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jmr40 · April 3, 2013, 03:27 PM

200 yards is really pushing a 44 mag. At ranges of about 50-75 yards it is probably a better deer/black bear killer than a 30-30. Beyond that it fades fast. My experience is with a Marlin, but my brother had one of the Rugers for a while. The Marlin is no tack driver, but it was a target gun compared to the Ruger. With either we ran out of accuracy about the same point we were running out of performance. It may have the theoretical energy to kill farther out, but I wouldn't take a shot at over 100 yards with mine, and would prefer 1/2 that.

April 3, 2013, 03:27 PM	#7
jmr40 Senior Member Join Date: June 15, 2008 Location: Georgia Posts: 10,805	200 yards is really pushing a 44 mag. At ranges of about 50-75 yards it is probably a better deer/black bear killer than a 30-30. Beyond that it fades fast. My experience is with a Marlin, but my brother had one of the Rugers for a while. The Marlin is no tack driver, but it was a target gun compared to the Ruger. With either we ran out of accuracy about the same point we were running out of performance. It may have the theoretical energy to kill farther out, but I wouldn't take a shot at over 100 yards with mine, and would prefer 1/2 that.