-shot kills, nothing wrong with a single shot.
 
Ugly Sauce said:
There is something to be said for the .44mag in a rifle. My non-single shot .44 is a Ruger semi-auto carbine, and it was my main deer rifle for many years, and took many a deer. Since it always produced one-shot kills, nothing wrong with a single shot.
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I have a ruger carbine myself. I enjoy it greatly. I've kept it iron sights for drives. Took a nice doe last year with it. Speer 260 gr handgun hunter... My last box opened for this season. 21 rounds until I'll have to sight in again. Both my Super Redhawk and the carbine.
 
They sure are nice and light. The 265 grain Hornady was my bullet, such nice controlled expansion I've hardly seen before or since. I had a little shotgun scope on mine for a couple years, but I prefer iron sights. Used to pair mine with a Charter Arms .44 Special on some two-day, over night treks in the wilderness. Carrying short rations the pistol kept me fed with grouse, and being quite confident that no bear could get past five 265 grain bullets from a .44mag, I felt warm and fuzzy all over.

But, I think I'd still feel just as warm and fuzzy with a single shot, and perhaps a 300 grain bullet. And a cigar.
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Ugly Sauce said:
They sure are nice and light. The 265 grain Hornady was my bullet, such nice controlled expansion I've hardly seen before or since. I had a little shotgun scope on mine for a couple years, but I prefer iron sights. Used to pair mine with a Charter Arms .44 Special on some two-day, over night treks in the wilderness. Carrying short rations the pistol kept me fed with grouse, and being quite confident that no bear could get past five 265 grain bullets from a .44mag, I felt warm and fuzzy all over.

But, I think I'd still feel just as warm and fuzzy with a single shot, and perhaps a 300 grain bullet. And a cigar.
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good stick. I have started to stash some Hornady 240 gr XTP. I'll probably keep the remainder of the Speer for one or the other after this season and sight in one with Hornady. 21 rounds of hunting ammo could last a few to many years for me, if dedicated to one firearm. 265 gr Hornady load you speak of sounds like good stuff. It sux we're getting old enough to see ammo come and go lol I used to enjoy Winchester Gold partitions 357 180 gr. I have 3 or 4 rounds hanging around still. Recently bought a couple boxes of Winchester Big Bore 180 gr for taking up north camping now that that stuff has gone extinct as well.
 
Bearcat1982 said:
good stick. I have started to stash some Hornady 240 gr XTP. I'll probably keep the remainder of the Speer for one or the other after this season and sight in one with Hornady. 21 rounds of hunting ammo could last a few to many years for me, if dedicated to one firearm. 265 gr Hornady load you speak of sounds like good stuff. It sux we're getting old enough to see ammo come and go lol I used to enjoy Winchester Gold partitions 357 180 gr. I have 3 or 4 rounds hanging around still. Recently bought a couple boxes of Winchester Big Bore 180 gr for taking up north camping now that that stuff has gone extinct as well.
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I've always thought the 180 was ideal in the .357 (for animals, not for people) But my .357 load for my Rossi is a hard cast 200 grain bullet.

Since Hornady discontinued the 265 I've been using the 240XTP in the carbine, (have a good stash of them) it's supposed to be a good penetrator but I've never shot a deer with one. I have some 270 grain Speer Gold Dot, which I think would be a good bullet in the carbine, but have never loaded any up. Not sure if they make those anymore, or if they are "extinct".!!! :) At one time, I found that a hard cast 330 grain bullet I had fed well in my carbine, but I shot a deer with one and it passed through without much effect. I did recover the deer, pretty easy to track on snow as it did "leak" profusely. But it went a long long way. So I gave up on those, although they would be great bear-defense bullets.
 
Steve Milbocker said:
Pretty fond of this one. 1885 with an MVA sight.
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Steve, is that a Miroku Winchester? I've seen a .357 version of that rifle, and I may talk the shop out of it one of these days. Presume the wrist was already drilled and tapped for the tang sight.
Moon
 
Ugly Sauce said:
Since it always produced one-shot kills, nothing wrong with a single shot.
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My deer rifle, nearly forever, was a Marlin '94 in .44 Mag. Concur, the deer were DRT. Always heard the stories about tracking wounded deer; just was never an issue. For all that, I still like a repeater; sometimes, everything doesn't come out right.
Through the chronograph, the same load of H110 in a 6" revolver was @ 1400'sec; in the carbine, 1600'sec. That load was a killer in the revolver as well; took 3 deer with it.
Moon
 
halfmoonclip said:
Steve, is that a Miroku Winchester? I've seen a .357 version of that rifle, and I may talk the shop out of it one of these days. Presume the wrist was already drilled and tapped for the tang sight.
Moon
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It’s a Browning made in Japan so I’m sure Miroku made. It came with a Marble tang sight but I put the MVA on it. It’s very light and a joy to carry in the deer woods
 
Steve Milbocker said:
It’s a Browning made in Japan so I’m sure Miroku made. It came with a Marble tang sight but I put the MVA on it. It’s very light and a joy to carry in the deer woods
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If the one at that gunshop sits there long enough, I may still buy it, just as a beautiful piece of machinery, rather than any useful purpose. Yes, it should be light and handy, even with a somewhat longer barrel.
Love tang sights; they let old guys shoot irons.
Moon
 
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