.44 Magnum ammo - hunting

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UPDATE: I'm going to use the .44 magnum and my 45-70 this fall for deer hunting. The bullet I have chosen is the Hornady 44 Mag 225 gr FTX® LEVERevolution®. I'm using this same ammo with my 45-70. At the range I'm really liking the tight groups that I'm getting.

[The Happy Kaboomer]

In my Smith & Ruger .44's I have killed a lot of deer with my hardcast 250 gr SWC pushed by 22 grs of #2400.........Elmer Kieth's old load......My favorite 44 jackted buulet is no longer made......The Remington 240 gr scalloped semi-jaketd hollow point. It turns critters off quickly.

[Bill.68]

I once loaded some 325gr wfn gc hc bullets from Matts Bullets over 19.8gr of h110 barely breaking 1500fps shot out of my BBCC 20". While the little rifle handled them fine, and from what I read from the brass I believe I could still cram a few more kernnels of powder in there, I wouldnt want to subject neither it nor my shoulder to much more of the abuse. Definitely a close range hunting setup but with that load I do believe I could have a reasonably high degree of confidence given good shot placement.

There a a plethora of calibers out there more suitable to such a task but hey, in the right hands I do believe that the mighty 44 Remington Magnum has killed about everything on the planet. Some people really get off on the challenge.

[John M]

I used a 44 mag in Australia's N T. Used Winchester white box 240gr to shoot about 60 buffalo mostly for pig bait and shot 354 pigs in 7 months with the same ammo.

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[daytime dave]

I use am using 240 grain jacketed soft points in .44 magnum (Winchester white box also) to hunt white tail this year. I wouldn't take the shot over 100 yds, but where I am hunting the distances are much shorter. More like 20 to 40 yds.
I use 158 grain jacketed soft points if I take my .357 rifle and revolver instead of the .44 mag.

[JEBar]

I use am using 240 grain jacketed soft points in .44 magnum

I use 158 grain jacketed soft points if I take my .357 rifle and revolver instead of the .44 mag.

the difference between my hand load hunting ammo for our 44 & 357 magnum bullets are Nosler Jacketed Hollow Points .... I have made clean kill shots with the 44's out to 135 or so yards and given highly favorable shooting conditions I feel comfortable with it out to 150 yards