Is .44 mag a meme or is it fun to shoot? Been thinking of

I know of no one who owns a .44 mag that actually enjoys shooting the bugger.

You can always download it with trailboss for drastically reduced recoil and cheap shooting then hotrod it with some H110 when you want. If you're looking for something with decent shelf priced ammo, 38/357 or 40/10mm may be better.

>>33155946

You probably don't know very many people.

44 mag is very fun to shoot. It is light recoiling enough to not be overly punishing but also comes in plenty of well made and accurate guns. It is probably about the limit for what most people can comfortably shoot from a pistol for an extended period.>>33155946

>>33155910
Massive recoil and muzzle blast except in very heavy guns.

>>33155946
Do you know anyone outside of high school? I, my wife, and my kids shoot mine really well. Mod 29. S&w

>>33155946
I don't enjoy shooting .44 mag unless it's a heavier gun with good grips. My friend inherited an old 4" barrel .44 mag with a teeny tiny wood grip and it feels like hitting your palm with a hammer every time you shoot full power loads.

Love my ruger single action Blackhawk in 44. Do it.

>>33155910
I have a friend that Had one. He accidently discharged it while climbing in the truck after going hunting. It hit the side of his knee and now he has a fake leg.

>>33155983
This, I take shots slower but I can stomach it all day because I'm not a manlet, but even 454 casull seems just too much to shoot. 44 special is also a good coyote round.

I'm trying to choose between a Blackhawk and a Redhawk. Opinions?

>>33156050
did he drop it or did he accidentally squeeze the trigger?

was it a single action?

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>>33155910
got a new model smith with a 4 inch barrel and .44 is fun to shoot maybe half a box if that. Just a range toy and I just buy 44 spcl now anyway

How's the recoil with .44 special?

>>33156622
After shooting some .44 mag it feels like nothing

>>33155910
.44 was made for hunting in the 50s...

Autists turned it into a range toy or carry piece because
>muh dirty harry

people are the meme, OP

>>33156094
As i understand he was sitting in the truck with the firearm holstered on his hip. Itbhaf a 9inch barrel. He sort of turned in the truck to talk to the person I'm the back seat and bam. Bye bye leg

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>>33155910
The model 29 is the only one I've shot, but it's pretty entertaining, especially around dusk with full loads. Obviously it's a little more expensive to shoot than other guns.

My main problem is that there aren't many practical uses for them, pretty much the only one being backwoods in areas where there are grizzlies, etc.

If you're looking for something that will have more uses the are better options, you could even carry a 357 or something. If you already have a ccw, good rifle and good shotgun and just want to add something to your collection go for it, though.

Pic related is mine

>>33157111
Sorry for typos I'm phone posting

>check muh digits tho

>>33156063
Find a place to rent both.
Go from there

i am.

are you?

are we?

let me know.

>>33156050
No more adventuring for him XD

>>33157224
He actually gets along pretty well. Still rides his atv and we go shooting once a month or so

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>>33157111
>>33157125
but then how did it go off? Was it a double or single action??

Was the hammer cocked back or something?

Sorry if im missing something obvious..

>>33157111
>>33157125
also checked

My friend and I bought a box of .44 magnum and rented a Ruger Redhawk at a gun range.

H didn't even want to shoot his last 6 shots and he let me have them. I was pretty over it as well and just blasted them quick at the target without really aiming.

It was fun for like 20 rounds then it started getting old.

.44 mag revolvers are considered the minimum defense you need against grizzlies in Alaska.

>>33157298
I honestly don't know. I wasn't there. The only thing I know about the gun is that it no longer exists

>>33157350
>no longer exists
What a pussy. I'd frame a gun that tasted my blood as a reminder against stupidity/complacency

>>33157378
I think the lack of a leg from the knee down is a pretty good reminder.

>>33157400
I'd do both, but I'd also get evicted before thinking about getting rid of a gun

>>33155910
44.mag is fun to shoot if the shooter is good at shooting handguns. If you suck it will be a flinching experience. First 44 I shot was a s&w 629 v-comp. It was dope, but I could only shoot 1 cylinder and missed bad. Later on I shot a 629 6 inch and could shoot 3 cylinders pretty easy. Sadly my dad sold both guns.

44.special is chill too.

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>>33157350
thats strange i wonder how it could have gone off.. i would assume the trigger must have been pulled or the hammer was knocked but double action revolvers are supposed to have a hammer block or transfer bar...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28oXTmUA6TQ
this is how to have fun with a 44 mag.
I know some guys that show up in ipsc revolver matches with mod 29 and rugers in hot loaded 44, the guy with the lowest powerfactor has to buy a round or something afterwards, so they had the hottest fucking 44 I've ever seen

>>33157378
>>33157400
Why not attach the gun as a prosthetic leg?

>>33156050
If that thing went off in a closed truck cabin his leg is probably not the only thing that is gone now. A lot of his hearing is probably missing, too.

Does anyone make a .44 revolver that can digest full power loads that doesn't have the "cowboy gun" aesthetic like Ruger and Freedom Arms guns?

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>>33155910
Get a levergat

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>>33155910
>he fell for a movie prop meme wheel gun

How does it feel to ben an impressionable child? Pic related is the only revolver one can justify owning unironically in 2017. And yes, it will kill any bear dead in it's track.

>>33158928
cowboy action shooter pls go.

>>33158900
https://www.smith-wesson.com/revolvers

S&W has several revolvers that look more "modern".

>>33157378
>What a pussy. I'd frame a gun that tasted my blood as a reminder against stupidity/complacency

You are either very stupid or just insane. Loosing a leg is a major accident which people don't just get over. guns are the last thing womebody who lost a limb due to a gun thinks about.

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>>33158946
>S&W has several revolvers that look more "modern".

>>33158931
>MR73

Nothing can compete with this. NOTHING!

>>33158946
I'm familiar, but there seems to a general implication that the 29 and 629 aren't fond of firing full-power loads constantly.

>>33159146
Hmm, I didn't know that.

>>33159146
S&Ws are certainly stronger than Rugers friend. Ruger wheel guns are just built thiccer because they use lower quality steel and manufacturing.

>>33159173
>I don't know what I'm talking about

Some ammo companies make hot loads that say only for Rugers.

>>33159173
A few ammunition producers produce "ruger only loads."

http://smith-wessonforum.com/s-w-revolvers-1980-present/198185-model-29-cannot-handle-44-mag.html

>>33157224
under rated post

>>33155910
.44 Mag is fun too shoot and it's what I would recommend for carry when inna woods

>>33159383
>>33159417

Some ammo companies are FUDDs who know less about ammo than you. Sure, the 29 may develop some mechanical issues over the course of thousands of rounds like that first formum post says but that's not an issue due to the steel used for the frame, cyinder and barrel. I'm talking quality of the macrostructures, you are talking about anecdotal, alleged issues with microstructures. S&W steel>Ruger steel. That's a generally accepted fact.

>>33156063
Redhawk is better imo. It's a double action and looks better

>>33156769
It wasn't "made for hunting." It was made because Elmer Keith loved overloading .44 Special loads.

>>33155946

Put .44 special into it

>>33159146

Use the ammo that the gun is rated for.

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Guy near me is asking $650 for this. They don't make blued guns any more. Y/N?

Opinion on Colt Anaconda?

>>33159173
The tendency of the earlier 29s to shoot themselves to pieces and the results of the 10k round Magnum test that the Border Patrol conducted between the K-frames and Ruger Six series prove you wrong.

>>33155946
Low energy.

>>33159173
>I suck a million cocks
I'd like to see a 629 eat the same crazy horse loadings a Super Redhawk would.

Never post on /k/ again.

Mfw i want a model 29 because of dirty harry
Mfw ive become part of the meme

>>33159587

$2500 for a type of gun you can buy for $700-900 with another brand on it.

>>33158931

Manurhin posters are scum.

>>33159523

Not a great price unless you just have to have blued, they go up used for a lot less regularly. Saw one on S&W forums yesterday for $550 shipped, saw one an hour away on a local forum last month for $450 picked up.

Good guns though.

>>33158931
Lets see a .357 Magnum take a brown bear or moose you dumb faggot.

>>33155910
it's legit if the barrel is above 5 inches, maybe 6. need them ft lbs.

>>33159795

Yeah, but they sell instantly at those prices. I don't think I could count on getting one for $450.

>>33159880
Can't help but feel bad for the dump piece of crap.

>>33159880
>not running over his dumb spindly legs out of spite

>>33158931

le ebin French meme. If I wanted an overcomplicated revolver I'd get Python.

>>33159818
>Lets see a .357 Magnum take a brown bear or moose you dumb faggot.


it will kill those two dead no problem. stop memeing.

>>33160712
lol, you're just jelly the french are better at revolvers. it's the best quality and performance revolver there is. Korth is complete garbage by comparison.

Are there any magazine fed .44 mags that are as aesthetic as the Coonan .357 mag 1911?

Would totally get a .44 mag if it was magazine fed and looked good. I have an aversion to revolvers because they are cumbersome to load in comparison to a magazine fed pistol

>>33155946
>Calicucks
.44mag is quite reasonable out of a lever gun.

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>>33160806
Classic Desert Eagles look nice.
It's obviously not as nice-looking as a Coonan, but it's leagues ahead of the gold-plated railz-upon-railz self-parody that the new ones are.

Also, speed loaders and moon clips exist.

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>>33160964
you think im an eagles fan?

>>33159880
Isn't that one a juvenile?

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>>33160806
>>33160989
There's also the AutoMag, but it's not technically chambered in .44 Remington Magnum.

>>33155946

"The bugger"

Are you an autistic faggot on purpose?

>>33157111

> This much unnecessary detail in a story

Nice bullshit, fag

>>33160806
You are better off getting a revolver if you want to shoot .44 Magnum.

The two most well-known attempts at creating a .44 Magnum/equivalent autoloader are the AMT Automag and the Desert Eagle. Both are finicky and unreliable despite being much more expensive than a Model 29 or a Blackhawk. The Automag is practically guaranteed to have a failure to feed or failure to eject if try to rapid fire it (ie two shot drills and the like), and no one is currently manufacturing ammo for it. You have to load all of your bullets yourself. The Desert Eagle is extremely picky about what kinds of .44 Magnum ammo will actually cycle it. Anything that isn't loaded hot will cause the gun to malfunction.

I could understand making the case for the autoloaders if there was a significant difference in capacity, but a .44 Desert Eagle only has 2 rounds over a Model 29. In exchange for that and being magazine-fed, it is twice as expensive, significantly less reliable, and far more restrictive when it comes to the kinds of ammo you can use in it.

>>33160755
It's amazing you even have a regular mouth anymore when all you use for communicating is your ass.

>>33155946
It depends on barrel length, I wouldn't to shoot it from a 4 inch barrel but even hot loads out of my dad's 8 inch barrel (no homo) aren't that bad. He has a model 29. He also has a Ruger 44 magnum carbine, which is fun too even if it kind of feels like a fudd gun.

it is good for hunting. oh wait /k/ doesn't hunt

I have a Smith 629 with a 6.5 inch barrel and a Marlin 1894 in 44 Rem Mag and love them both. Only reason I can afford to shoot them is that I reload. I buy 240 grain factory loads at $250 for 500 rounds but can reload them for less then half of that and usually do load them a little lighter for the revolver. It's a real fun round to shoot.

>>33161164
Yes or he would have been murdered the first charge

>>33155910
Uh uh. I know what you're thinking. "Did he fire six shots or only five?" Well to tell you the truth in all this excitement I kinda lost track myself. But being this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world and would blow your head clean off, you've gotta ask yourself one question: "Do I feel lucky?" Well, do ya, punk?

>>33160736
>.357
>brown bear
Dubious as fuck.

>>33161180
There are reasons the AMC Automag isn't made today, and why the Desert Eagle is.

>>33162986
Back in the 30s, S&W promoted the .357 by giving 8" guns to a bunch of professional hunters and having them kill grizzly bears and elk and shit with them.
It's not out of the question.

>>33161344
>AMT Automag and the Desert Eagle
You mean AMC, the AMT is another barrel of fucks entirely.

>Both are finicky and unreliable despite being much more expensive than a Model 29 or a Blackhawk.
There's some pretty good reasons for this.
For the Desert Eagle, it's gas-operated and will simply not reliably run low powered target loads that a lot of people want it to shoot, it also requires frequent cleaning on top of specific handling. A Deagle can be made to run if you want to put in the effort. The best way to go is to handload because it allows you load ammo hot enough while saving money

It's like how you would have to handload for an Automag or Wildey back in the day to be able to shoot it much at all (cost, mainly), except the Deagle uses normal revolver brass which immediately makes a lot of the logistics easier, .357 and .44 brass casings are all over the place, and there's no shortage of projectiles either.

>The Automag is practically guaranteed to have a failure to feed or failure to eject if try to rapid fire it (ie two shot drills and the like), and no one is currently manufacturing ammo for it. You have to load all of your bullets yourself.
There's two issues with the AMC, one is that when the .44AMP cartridge was in production, it was inconsistent, brass would vary in length quite often (usually being trimmed down from .308 casings, which would save on cost, but this wasn't done properly a lot of the time). If you shoot old period correct commercial ammo from the time, and you were to shoot some modern handloads made with Starline brass, you'd see quite the difference in performance.
The second problem is that the AMC Automag beats itself pretty badly when cycling and actually doesn't have that long of a service life, I've heard some people say it starts becoming unsafe as early as 3000rds (but don't take my word for it).

>>33163103
>AMC

It's AMT who made the Automag, bro. It stands for Arcadia Machine and Tool. Look it up if you don't believe me.

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love shooting my 44 mags

>>33163676

Both AMC and AMT made it. AMT was the owner of Automag Corporation for the while.

>>33163770
Huh. The more you know, I guess.

>>33155910
.44 Magnum is the best caliber because you can load it with anything from powder-puff .44 Russian cowboy action loads all the way up to 340gr moosefuckers that'll comfortably take any game on Earth if you do your part.

>>33159483
S&W may have higher quality steel, but even if Ruger's steel is worse they make it up with having more in the places where it matters, and a more rugged design

>>33155910
It's rough on my hands.
Call me a little bitch, I don't care. I don't have too much shooting but even death gripping that motherfucker is difficult to control. I can do it but that shit rips the skin off my hand a bit.

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Favorite gun to shoot

Check out a used Super Blackhawk. You can find them reasonably priced, as some folks don't like the huge muzzle flip. The Super Blackhawk is probably the most pistol for the least amount of money.

>>33156622
44 special out of a big super blackhawk is almost no recoil.

>>33159483
Just accept that you're wrong.

>>33165549
He's probably crying about investment castings, as if that doesn't allow you to make a fucking strong gun when used right. And not to talk about the lockup in a Ruger revolver.

>>33166602
Do you try to hold it down as much as you can or do you let your arms ride the recoil? Because letting your arms act as levers really helps with recoil.

>>33155910
My Buddy has a Deagle Brand Deagle in .44 and its pretty fucking fun, thinking about getting a Single Action Army in .44

>>33168084
I think that's the problem I'm used to semi autos so I forget I can use my elbow as a shock absorber of sorts. Still, that shit's snappy as fuck.

I wanna try some .44 special loads but I hear you need some special thing refitted inside the chamber?

>>33161267
Kys

>>33155910
Get one. It will make your day.

>>33168295
Nah. It's like shooting .38's through a .357. Maybe you're thinking of moon clips for .45 Acp revolvers.

>>33155910
Any mag in a revolver is not very enjoyable to shoot. However, if you're scared of attack bears raping your churches and burning your women, you absolutely need one.

Plus it's nice to know you can leave an exit wound the size of a fucking t-bone steak.

>>33156622
non existant

>>33168371

.357 magnum isn't too terrible on the wrists as far as magnum cartridges go.

>>33158931

ugly

>>33159880
what a faggot, shooting the moose AFTER it attacked you and ran away solves nothing

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>>33160806

>>33168371
Most people can learn to handle middle-of-the-road tier loadings of .357 Magnum with not that much practice and training. One of the big reasons .357 Magnum is one of the worlds most popular revolver cartridges is that it offers some power with a pretty low bar of entry (also it helps that there's .38 Special for practicing).

Also it makes for a pretty good light rifle cartridge at that.

>>33168529
.44AMP is not interchangeable with rimmed .44 Magnum

You need to either have special .44AMP brass ordered from a specialist like Starline, or you need to cut down and convert .308 casings, handloading is the only way you'll shoot that thing with any reliability (or for that matter shooting it at all).

And if we're gonna go down that route of handloading for a Magnum automatic, I would sooner suggest a Wildey, they're much better built, available in more calibers, and it has an adjustable gas, allowing for wider ammo compatibility.
You could get one in .44AMP, or even .357AMP if you wanted to bother, but I'd rather suggest .45WinMag for the fact that it's just a better cartridge.

Or you could make things simple and get a .44 Deagle to handload for.

>>33155910
Super fun to shoot but intimidating as hell when you pick it up

>>33168371
>However, if you're scared of attack bears

The idea that you'll use a 29 on a bear just like that is absurd. You ain't, not without significant training. If you really need a gun for bear defense, you should bring an AKM, twice the footpounds of 44mag.

>>33155946
shot a Taurus Judge in .44mag. It had lots of recoil. Currently have a 44 mag Desert Eagle. It has way less recoil and can be easily shot one handed.

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If one wants a lighter .44, Smith & Wesson made a five shot one on a smaller frame, the Model 69

It's less tall and wide than a six shot .44, so if one wanted to, this would be considerably easier to conceal carry. It's also worth nothing that the chamber walls are a slightly thicker because of how the index spots are between the chambers, so arguably it has a stronger cylinder than a regular 629.

>>33155946
If I can find some trap porn, will that appease your autism?

>>33170310
Dude you're just gonna get Chamberlain'd.

>>33155946
My Redhawk is a literal blast. 44 is versatile, accurate and powerful. Also, bears.

>>33168457
It was coming back at him dude

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>>33160712
The guy is an idiot, but Manurhins are fucking great. Not really worth it if you´re in the US though, seeing how overpriced they are over there.... unless you can get a surplus one for a decent price.

>>33159880
Gun in video is a 10mm

.40 Long and Dong

Pretty fun but not that much more fun than .357 mag.

Just saying.

>>33170449
The surplus ones that were being sold in the US a while back looked like they were practically on their last legs. From the comments left by the buyers, it seemed like some people got one that was solid while others got guns that weren't even functional.

All-in-all, it seemed like a pretty bad deal for $500 given all of the other options out there in or around that price range.

>>33170566
>"Manurhin is so good dood(
>buy surplus one
>shot out bore
>out of time
>warped cylinder
>push-off
Yeah I'll take the Ruger Match Champion, thank you.

>>33155946
I enjoy the fuck out of shooting my Redhawk.

>>33155910
Its a meme. Light loads are more fun to shoot but cost too much.

Still nice to own one in case bears ever become an issue.

>>33155910
I've only shot a .44 once in my life.
Empited out a Redhawk and frankly the recoil was fine.
That being said I'm a big guy. Might be harder for manlets.

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>>33170810
>I'm a big guy

>>33158946
>unironically shilling clinton hole shit

>>33164890
This is why i have a 44mag levergun on layaway, i plan to load a 165gr roundball to 900fps for shits and giggles and the odd racoon in the garbage can

So if you're gonna .44 for under $800, what do you do?

Model 29
Blackhawk
Redhawk
Super Redhawk
Taurus

>>33172941
Super Blackhawk
Nobody does budget .44 Mag like Ruger.

>>33171037
FUCK

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>>33158931
The single action is fucking godmode.

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>>33170301
I bet it would be easier to dress around a 329PD than to tolerate the extra 12 oz. of the 69 day in, day out.

>>33155910
In rifle or pistol form?
I suppose it depends on the pistol. One like pic related I'd imagine recoils worse than my S&W 629 which is heavier at the barrel. .44 mag is really not that much worse than .357 mag. If you're comfortable with .357 then .44 will be no problem.

>>33168295
>but I hear you need some special thing refitted inside the chamber?
You heard wrong. Its the equivalent of .38 spl to a .357 mag. Just load and shoot, no problem.

>>33155946
Get a load of this guy

>>33169694
I would much rather have my 45-70 lever gun than an AKM in the brush. Your 30 round mag doesn't matter if youre attacked unsuspecting by a bear because the whole thing will be over before you barely have time to shot once. Better hope that shot goes through any brush in the way, penetrate, and breaks bones.

I enjoy shooting mine.

Is a 44 Ruger Alaskan a good choice?

>>33174836
>I would much rather have my 45-70 lever gun than an AKM in the brush.

bc you are a fudd who believes in memes.

>Your 30 round mag doesn't matter if youre attacked unsuspecting by a bear because the whole thing will be over before you barely have time to shot once. Better hope that shot goes through any brush in the way, penetrate, and breaks bones.

1.st AK has plenty deflection resistance and penetration, 2. there are plenty of bear encounters on YT, stop telling us shit about ninja bears. it's the current year and we have the technology to look up what bear encounters look like a lot of times. AK>cowboy action gats from 1914. I can get four 76239s into the same target in the time it takes you to get one 4570 into it. disregarding that, the 76239 also has better penetration anyway.

>>33175289
bumping so the fudd reads it for sure. fudds need their noses pushed into the shit the spew, maybe they'll learn.

>>33175199
for what purpose

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>>33155946
i enjoy shooting mine

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>>33168098

> SAA in .44

Heretical, nonsensical, and wrong

>>33155910
if you get one make sure you wear ear protection. i shot my friends a few years ago with none. shot about 18 rounds with no protection and my ears have been ringing ever since

>>33177674
>i shot my friends a few years ago
In Reno? Just to watch them die?

>>33177513
You can get SAAs in .44 Special, which is more accurate and just generally better than .45 Colt. If you wanted to be really authentic you could get a .44-40 SAA and a .44 Special cylinder. There used to be a German SAA clone in .44 Magnum though.

>>33177904
Or you could just get a Super Blackhawk if you want a cowboy gun in .44 Magnum and aren't an autist about transfer bars and 4-click vs. 3-click actions etc.

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>>33168098
Don't think Colt ever made a SAA in .44 Magnum, but Ruger makes the Blackhawk in .44 Magnum, which is very similar, single-action, fixed cylinder with a loading gate and springloaded ejector rod. It has a bit of a different lockup (a much stronger one), and you don't have to put it at half-cock when loading the thing (it has no half-cock), but overall it's a much stronger and safer design, it even has a transfer-bar, allowing it to be drop-safe so you can carry it with all six chambers loaded and not worry about a thing.

Even made for smokeless powder, the original Colt SAA design just can't deal with .44 Magnum pressures (ask Elmer Keith, he found out the hard way on his quest to invent the cartridge).

That said, given that we today make brass in a much stronger way, modern .45 Long Colt can be loaded to .44 Magnum levels (in any gun that can take it, such as a Ruger or S&W).

>>33178022
>ask Elmer Keith, he found out the hard way on his quest to invent the cartridge
I maintain that Keith's blown-up SAA cylinder is the coolest thing Forgotten Weapons has done a video on.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3t5X8f__vpk

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bumping for .44 caliber

>>33179945

Funny, I was watching that last night.

>>33168098
>My Buddy has a Deagle Brand Deagle in .44 and its pretty fucking fun
I concur, I know at least two people who do as well and both think its fun.

>>33155910
Will the recoil from this shit shatter my sedentary lifestyle NEET wrist or should it be at least somewhat controllable?

>>33183443
>NEET
>not having strong, well-used wrists

>>33183443
Don't deathgrip and try to hold the recoil down as much as possible, let it ride some, your arms will act as levers and soak up a lot of the energy.

>>33157321
I'm good for 30 to 40 rounds (6" Redhawk). Then the flinching & fliers start.

>>33183443
you'll be fine dude the recoil isn't that bad. i was shooting my dad's .44 when i was like 12