bigrich wrote:i've a hankering for another lever gun . i like my 357 rossi 92, 24" oct barrel . great accurate plinker , probably okay for smaller game . goats, roos and smallish pigs with factory hollow points . but i'm liking the idea of a stainless 20" 44 mag .
unfortunately with no pistol powder about, factory ammo is it . price wise it won't break the bank . but then i got thinking , 444 uses obtainable fast rifle powder with available 44 projectiles . i could load "soft" load, or full boar with 300gn plus grains in the 444 . would be devastating on pigs with 265/300xtp's at pig ranges . or is it overkill and 44mag will do it fine .
thoughts on this fellas
bigpete wrote: If you're worried about peno load it up with 310gn pills.
bigrich wrote:bigpete wrote: If you're worried about peno load it up with 310gn pills.
that's the issue with 44mag , no adi2205 powder . 444 i can load for . but i reckon your right, 44 mag would be plenty . rossi 92 is light , maybe red dot it
444 marlin + scope not so light . or as cheap in purchase price . brass, dies ,ect . it all adds up to more than a rossi .
it's just that 444 thumps . and sounds cool
bigpete wrote:bigrich wrote:bigpete wrote: If you're worried about peno load it up with 310gn pills.
that's the issue with 44mag , no adi2205 powder . 444 i can load for . but i reckon your right, 44 mag would be plenty . rossi 92 is light , maybe red dot it
444 marlin + scope not so light . or as cheap in purchase price . brass, dies ,ect . it all adds up to more than a rossi .
it's just that 444 thumps . and sounds cool
I have 2205
I also had a rossi 92 in 44 mag,absolutely deadly accurate little thing too.
straightshooter wrote: For some reason full power 300 grain loads of a bench seem to generate more recoil than I can handle..
straightshooter wrote:I'm a little surprised by your comment as a 44 mag in a rifle will work OK with quite a wide range of powders but with reduced velocities compared to what the optimum powders deliver.
These days I suppose a lot depends on what you have squirreled away.
Oldbloke wrote:This is the current reality.
IMHO, if you can't reload it with AR2208, don't buy it. So far, it's always been available.
Might be boring but you will be out hunting.
Oldbloke wrote:This is the current reality.
IMHO, if you can't reload it with AR2208, don't buy it. So far, it's always been available.
Might be boring but you will be out hunting.
bigrich wrote:
your right there . most of my rifles run on 2208 or 2209 , BM2 for my 223
jpsauer88 wrote:I could point out if your reloading 300g atleast you have available rifle powders for use.
Secondly, you can always download to 44mag velocity with cast projectiles and AR2205. adi has sent me data for this.
bladeracer wrote:jpsauer88 wrote:I could point out if your reloading 300g atleast you have available rifle powders for use.
Secondly, you can always download to 44mag velocity with cast projectiles and AR2205. adi has sent me data for this.
But where do you get AR2205 these days? AR2207 is easier but still not what I consider readily available.