The .44 mag is a great hunting round. I won't shoot anything over a 50 yards because that is what I feel comfortable with however I regularly shoot at targets at 100 yards with success. Today we were busting water jugs at 147 yards. I was shooting my ruger blackhawk w/ 7.5" barrel and my buddy was shooting his redhawk w/5.5" barrel. They were both topped with Millet red dot sights.

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