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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

[Les]

Take both .... and a friend, to carry the one you're not shooting.

[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

[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!!

[JEBar]

just curious, is Wisconsin one of the states that requires use of straight wall cartridges in deer hunting rifles ?

[Henry88]

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.

[JEBar]

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

[ditto1958]

just curious, is Wisconsin one of the states that requires use of straight wall cartridges in deer hunting rifles ?

No.

[ditto1958]

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.

[ssonb]

You don't have a gun caddy???

[jbmabrey]

Mount atv gun rack on a game cart and carry both.

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last year a meat [3- strike] deer with the 44 mag carbine one shot MEAT in the freezer this year I am using the 44 mag one more time, My grandson is going to have the 41 mag [first year] kind of the idea o ya if you wandering what a 3- strike deer is well its like this, strike 1 ran by me at 10 ft stoped at 15 ft, strike 2 in my hand is a gun that never got a deer with, strike 3 looking over the rump of the deer about 35 yds away was my pickup truck .now you know thanks Henry

[North Country Gal]

Out to 100 yards, I doubt the deer will know the difference if you put the shot where it needs to go.

[Vaquero]

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

The 41's tend to shoot just a tad flatter.
I have one of each also, but I tend to lean towards the 41.
But I do have a pretty accurate 280 gr load, besides
when asked what sir did you use?
And you a 41 Mg. a lot of people say. what?
I ain't ever heard of a 41

RP

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Well my grandson and I went out Saturday morning he with the 41 mag me with the 44 mag [ both in the same pop up blind] . Was not long 2 deer came in [ first deer], I told him, this is it get ready. Shoot when your ready, He shot and dropped the bigger one [right where she stood about 40 yds], The other deer just stood there I said SHOOT AGAIN [ thinking he would shoot the other one ] He did well now the bigger one has 2 holes in it , the other deer got away. My grandson better knowing as [2 shot] was very happy, About 5 minutes later while waiting for things to settle down a buck came in 2-shot couldn't get the drop on him so I shot one shot 44 mag we are all done hunting deer for this year. Thank you Henry rifles for making my and 2- shots day.

[North Country Gal]

Great story. Loved it. Congrats to you both. This is one you'll both remember, always.

[JEBar]

OUTSTANDING .. .. truly outstanding .... you two now have a shared memory that will last a lifetime and be passed on down the line in your family