May 21, 2017, 06:31 AM | #1 |
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May 21, 2017, 07:00 AM | #2 |
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I got one about a year back... very nice rifle. It's a shame they don't do something like that anymore.
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May 21, 2017, 08:57 AM | #3 |
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The Ruger 44 Mag Carbine in the foreground with a Ruger 10/22 in the background. The 44 Mag carbine served me well on my deer hunting trips to W. VA. They are a nice fast handling little rifle.
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May 21, 2017, 09:44 AM | #4 |
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Nice. I killed my first two deer with one of those when I was a kid.
I recently saw a few used ones at Cabelas and I can't believe what they are going for, $999 !!! |
May 21, 2017, 10:09 AM | #5 |
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Last one I saw had an asking price of $600 a few years ago. I think I got my first new in 1966 when I was 16. My mom worked for the department store and with her discount I thing including tax it was $120 and I repaid my parents at $30 a month over 4 months. I later sold that one and eventually ended up with the one I have today. They really were a great little rifle. Wow, hard to imagine $999 today for one.
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May 21, 2017, 10:25 AM | #6 |
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I got mine, with a Boyd's stock and Weaver 4x scope for a little south of $600. Also came with the OEM stock, which was cracked at the rear of the receiver cutout.
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May 21, 2017, 05:20 PM | #7 |
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I've owned two of those little gems but couldn't seem to hang onto them.
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May 22, 2017, 03:31 PM | #8 |
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Never got rid of a gun I liked. Never understood that.
I see them for sale all the time. For hunting,I don't get it, unless restricted zone. Sure they will do it, but why not go big? Nice for reloaders. My 1894 is fun. Very light, so would be good walking gun |
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May 22, 2017, 08:26 PM | #10 |
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Different people, do different things. I have been lucky, I don't need the money. Some people just sell guns. Some use money for next gun. I respect that, not me.
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I would like to find one in a model 96, I have 22 mag and 22 lr. Just need a 17 and 44 to complete it.
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May 25, 2017, 07:14 PM | #12 |
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Iowa is going to allow rifles in straight wall cartridges approved for handgun hunting. So my brother found one of these on GunBroker and bought it.
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May 26, 2017, 02:34 AM | #14 |
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Ruger .44
Oh yeah, they sure will kill deer!!!!! I've got two of those little gems, one scoped, the other wears an XS peep set. I hunt the scoped rifle every year, this year it killed a 5pt at about 75 ds. A 200 gr HP tight behind the shoulder, yielded a pass through, and a short death sprint, much like other deer shot with other "real" deer calibers and hit similarly, This most recent .44 buck was just as dead as if I'd shot him with something "big".
Big typically means heavy too, and often long. I doubt my scoped .44 weighs much over 6 pounds, and the peep rifle likely 6 or less. Length is one inch over 3 feet.....37"!!! Toting a climbing stand, on grades, with no trail, much any distance, the tidy light rifle is much appreciated these days. My Dad's rifles all seemed to get shorter and lighter when I was a kid, now I realize why!!!!! Too, no need to go big if you don't have to, all my .44 kills, in fact most of my rifle kills period, have been well under 100 yds, many half that, and some half again, or less. My only criticisms of the old Ruger .44 carbines was the slow twist rate (1-38") yielding sketchy accuracy in both my rifles, and the miserable trigger. Aside from that, both have been brick like reliable, using a variety of ammo and bullet weights. |
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Sorry to hear that PA will not allow semi rifles in PA for deer next year, despite the hope that they would. Too bad. Your .44 could have seen some more use!!! |
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Hard not to love anything in 44 mag. As a reloader it's one of my all-around favorites--doesn't get much simpler or more versatile.
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May 26, 2017, 07:00 AM | #17 |
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Reloadron-Why would allowing handguns cartridges, make you want to hunt some where you wouldn't before? Nothing wrong with a scope shotgun.
As for PA, they are sad Unamerican people, that think they are special. People have been hunting with semi auto 30-06s since WW2. Bodies are not stacking up like cord wood. I know of no injuries that are a result of semi auto vs bolt. Poor handling and not identifying your target are the problem. |
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I drive through PA frequently--I'd say it's one of the top roadkill states in the country.
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I owned a couple of them and did not experience the problem of firing while out of battery. The plus side was that they were very light and as such easy to carry. But, if I remember correctly, they did not come with sling swivels...a sling was something that comes very handy after killing a deer and having to use both hands to drag the deer out. In all, they were such handy little guns that they fit a natural niche for Michigan Whitetail hunting. I have often posted about my opinion that Ruger has been most successful at copying (with small modifications, Single Action revolver, Mauser actions, Farquharson, etc.), rather than completely proprietary designs. My point being, when they re-introduced their .44 Carbine, the action was similar to that of the M1 Carbine (what they should have done in the first place)...a departure from their original, faulty design. |
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I have one of the Deerfield Model 99/44 carbines that was the later production. Mine dates from 2000.
I really like it. |
May 27, 2017, 02:21 PM | #24 |
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PA recently either lost the vote,or was unable to get it on ballot to use semi auto rifles.
I feel sorry for them. Also have to tell the government who is at your camp and what gun they are using. It boggles my mind they live like that. We go around world for freedom in craphole countriez, but forget about our own. They think people will benjoy shooting banana clips and bodies dropping all.over. Despite browning 30-06s popular for years in rest of country. Bothers me, that they are Americans. |
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As for shotgun slugs hurting your shoulder, not like you will be shooting all day. I got my first at 14 with 20 gauge. Some of you men should be able to handle it.
Not saying against 44. I have a lever. But if I couldn't use one, it wouldn't force me to go elsewhere. |
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