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Old May 8, 2009, 11:28 PM   #3
dmazur
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I understand the Ruger .44 carbine was very popular in the eastern states as a "brush gun" for deer hunting. Also, about the only thing available at the time (other than cast bullets) was 240gr JSP bullets. Ruger designed the rifle to shoot this round.

I'm going on the recommendations of others, using the Speer #1004457, which is a 240gr JSP. I'm using this in both the Ruger .44 carbine and a Ruger .44 SBH. Velocity should be high enough to get this to expand.

Others say that hollow points like the Hornady XTP work great.

I don't have enough experience to tell one way or the other, but I know the 240 gr JSP has been used successfully for many, many years.
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