92 .44 Mag Carbine Ammo for Deer

[bigloop92]

Yes those are handgun specs. Add 300-400 fps for a rifle.

[HarryAlonzo]

Of all of the Leverevolution offerings from Hornady, the 44 Mag is the least impressive. The ballistic coefficient is barely better than any old flat nose or semi-wadcutter. I'd ruther shoot a 240 grain.

[medezyner]

Of all of the Leverevolution offerings from Hornady, the 44 Mag is the least impressive. The ballistic coefficient is barely better than any old flat nose or semi-wadcutter. I'd ruther shoot a 240 grain.

I agree, I think they were just looking for another feature in the plus column for the gummy tips. Not really a big difference in the coefficient department. I have a box, so I'll give them a try.

[If1Hitu]

This is good ammo imfo. for me,I am new and now understand that it is revolver ammo i will be using in my Rossi 92,.44 Mag.No I didn't know what ammo I could use.

[Ranch Dog]

Of all of the Leverevolution offerings from Hornady, the 44 Mag is the least impressive. The ballistic coefficient is barely better than any old flat nose or semi-wadcutter. I'd ruther shoot a 240 grain.

I here you, I would rather shoot a 300-grain lead bullet.

[medezyner]

Speaking of 300 grain...
I haven't added any 300 gr to my lot and feel that I may be missing out on some very good hard-hitting rounds out there. What about feeding - anyone with issues? All my deer have been taken at less than 100 yds, in heavy wooded areas, so I'm not overly conserned about the round dropping like a rock after 100. The buffalo bore 300 JFN is cruising at 1770 out of a carbine length. Not too shabby.

[Ohio3Wheels]

This is good ammo imfo. for me,I am new and now understand that it is revolver ammo i will be using in my Rossi 92,.44 Mag.No I didn't know what ammo I could use.

With the possible exception of Buffalo Bore and the Levrolution (see remarks by other posters) it's all pistol ammo, same problem with 357 and 45 Colt. If you hand-load you can develop loads for the rifle. I'm right there with Harry and RD is preferring heavy lead bullets. 180s in the 357, 325s in the 45 Colt and 400s in the 40-654, but the last is a whole nuther story.

Make smoke,

[Mad Trapper]

I just bought a Keith Ideal mold 429421 on ebay,
It is a single cavity with removable handles,
I studied the pics best I could, the lube groove is square, and the front driving band looks to be the same thickness as the rear band, closer to the Keith design.
Lyman/Ideal first put removable mold handles in their catalog in 1931, and started making double cavity molds in 1949.
So that puts the mold production between 1931 and 1949.
I will know more when I have it in my hand.
I will make up some bullets and dummy rounds and see how they cycle in the 92.
May have to crimp over the driving band, but we will see.

[Ranch Dog]

[bigloop92]

The 44 Magnum was designed around a 240 gr bullet and as such the rifling twist was optimized for that weight. I've messed around with 180, 225, 240, and 300 gr bullets. I found H110 gave me more velocity and better accuracy than 2400. The 180 bullet was pushing around 2200 fps and the 240 around 1800 fps (I'd have to check my notes) but the group size wasn't to my liking with the 180's. The 300 gr bullets were slow, about 1500 fps if I recall. There isn't a deer walking that I would think twice about pulling the trigger on with a 240 gr Hornady XTP inside 150 yards. They hit like Thor's hammer.