[MLN1963]

22plinker

Those numbers are from Federal's website. I chose the 44 Mag rifle selection.

http://www.federalpremium.com/produc...le.aspx?id=114

[JetGirl]

Quote:       Originally Posted by Jay

My Marlin 1894 w/octagonal barrel

This is one of the ones you let me shoot^.
I LIKED that gun!

[ericb622]

Quote:       Originally Posted by MLN1963

22plinker Those numbers are from Federal's website. I chose the 44 Mag rifle selection. Federal Premium - Rifle Details

My next rifle will be a .44 magnum handi-rifle. I am going to top it with a 1.5-4 x 20 mm scope.. Should be hell on hogs and deer in thick stuff

I handload but buffalo Bore and corbon make some really stiff high performance .44 loads for hunting.

[DWFan]

I am of the opinion that once you get to a certain point, at least when it comes to deer, the extra power becomes wasted energy. The .445 SuperMag is capable of doing anything the .454 Casull can do with a 300gr bullet. In a carbine barrel, the .357 Maximum with a 180gr Hornady SSP can equal the .35 Remington.
If someone would ever come out with a lever-action chambered in the SuperMag family of cartridges, .357 .375 .414 .445, they wouldn't be able to make enough of them. Ok, the .375 is a stretch since it doesn't have a shorter magnum sibling.

[Kaybe]

I had a Winchester 94 Trapper in .44 mag. Selling it was not a good thing to do. .44 in a short handy rifle is just great. Have fun with it

[Browning]

Have anieghbor that hunts at our hunting camp. He kills just as many deer with his 44 mag Marlin lever as I do with my Browning BLR .243. Like others have said, he chooses to reload for his, I REALLY like the thoughts of a Golden Boy Henry lever in 44mag.

[SwedeSteve]

A few guys hit on the idea of having a pistol and a rifle in the same caliber. I used to have a Trapper in 44. I used to sit in the stand with my Ruger SBH 44 with 7 1/2" bbl. Then spot and stock whitetails in the trees with my Trapper. I used reloads that worked well in either.