44 mag accuracy ??

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Bronco
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44 mag accuracy ??

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Of those shooting 44 mag in a lever carbine or rifle, what king of accuracy you getting at 100 yds ?? What is your load if you don't mind sharing?

I am getting 2" - 3 " with a 300 gr LFN gc over 20 grs of 2400 @ 1750 fps in a Marlin 24" barrel'

How am I doing compared to you guys ??
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Re: 44 mag accuracy ??

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I genereally get 2-3" groups out of my Winchester deluxe 44
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44shooter
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Same with most loads. Haven't seen anything yet I thought was terrible including 300s in my Marlin that many say won't stabilize. Seen a few groups around 1.5.
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In the 80s I had a used 1894 Marlin 44 Mag that was just about hopeless. It only saw factory ammo while I owned it. After much trial and error I finally got it under 3" at 50 yards with, IIRC Federal 180 JHP. By comparison, I had a SMLE Jungle Carbine I could shoot that well at twice the distance. I sent that 1894 down the road and have never regretted it.

In the interim I have owned or shot a half dozen Winchester Trappers or 92 Rossis in various revolver calibers. Any of them would keep three shots in 2-3 inches at 100 yards and some would halve that. That includes 325-335 grain heavy loads in 45 Colt. All the rifles mentioned here were used with iron sights.

I do replace Rossi sights straight away. They are too coarse for good accuracy, they sometimes won't zero and the steps on the sight elevator are flat, causing them to jump a step under the recoil of heavy loads.
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In my Marlin 1894SS, with a Burris 2x-7x scope, I use the Speer 270gr JSP and 21.5gr H110.
I can get 3 shot cloverleafs at 100 yds.
This rifle and handload combination have been very effective on whitetail deer.
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Sarge
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I think I just had a bum example, rock.
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rock-steady wrote: Mon Nov 29, 2021 12:26 pm In my Marlin 1894SS, with a Burris 2x-7x scope, I use the Speer 270gr JSP and 21.5gr H110.
I can get 3 shot cloverleafs at 100 yds.
This rifle and handload combination have been very effective on whitetail deer.
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Re: 44 mag accuracy ??

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Best I got was about ~3" at 100yds using 200gr XTP

(From a 20" Chiappa Alaskan with a 2.5x28 scout scope)

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