Ruger 44 Carbine - Page 2

Reloadron · December 30, 2020, 05:46 PM

The rifle in the foreground is mine.

I got my first in 1966 and had my mom buy it for me since I was 16. Mom used her store discount and as I recall I paid $100 for the rifle and repaid my parents $25 a month for 4 months. I sold it while in the service and later replaced it. That little carbine was my go to rifle when hunting West Virginia with a good friend who lived there. It was an ideal little rifle for the West Virginia terrain we hunted and took plenty of whitetail. My best results always came with 240 grain JHP loads. While I haven't hunted in years it is just one of those rifles I am fond of. Heck, when I check out the wife or kids can figure out what to do with it.

The bi-pods are just props. Years ago we used them at gun shows. Think I bought a box of them for a buck a pop. Anyway, nothing to actually do with the guns.

Ron

dahermit · December 30, 2020, 06:15 PM

As I remember the early .44 Ruger Carbines had a cast aluminum, Black painted butt plate whereas at some point in their .44 Carbine production they switched to a Black plastic one.

**4V50 Gary** · December 31, 2020, 11:43 AM

Never wanted one but now acknowledge that they are very useful. I live in the woods now and they'd be handy against beer/cat. My go to is the 45-70.

ballardw · December 31, 2020, 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by 4V50 Gary

Never wanted one but now acknowledge that they are very useful. I live in the woods now and they'd be handy against beer/cat. My go to is the 45-70.

You have me wanting a picture of a beercat now.

Ignition Override · January 9, 2021, 05:32 PM

Extremely cool gun.

bamaranger · January 14, 2021, 01:33 PM

The later model Ruger .44 carbine, the Deerfield 99/44, with its 1-20" twist rate, carbine length barrel for added velocity, and the heavy (265-300) grain bullets available today, (perhaps even a modest diet of hard cast heavies) would be a heck of a penetrator and serious beer/cat medicine.

Tad_T · January 15, 2021, 09:00 PM

I have a 99/44.

It is a heck of a good little rifle.

I keep it at my elk camp/cabin in eastern Idaho. It’s what I always take in on my second pack out load in case a grizzly bear decides that my elk/mule deer is now his elk/mule deer. I load it with Hunting Shack Munitions Bear Loads.

It’s probably a good beer rifle, too.

December 31, 2020, 11:43 AM	#28
4V50 Gary Staff Join Date: November 2, 1998 Location: Colorado Posts: 21,838	Never wanted one but now acknowledge that they are very useful. I live in the woods now and they'd be handy against beer/cat. My go to is the 45-70. __________________ Vigilantibus et non dormientibus jura subveniunt. *Molon Labe!*

January 14, 2021, 01:33 PM	#31
bamaranger Senior Member Join Date: October 9, 2009 Location: North Alabama Posts: 8,308	beercat rifles The later model Ruger .44 carbine, the Deerfield 99/44, with its 1-20" twist rate, carbine length barrel for added velocity, and the heavy (265-300) grain bullets available today, (perhaps even a modest diet of hard cast heavies) would be a heck of a penetrator and serious beer/cat medicine.

December 30, 2020, 05:46 PM	#26
Reloadron Senior Member Join Date: June 8, 2016 Location: Cleveland, Ohio Suburbs Posts: 1,750	The rifle in the foreground is mine. I got my first in 1966 and had my mom buy it for me since I was 16. Mom used her store discount and as I recall I paid $100 for the rifle and repaid my parents $25 a month for 4 months. I sold it while in the service and later replaced it. That little carbine was my go to rifle when hunting West Virginia with a good friend who lived there. It was an ideal little rifle for the West Virginia terrain we hunted and took plenty of whitetail. My best results always came with 240 grain JHP loads. While I haven't hunted in years it is just one of those rifles I am fond of. Heck, when I check out the wife or kids can figure out what to do with it. The bi-pods are just props. Years ago we used them at gun shows. Think I bought a box of them for a buck a pop. Anyway, nothing to actually do with the guns. Ron

December 30, 2020, 06:15 PM	#27
dahermit Senior Member Join Date: October 28, 2006 Location: South Central Michigan...near Posts: 6,501	As I remember the early .44 Ruger Carbines had a cast aluminum, Black painted butt plate whereas at some point in their .44 Carbine production they switched to a Black plastic one.

January 9, 2021, 05:32 PM	#30
Ignition Override Senior Member Join Date: February 18, 2008 Location: About 20 nm from the Big Muddy Posts: 2,887	Extremely cool gun.

January 15, 2021, 09:00 PM	#32
Tad_T Senior Member Join Date: December 14, 2012 Location: Idaho Posts: 231	I have a 99/44. It is a heck of a good little rifle. I keep it at my elk camp/cabin in eastern Idaho. It’s what I always take in on my second pack out load in case a grizzly bear decides that my elk/mule deer is now his elk/mule deer. I load it with Hunting Shack Munitions Bear Loads. It’s probably a good beer rifle, too.