Ruger 44 Carbine

[Tonk]

I purchased one when they first came out and feel in love with the fast shouldering little carbine that packed a punch up close in my neck of the woods. The Ozark mountains never saw a better little rifle for the purpose of killing whitetail deer under 75 yards.

Later in years past, I gave that rifle to my beloved wife of many years. She didn't take to it at first but her affection for that little Ruger became quite apparent in later months. She some 8 years later, ended up shooting the biggest buck in Miller county Missouri and he now hangs on the wall. We never had a Jam up session with that little carbine, it spit slugs out as fast as you could pull that trigger. The wife could knock apples off a fence post at 50 yards with that rifle free handed!

[Doc T]

     I have one of the Mannlicher versions.  Try the new Hornady lever stuff in it.  Mine will shoot sub 2" groups with it.

     Doc T

[lucky guy]

do these guns kick would it be a good gun for my 12 year old daughter

Pretty stout, depends on how she handles recoil.  How about a 223 shooting 55 gr fmj's for plinking and 60 gr partitions for hunting?  Those two rounds only need about an inch of adjustment in mine to go back and forth.  Great caliber, no recoil, accurate. 

[Redtail1949]

the 240 grain load is fine for light thin skinned animals..whitetail just fine. do not use on black bear it was not designed for that. the 240 grain is a 44 mag pistol bullet designed for killing humans, use the new hornady stuff if they make it in that caliber if not use the 265 hornady if it will feed. Black bear are very tough animals and you need a deep ppenetration with the ability to break heavy bone.