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Big Problem
Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2017 1:55 pm
by jpg
44 Mag BBS carbine or 41 Mag BBS Rifle , Both are shooting Great 1" at 100 yds , That's is the problem!!! Wisconsin Deer hunt starts the Saturday before Thanksgiving . Witch one do I take??? Opening day is the one you don't want to miss, Need help making a decision Thanks Henry
Re: Big Problem
Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2017 3:02 pm
by Les
Take both .... and a friend, to carry the one you're not shooting.
Re: Big Problem
Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2017 3:59 pm
by JEBar
41 and 44 are both outstanding calibers .... that said, there is nothing the 41 can do that the 44 can't do just a bit better .... unless it was a matter or personal preference, I'd go with the 44
Re: Big Problem
Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2017 6:19 pm
by PT7
I'm suggesting a 180* from the comment that Les made.
Leave them both at home and get a Henry All-Weather .30-30 for the deer hunt.
A Henry .357 Magnum carbine would do quite well also.
This way you don't have to decide, problem solved, and you will grow your Henry collection at the same time.
Good hunting!!
Re: Big Problem
Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2017 6:41 pm
by JEBar
just curious, is Wisconsin one of the states that requires use of straight wall cartridges in deer hunting rifles ?
Re: Big Problem
Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2017 1:31 am
by Henry88
JEBar wrote:41 and 44 are both outstanding calibers .... that said, there is nothing the 41 can do that the 44 can't do just a bit better .... unless it was a matter or personal preference, I'd go with the 44
Can't argue that JEBar, but I was also thinking the .41 has the longer barrel and might shoot a littler flatter out to 100yds.
I'm not at all familiar with either caliber though.
Re: Big Problem
Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2017 8:01 am
by JEBar
Henry88 wrote:JEBar wrote:Can't argue that JEBar, but I was also thinking the .41 has the longer barrel and might shoot a littler flatter out to 100yds.
many years ago I owned a Smith 41 mag but can't offer specifics with personal knowledge of their 100 yard trajectory .... I do know that our 44 mag firing Nosler 240 gr JHP pushed by 23.8 g of W296 has a muzzle velocity of about 1725 FPS .... if we sight it in an inch and a half high at 50 yards it will Zero at 100 yards .... after 100 yards it drops fairly quickly
Re: Big Problem
Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2017 8:06 pm
by ditto1958
JEBar wrote:just curious, is Wisconsin one of the states that requires use of straight wall cartridges in deer hunting rifles ?
No.
Re: Big Problem
Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2017 8:07 pm
by ditto1958
jpg wrote:44 Mag BBS carbine or 41 Mag BBS Rifle , Both are shooting Great 1" at 100 yds , That's is the problem!!! Wisconsin Deer hunt starts the Saturday before Thanksgiving . Witch one do I take??? Opening day is the one you don't want to miss, Need help making a decision Thanks Henry
Flip a coin.
Re: Big Problem
Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2017 12:39 pm
by ssonb
You don't have a gun caddy???