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Title: What do you carry in your 44 mag?
Post by: mattaylor81 on January 03, 2009, 08:32:45 AM

What do you all carry in your 44 mags when out and about in the woods?  I have my 5.5" Redhawk loaded with Speer Gold Dot 270Grn over a decent amount of 2400 powder. Any thoughts or on-game experience with the 270Grn Gold Dots?

Title: Re: What do you carry in your 44 mag?
Post by: Bofire on January 03, 2009, 10:10:42 AM

Garrett bear load , Company in Centralia, I think it is a 325 grain, it is hardcast.
Carl

Title: Re: What do you carry in your 44 mag?
Post by: dbllunger on January 03, 2009, 10:13:01 AM

You obviously reload.  I would go with a heavy HC in Semi Wadcutter design juiced to the max in bear country.  For every day normal the same bullet design in a midweight at the upper end in FPS.  Don't pay for the Garrets as they are insanely expensive and you can duplicate their performance. 

Title: Re: What do you carry in your 44 mag?
Post by: CP on January 03, 2009, 10:29:03 AM

Hornady 300gr XTP over a decent amount of your favorite powder.     

Title: Re: What do you carry in your 44 mag?
Post by: jdb on January 03, 2009, 11:59:42 AM

well I dont carry a .44 I carry a .45 but I have been carrying 285 grain hard cast over 9 grains of unique. Not to hot but hot enough. I used to carry 325 grain corbons at 1325 fps :yike: they kicked some.

Title: Re: What do you carry in your 44 mag?
Post by: mossback91 on January 03, 2009, 12:21:57 PM

dads got those 240 grain xtps and they do a nasty job on a deer!!!

Title: Re: What do you carry in your 44 mag?
Post by: demontang on January 03, 2009, 01:48:17 PM

I carry 240gr gold dots normally, I haven't seen a bear in this state that they wouldn't put down. If I went to Alaska  I would carry with at least 300gr though. The 240gr bullets do penetrat pretty good, I shot them in to a log and they went in just as far as the 300gr bullet did. :dunno:

Title: Re: What do you carry in your 44 mag?
Post by: Huntbear on January 04, 2009, 12:55:11 AM

For just carrying when in the woods, or during deer season it is 240 gr. XTPs.  During elk season or when bear hunting, I go with Sierra 300 gr. jacketed softpoints.(these will not expand on thin skinned animals)  They shoot to the same point of impact in my redhawk out to 50 yrds.

Title: Re: What do you carry in your 44 mag?
Post by: Hunt4ever on January 05, 2009, 11:33:56 PM

320 gr hollow point... might be an over kill but i like to feel safe

Title: Re: What do you carry in your 44 mag?
Post by: Ray on January 08, 2009, 08:59:04 PM

320 Grain WFN Leadheads with Alliant 2400