RE: 44 Magnum Bullets
 

James,

When i made the remark above about "abuse", i was refering to the abuse those heavy bullets give the gun. I've seen guns fall apart with a steady diet of heavy bullets...

DM

RE: 44 Magnum Bullets
 

I thought thats what you meant. However it doesn't hurt to cut the abuse to the wrist either.:DThe Ruger's recoil isn't bad but the Ultra-Lite taurus can sting pretty good even with good shooting gloves on. Its nice to carry for defense at just 26 OZ. The 300 grain loads at 1000 fps are pretty nice to shoot in it.

Like you said, there is no need to pound a gun any morew than needed.

RE: 44 Magnum Bullets
 

I shot a doe a few weeks back with a 240gr XTP out of my muzzleloader at 156 yards. Never did recover the bullet, and the damage was intense. Never shot anything bigger than a whitetail with the bullet yet.

RE: 44 Magnum Bullets
 

Thanks. Its hard to beat the XTP and I have used the 300 XTP in my muzzle loader since I got it. The only reason I used them to start with is that I got a bunch of them when that Dakota Mart in Rapid City closed down and had some good sales.

RE: 44 Magnum Bullets
 

I shot 2 deer (155 lb 7 point buck and 115 lb doe...I know, I know... South Carolina deer:eek:) with my Smith 629 this year using 270gr Gold Dots over 20.5 grs of Win-296 (haven't chronoed these yet). Both were pass thrus with huge exit holes so I was unable to recover the bullets but they performed great. Neither deer made it over 75 yards with a blood trail Stevie Wonder could follow:D

RE: 44 Magnum Bullets
 

I have a new box of Speer 270 Gr on the shelf but havn't had a chance to try them yet.