Thread: Calibre Choice in the 1970's

Originally Posted by Ranger 888

Bunji..I had a little Ruger .44 Magnum carbine too. Loved it! I walked onto a group of 4 hogs in semi open bush, nailed 3 with 3 quick shots, then months later, snuck up on 8 pigs feeding in a tight group and whacked 4 in literally 2 seconds. Just for those memories alone I wanted to keep it till the day I fell off the perch, but Aunty Jacinda had other ideas.

They were a great little gun IMO & carried really well into the thick stuff ,l would still rate them as the best bush pig type gun l have ever hunted with .Often wondered why a carbine pump 44mag has not been released by a big manufacturer