Jason_W
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The next gun on my to-buy list is a companion revolver for my Marlin 1894 in .44 mag. Having owned a .44 mag wheelgun in the past, I know that firing full power magnum rounds isn't what I'd personally call an enjoyable experience. .44 specials through a full sized revolver, are typically pretty pleasant.
I'm not really planning to hunt with the handgun (if bagging game with a rifle ever becomes too easy, I'll reassess) so I'm thinking that there's little reason to have the extra metal metal and bulk of a .44 mag revolver if I'm mostly going to fire specials through it. I'm in California, so most of my ammo will come from handloading shortly, making the decreased availability and increased cost of specials moot.
Still, I'd lose the ability to fire any .44 ammo I have from any .44 gun.
I'm not really planning to hunt with the handgun (if bagging game with a rifle ever becomes too easy, I'll reassess) so I'm thinking that there's little reason to have the extra metal metal and bulk of a .44 mag revolver if I'm mostly going to fire specials through it. I'm in California, so most of my ammo will come from handloading shortly, making the decreased availability and increased cost of specials moot.
Still, I'd lose the ability to fire any .44 ammo I have from any .44 gun.