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44 Mag. Whitetail Bullet Chioces

Well, I changed powders...from Accurate #9, that was producing 3" groups at 25 yards, to 2400 that's producing 1" groups at 25 yards. I'm glad I switched powders, as this type of accuracy was what I'm looking for, in a hunting load. I'm still shooting the same hard cast 240gr. SWC bullet. Now I'm ready for the Deer Gun Season! :smiley_bril: I might go as far as to carry this for close range shots on coyotes. :smiley_chinrub:

After getting my Ruger Super Redhawk sighted in, I put out a 2 liter bottle of water, stepped back quite a ways and took one shot. First shot, the bottle busted...at 57 yards. I'm very impressed with this handguns' accuracy.



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Digging this back up. Have a quick question for those of you with more experience with the 44 than myself. I dont mind going out an buying more soft points if need be but I have 100 rounds of s&b semi jacketed hollow points in the safe not being used an wondered if they'd preform well enough to 75 yards out of my super Blackhawk. 90 percent of my shots wouldn't be over 45 yards but just in case id rather know. Thanks in advance fellas .
 
switchhitter said:
Not sure about a pistol but Hornady lever revolution do a great job out of my rifle
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Those are the ftx hollows if i remember right. You have the velocity out of your rifle for sure but im unsure of a semi jacket out of my revolver. In my head I think they'll work just fine but figured id see if anyone else has tried it before. Thanks for your input!
 
Shot with a rifle but loaded to specs to use out of a handgun. My boy just killed his buck at 160 yards with a .44mag. With a 240 grain xtp. Weve killed a pile of deer with the .44 mag its my favorite round. Most shots have been under 100. I shot through two does killed they both around 50yrds with it a few years ago on accident. Went through one and the bullet was lodge in the hide of the second deer just making it through her ribcage. My favorite deer round.....if in question shoot a log and split it see what your round does. If they fragment to piece Id use a more solid bullet, but ull kill whatever you r shooting at 75yrds.
 
I don't like ftx vs xtps. Every deer I've shot with the ftx, has run farther than I've thought it should. Dead is dead and we've never lost a deer hit with either bullet but I feel like I say how the hell did it run so far after the ftx hits. And the ftx is out of a .450.....not a .44.
 
I’ve used the Hornandy 300 gr jhp with success in the RedHawk.
Also the LEVERevolution 225 gr works well in both the RedHawk and Marlin 16”
Trapper.

Both seem to paper better with a heavier gr round than a lighter 180 ish round.
 
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I don't like hard cast bullets, simply because they will blow through a deer without doing the damage of a JHP Jacketed Hollow Point.
If I had it to do all over again, I'd load up some Sierra 180 gr. JHP bullets with a little more speed than a 240 gr. bullet.

I shot a nice buck and killed him with a hard cast 240 gr. SWC. First shot broke the on-side leg, he ran 170 yards and bedded down. I slowly walked up on him and shot him again, facing me, centered in the brisket. That shot put him down hard and he would've died....eventually, but I shot him again at point blank range thru the lungs. To me, the hard cast bullets were just "zipping" thru him, without doing the damage of a JHP bullet. :unsure:

I have more experience with a .357 Mag. using both cast and jacketed bullets, on varmint sized game. The JHP bullets were always more damaging and killed quicker. 💯 I don't know why it would be any different with deer sized game and the larger caliber of a 44 Mag.
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Well I took the Blackhawk out this morning with some fiocchi jacketed soft points and could not for the life of me shoot a group under 10 inches no matter what I tried. After shooting half of the box I switched over to the s&b semi jacketed hollow points and all I can say is wow . Consistent 2 to 3 inch groups at 30 yards and averaged 3 to 3 and a half inch groups at 50. Very impressed so that is what i will be using.
 
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