Do you like 30-30 or 44 magnum.

[bluejay75]

I just bought a new Marlin 44 MAG 1894 20 inch barrel from Buds and it is the most accurate gun I have ever shot offhand. I can almost touch three shots with a 23.3 g H110 + 240 XTP load at 50 yards and ragged hole rested. I am pleased and impressed.

Have found an ok cast load(255 RanchDog from Range scrap and 9 grains unique) for it, but I am not done testing. Does about 2-2.5 rested at 50 yards. This is with a Skinner peep, standard aperture all else stock.

[Bazoo]

Bluejay, thats pretty decent shooting. How is the wood to metal fit in that new gun? Is the checkering well executed?

[bluejay75]

Fit and finish is great. Wood needed a little lacquer but thats just being nit picky. I have found no flaws with this one. And with all the negative reviews I read, I actually set out looking for them.

And it was only 525.00 shipped.

[OverMax]

Those who prefer the 44 mag for hunting (I) think have for years or_ since the day after a manufacture chambered such mag pistol cartridges for rifle use do believe bullet mass has a huge influence with killing any and all game. To that prior thought all I have to say: If contemplating a big game hunt else where North of the Mason Dixon best have something more appropriately cased for our Big Game animals (Elk Moose & Big Black Boar Bear) other than a marginal 30wcf or a less than marginal 44 Mag. Just saying. For taking Dixie size deer and medium size gators both cartridges (30wcf & 44 mag) are a excellent choice for either application.

[Geezer in NH]

Lever gun I pick 30/30

Semi-Auto the old Ruger 44 mag carbine

Both fill the same usage to me, with the nod to the 44 Ruger carbine. [lighter]

Add the hand gun? Why would I want to carry a big handgun with either? I shoot a model 19 357 with 90% of the loads at 38 special levels.

With the rifles mentioned the 38's loaded are for small game but I still do not carry them regularly when a .22 will do it as better either a S&W 2 1/2" Kit gun or a Walther .22 with a can more likely.

Never found the need for one ammo as I can think and plan for situations. Note the truck is somewhere where I can get to the FAL under the rear seat if needed badly.

[smkummer]

Own both, killed dear with both. If I had to get a deer that day, the 30-30 is what I would grab. Less guessing on hold over for that shot past 125 yards.
While 30-30 has an edge on power, the 44 hits with a smack you can hear at a distance.

[Drm50]

I have a complete selection of Levers from 25/20-45/70 & 30/06. Between 44 & 30/30 I would take the 30/30. The 30/30 will do anything a 44 will do, but not visa-versa. This I base on deer
hunting. Has nothing to do with the ability to kill a deer, it is only that a 30/30 shoots flatter. Same
thing would apply to 30/30 vs 30/06. I cases where shoots will be 150yds+, I would rather be
Toting my Win 95 in 30/06 because it shoots flatter. This only stands to reason. When I hunt I
want the best cartridge for the job. I'm not out to prove that I can kill a deer with a 44 at 200yds
or 300 yds with a 30/30. I don't "love" any cartridge- I like them all. You just have to pick the best
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