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Offline melduja

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44mag deer load
« on: June 09, 2004, 02:32:46 PM »
Wandering if anyone has a good rifle deer load for 44mag. Thanks
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« Reply #1 on: June 09, 2004, 03:01:10 PM »
I use 14 grains of blue dot with 240 grain hard cast pellets. It won't break your hand and according to the Nosler Manual has a velocity of 1310 fps. I always forget to run it through my chrono but I'm sure it's a bit slower than Nosler reports. I have a 7.5" barrel on my Ruger 44 mag.
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« Reply #2 on: June 09, 2004, 03:30:41 PM »
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« Reply #3 on: June 09, 2004, 08:50:13 PM »
If you are using an old Ruger "Deerslayer", I would avoid cast bullets.
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« Reply #4 on: June 10, 2004, 07:44:05 AM »
My best 44mag load is Hornadys 240gr XTP .430 dia in front of 24gr W296 using CCI mag primers, Lee factory crimp, good to go, this load was worked using a scoped SRH 7 1/2...great accuracy,got to try it on a healthy young buck running bye me, I saw the direction he was going, I shoot with both eye open, this helps when shooting a moving object, scoped a opening and as soon as I seen him come into my shooting lane I squeezed, all I saw was a quiver of his flag going down to the ground, I knew I scored, the shot through the heart and lungs and a few small tree's behind him;) shot was 40 yards. Nothing feels better than to score your game using the bullet you built. Aim small hit small. RAMbo.
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« Reply #5 on: June 10, 2004, 02:46:46 PM »
Rmouleart

That is a great story, I never hunted with my hand loads before, I guess next year will be the first time I do so.

How do you display a picture with your posting?

Thanks
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