Has anyone tried penetration test with their .44mag?

Only in paper targets...haven't found one yet that'll stop it!

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Have .44, will travel

Google has.

Looks like most loads will do 2-3 feet through wet phone books, with heavier bullets having the advantage of course.

I just took a 300+ lb. hog with my Mountain Gun using the "simple" 240 gr. SWC Laser Cast bullet and 22.0 grs. of 2400. The animal was quartering away at high speed and I got complete penetration on two hits to the body. The angle managed to break one shoulder but I have no doubt that it would've broken both shoulders on a broadside shot or gone through lengthwise if it were facing me. Good penetration, if you ask me.

Dave Sinko

Shot a small ( 110 lb field dressed ) white tail buck from a tree stand
that was about 25yds down hill and directly behind my tree. Gun was my old three screw Ruger super black hawk. The load was a 250 gr cast
Lyman 429421 over 24grs of 296. The bullet hit the buck just under the
right eye and I found it at the base of the tail just under the skin. That
was several yrs ago, still have the bullet.

Mine shoots through most medium game animals with a 250 Keith @ 1200 fps.

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Joshua 1:9

Using Lyman 429244 @ 265g from WW over 22g W296/H110 from my 3" 629-2, I shot a freshly felled honey pine. Quite a few shots actually, I put a target on it and shot a couple cylinders at it.

This log was WIDE. If I laid over the top lengthwise and tried to get my arms around it, I couldn't get my hands to the center. At least 3' diameter, maybe more.

I picked up several bullets from the other side of that log that went straight through the heart of it. Still have them.

So you are one of those "tree huger" types, or is it something more???

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Still Running Against the Wind

Here is some gello testing FWIW.

.44 Magnum

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Still Running Against the Wind

At sixty yards a 240 grain Hornady XTP on top of 22 grains of H110 won't quite go diagonally through a 165 pound mule deer, but almost...

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Gotta love N-frames...

It has been mentioned, you need hardcast lead or tough jacketed bullet. Hornandy 265 grn is a good one. It will hold together.

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JIM
NRA Pistol Instr

LOL!

I hugged it, then I shot it - several times.