"Three hundred bucks for a Ruger .44 auto, old or new model, is a good price, if the thing is in any kind of shape."
Of course, that was six years ago.
I doubt you can find one in usable condition nowadays for much less than $600. Mine is an earlier tube-fed model and I'm quite pleased with it. Nothing much better in thick brush for deer, hogs, or what-have-you.
Not enought firepower (rounds) for heavy SD use (which I never expect to need, of course) but for that my Saiga 7.62x39 would work out ok.
The later model with rotary magazine served as the model for the famed 10/22. I don't know why they don't make the .44 any more.
I'd like to have one of the .44 lever guns made about the same time.
Thanks for resurrecting this old thread
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Best,
Will