44 mag or specials for hunting???
09-05-2006 | 11:13 AM
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44 mag or specials for hunting???
I was at the gun shop last night and the guy told me that specials would do exactly the same as the mags for hunting load.
It just did not sit right with me....Is he way off or am i???
pines
It just did not sit right with me....Is he way off or am i???
pines
09-05-2006 | 11:48 AM
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RE: 44 mag or specials for hunting???
While the .44 special can hold its own, it can not perform on par with a .healthy .44 mag. load. Depending on what you are hunting the .44 special may be suitable but it can not fill the role of a .44 mag.
09-05-2006 | 01:06 PM
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Typical Buck
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RE: 44 mag or specials for hunting???
I was at the gun shop last night and the guy told me that specials would do exactly the same as the mags for hunting
09-05-2006 | 01:14 PM
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Boone & Crockett
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From: Wall SD USA & Jamestown ND
RE: 44 mag or specials for hunting???
In our state the 44 Special would not be legal where the 44 Mag is. Factory loads must produce 500 lb ME in handguns. I shoot Specials for practice and carry them in my Ultra-lite Taurus for defense. Against human varmits that is.
