5” revolvers
tree stand in woods
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.357 magnum any JHP, max load of H110 or 2400
or
.44magnum 250gr Keith at 1050fps
hot .357 magnum
mild .44 swc
5” revolvers
tree stand in woods
pic one-
.357 magnum any JHP, max load of H110 or 2400
or
.44magnum 250gr Keith at 1050fps
Last edited by derek45; 05-01-2018 at 02:36 PM.
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I would go with the .44 for non scientific reasons. My hunting handguns are all .44's and they work for me. I have shot them enough that I know that where the sights are there will be a hole. That big RNFP is a comfort to me. Maybe I am set in my ways but I don't really want to break new ground when I have a system that works. No disrespect to those who have success with .357.
Last edited by Thumbcocker; 05-01-2018 at 02:46 PM.
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with a well placed shot either will do.. with that said If you can control the 44 as good as the 357 I would go 44 ..
Bigger holes are better (when shooting game)
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I've killed deer both ways, both will work just fine.
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Whichever one you can put in a kill zone at your longest shot 100% of the time. I would prefer the question being a 160-180 wfn instead of a jacketed bullet but I recognize that they will kill whitetail. The mild 44 is going to be easier to cut, trim and give you less bloodshot meat if that is your main concern. If you are paying somebody to process it for sausage it doesn't matter. If you are scraping bones to feed your family it does.
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Big is better and I have taken deer with the .357.
Starting out get the .44 it is bigger without expanding
Elmer Keith addressed this in "Sixguns". He says 44.
For me it’s always been 44, only other pistol cartridge I’ve taken a deer with is .45 acp but I just been bitten by the 357 max bug so I’ll see how that goes next fall!
I like both.... but never could get as good of acc with jacketed as cast in a 357.The only JB in 44 that rivals/equals a 429421 in "my" guns is a 180g XTP. Which does have hunting applications for smaller cull deer where exits may cause issue.So by process of elimination,for me..... make it the 429421.
bigger cal bigger hole
hit em with either in the rite place
and they stop being
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I have a feeling one is much louder than the other. Consider this......
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When we're talking about the relatively slow velocities of handgun rounds, I would go with the larger.
.44 all the way for me. A 240 grain bullet moving at 1,000 fps+ will kill anything in the lower 48 with ease.
I have both and love both, but for medium and large game, give me the .44. Every single time.
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I have experience with both calibers from a rifle. Hot 357 kills deer and mild 44 mag kills deer. What more can you ask for? One thing I will say about mild 44 is that I appreciate that the report is not as harsh.
44 all day long. Bullet size is the biggest variable in effectiveness on game. Handgun velocitys just don't have the hydrostatic shock and accompanying larger wound channel that high velocity rifles give. A cast bullet in a handgun will penetrate deap and with a decent metplat do enough damage. They gain killing power with a longer wound channel vs a shorter more violent wound channel. I killed one bison with a 44 mag loaded with a 250 kieth at a 1000fps and it was actually one of the quickest kills we have seen on bison. It took one step and fell over dead. Luck? maybe. Ive shot them with 475s and 500s and watched them continue to eat till they realized they were dead. One thing for sure is id NEVER take a shot on a 1000 lb animal with ANY load in a 357. Especially a jacketed bullet load. I wouldn't probably go intentionaly out with a 44 special level load for a bison but the opportunity presented itself and at the time we were pig hunting so its the gun I had with me. That said I knew for sure that that load and bullet would penetrate into the vitals as it did. It actually went through the shoulder bone on the near side and came out right behind the shoulder on the far side. I wouldn't bet a plugged nickle a 357 loaded with jacketed bullets would even get through the shoulder bone of a 1000 lb animal.
With good placement I doubt you will see much difference in distance traveled after the shot.
The hot 357 may/may not give you a few more yds of a flatter trajectory.
I quit hunting with my 357 because of the noise. I can shoot that 44 load without earplugs.
Both will handle MO Whitetail just fine.
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Lately I have been going heavy/subsonic with most everything. Don't have a .44 Mag, but my 11.5 mm .45 Colt is bigger, lower pressure, and better than the sedate .44 mag in every respect. I have a lot of .357s and generally shoot 170 to 180 grain at around 1050 fps. You do not need a hot .357 to kill a deer. You need a large meplat. Lead Bullets Technology.
I agree that either will do the job. But all else being equal, bigger = better.
Bigger hole, more damage, more blood, more organ damage, better blood trail, and all that means the deer stops quicker.
Assuming as always that you can put it where it needs to go.
Or you could do both, give us all the details for each one shot. How far the shot was, where it hit, how far the deer moved from point of bullet impact. How quick it died, you know all that good stuff.
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Besides the bigger hole - faster kill advantage of the 44, when the 44 magnum is loaded to its potential it is effective at a longer range.
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