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Offline TAR12

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First impressions .44 rem mag
« on: September 05, 2010, 02:35:11 PM »
Shes a keeper! It was with much trepidation that I made the decision to purchase in the first place due to a long ago Handi-Rifle experience.The decision to purchase this time around was based soley on the fact Marlin was making the barrels this time around.My son and I put the final touches on her today and went to our range.The results are as follows: the 4-shot group was my sons and the 8 shot group was mine.My daughters deerslayer is ready to make her smile! To tell you the truth after reading others results I was not expecting what unfolded. :o










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Re: First impressions .44 rem mag
« Reply #1 on: September 05, 2010, 04:00:08 PM »
Nice! It will be a fine deer gun for your daughter.
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Re: First impressions .44 rem mag
« Reply #2 on: September 05, 2010, 04:02:14 PM »
The new ones are supposed to be highly accurate.  Looks like your is.
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Re: First impressions .44 rem mag
« Reply #3 on: September 05, 2010, 04:19:03 PM »
that was the reason i bought mine.i have alot of kids getting to that age,but after playing with it a bit i can't bring myself to loan it out. i have been having a bit of trouble finding a load i'm happy with and i like shooting too much to buy factory ammo. any reason for choosing the 225gr ftx over the other weights? i was thinking of using the 240's in my sons marlin 1894.
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Re: First impressions .44 rem mag
« Reply #4 on: September 05, 2010, 04:19:17 PM »
Good shooting all!  Congrats on getting a fine specimen.  8)
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Re: First impressions .44 rem mag
« Reply #5 on: September 05, 2010, 04:25:43 PM »
That's a sweet one ;)  Congrats.  Good shooting and hunting.

Pete
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Re: First impressions .44 rem mag
« Reply #6 on: September 05, 2010, 04:49:23 PM »
My old 44 shoots good but not THAT good. :o
Looks like you got a keeper there. ;D
Have you tried the 180gr. Remington JSP ammo? It shoots well in mine and has a little less recoil than the 240gr. stuff.
Good luck with it.



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Re: First impressions .44 rem mag
« Reply #7 on: September 05, 2010, 06:44:55 PM »
av-doc,
            The only reason I went with the FTX is I heard nothing but praise in terms of accuracy and Natchez had them on sale... ;D We will see what the hair test results have to say.

Spanky,
              This was the maiden voyage to the range today,so I have not tried anything else.When I do it will be in the 240 range as my daughter is no stranger to shooting and recoil.Her old set up was a Savage 10 Ml shooting full house smokeless loads with 250 grain bullets.I just wanted to get her a gun that was shorter and lighter and easier for her to handle in a ground blind and 2-man stand.
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Re: First impressions .44 rem mag
« Reply #8 on: September 05, 2010, 07:15:38 PM »
Congratulations! I'm hoping to pick one up in the next couple of weeks. I hope it shoots like yours. -Pete
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Re: First impressions .44 rem mag
« Reply #9 on: September 06, 2010, 03:24:20 AM »
  Nic e !! If I didn't already have a .44, I'd be heading to the candy shop to get one ! Let us know how yours does with cast bullets if you are so inclined.... in my opinion it is one of the best things about a .44, you can get full velocity using lead and it is a whole lot cheaper !! Mine likes .431 dia. 215 gr. bullets over a full house charge of 2400.
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Re: First impressions .44 rem mag
« Reply #10 on: September 06, 2010, 03:44:17 AM »
Tar12

That is a good lookin group... I like the 44 as well...

The best thing is including your daughter in the shooting sports!

Great Job Dad...

Mike
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Re: First impressions .44 rem mag
« Reply #11 on: September 06, 2010, 05:56:11 AM »
Quote from: OldBob on September 06, 2010, 03:24:20 AM
 Nic e !! If I didn't already have a .44, I'd be heading to the candy shop to get one ! Let us know how yours does with cast bullets if you are so inclined.... in my opinion it is one of the best things about a .44, you can get full velocity using lead and it is a whole lot cheaper !! Mine likes .431 dia. 215 gr. bullets over a full house charge of 2400.
Send me some and I wil try them out! ;D Seriously,I do not know if I will roll my own or not.If the other factory offerings I try shoot this well, there may not be a need.I have never reloaded for centerfires before.I may check into the start up expense.
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Re: First impressions .44 rem mag
« Reply #12 on: September 06, 2010, 06:05:10 AM »
Quote from: mrcoolid on September 06, 2010, 03:44:17 AM
Tar12

That is a good lookin group... I like the 44 as well...

The best thing is including your daughter in the shooting sports!

Great Job Dad...

Mike


Another good thing Mike is that I put a down payment on this one as it was the last one they had in stock.I called 2 days later to make sure someone would be there to complete the transaction as it was a Sunday.They said sure come on over.Well, I get there and no one there can complete the transaction! I got tweaked over that as it was a 60 miles roundtrip.So,the following Sunday I show up and ask to talk to the manager.I told him about my previous experience and that I did not appreciate having my chain jerked.He agreed and said he did not want to lose my business I walked out the door with a total of $200 incuding tax in it! ;D ;D








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Re: First impressions .44 rem mag
« Reply #13 on: September 06, 2010, 06:16:45 AM »
$200 and a good shooter! Now I am jealous!
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Re: First impressions .44 rem mag
« Reply #14 on: September 06, 2010, 06:53:10 AM »
My 44( Ruger Levergun) just loved the 240 gr Hornady XTE with a full load of H-110 pushing.
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Re: First impressions .44 rem mag
« Reply #15 on: September 06, 2010, 03:37:28 PM »
Quote from: scatterbrain on September 06, 2010, 06:53:10 AM
My 44( Ruger Levergun) just loved the 240 gr Hornady XTE with a full load of H-110 pushing.
Have you ran that over a chrono? The H-110 seems to be pretty popular with local guys.
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