Thread: 357 and 44 mag for deer?

My first deer gun was a Marlin lever in .44mag. Used to hand load 180gr projectiles ahead of Blue Dot powder. Hot load, traveling at 1800fps. Very snappy recoil. I could almost, but never quite, clover leaf three rounds at 100m. The .44mag kills way better than the >1000ft/lbs energy rules would suggest. Never lost an animal. Only sold it because the trigger felt like it was about 14lb pull.

I currently have a suppressed Rossi .357mag. Have a box of factory loads and 500 empty cases to start load development. Head shot a goat a couple of weeks back. It died!

Originally Posted by hotbarrels

My first deer gun was a Marlin lever in .44mag. Used to hand load 180gr projectiles ahead of Blue Dot powder. Hot load, traveling at 1800fps. Very snappy recoil. I could almost, but never quite, clover leaf three rounds at 100m. The .44mag kills way better than the >1000ft/lbs energy rules would suggest. Never lost an animal. Only sold it because the trigger felt like it was about 14lb pull.

I currently have a suppressed Rossi .357mag. Have a box of factory loads and 500 empty cases to start load development. Head shot a goat a couple of weeks back. It died!

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I’d love a bit more info on how you’ve set that gun up with the can, and who did the work @hotbarrels

Originally Posted by Tommy

I’d love a bit more info on how you’ve set that gun up with the can, and who did the work @hotbarrels

@Tommy I bought it already done. I did ask the original owner for the info but it was never forthcoming. All I know is that he confirmed for me that it was capable of +P loads.