44 Carbine is, for reasons I'll mention below, the best rifle for whitetail deer in moderate to heavy cover, which is where a lot of hunting takes place here in the South.įrom its beginning in 1960/61, the. 44 Carbine ain't worth a shit at any distance." I've never suggested that this rifle was made for hunting mule deer on the wide open plains of Montana or Wyoming I'm merely saying that the Ruger. 44 Carbines and he quickly dismissed my question with, among other insults, "the. At a gun show a couple of years ago, I asked a gun dealer about availability of used. 44 cartridge as being ineffective and outdated if it cannot hit the mark at 300 or 400 yards like their super-ultra-magnum can. 44, but I have seen a large doe hit with a 7mm Magnum round in the vitals run nearly 80 yards in thick, nasty, briar-infested cover before she finally fell.īut there are those who still discount the. 44 Magnum round hits the ground right there! I've never seen a deer move even two steps after taking a hit from a. Furthermore, a deer hit in the vitals with a. Most of the deer killed from tree stands in Marion County where I hunt are shot at distances better measured in feet than in yards. I don't worry about the short range of the Ruger Carbine because here in Alabama where I usually hunt, most deer are killed at 85 yards or less in fact, a good many of the deer that I have seen harvested here in north Alabama have been killed at less than 40 yards. 44 Magnum Carbine is, admittedly, a 100-yard medium to big game rifle (a practiced shooter with a good scope can get 125-yard shots with decent accuracy). Any specific product model - firearm, automobile, television - that has a retail life of 25 years is a glowing success in my opinion. Ruger discontinued the model after only a few short years I, however, beg to disagree with the gunsmith. 44 Carbine that the rifle was practically a failure for Bill Ruger and Company and that Mr.
Recently a gunsmith told me when I asked about parts for the. This little autoloading rifle was available from 1961 to 1985 (actually new ones were still on the racks in gun stores in 1986). 44 Carbine is underpowered, how it has too short of a range, how it is simply a glorified long-barrel pistol. I can hear it already - I can hear the scornful moans and sarcastic laughs from the 7mm Magnum mega-cannon crowd. 44 Magnum Carbine rifle is one of the best whitetail deer rifles ever made. I'll go ahead and say it and get it out of the way: the Ruger.
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