Originally Posted by
BrushyPines
The more we talk about this caliber the more I've decided to aim for the shoulder! lol I hate losing meat, but it beats tracking a deer a mile or 2 in the woods!
With most shots and MOST bullet grains from the .44mag Brushy, you won't lose much meat at all from a shoulder shot. Big and slow bullets don't create that blood shot mess that the faster velocity bullets do. I load 265gr Interlocks in my .44mag as well as in my .444Marlin and can USUALLY eat right up to the hole unless I was right on top of the animal when shooting. Pretty much the same thing with the 240gr CoreLocts out of the MAG but the .444MAR would mess up some meat until around 40 yards out with them.