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<blockquote data-quote="Cedar Creek" data-source="post: 2574105" data-attributes="member: 12387"><p>Were the Ruger 44 carbines with a rotary mag called "Deerfield"? I didn't remember a change in the magazine on the original carbines before production stopped.</p><p></p><p>I had one back in 1971 that had been frogged up by a couple of Bubbas with a cast bullet mold and a Lee Loader. It was not the lead that clogged the gas ports as much as the lube.</p><p></p><p>I use a Ruger 77/44 carbine now - my load is a 265 grain Hornady bullet over 23 grains of H110. My experience with the 240 grain bullets is the jacket can shed or fragment on a deer and not leave an exit hole, which can be important hunting in brushy areas. The 265 grain Hornady is a rifle bullet designed for the .444. Not sure how it would cycle in the Ruger auto, but we have nothing but good experience with it in my 77/44 and my son's Marlin lever.</p><p></p><p>Back in the mid-70's I saw a picture of a Ruger 44 auto in the NRA magazine that chain fired with some full metal jacketed .44 mag ammo. Wow! Looked like a grenade.</p><p></p><p>Cedar Creek</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cedar Creek, post: 2574105, member: 12387"] Were the Ruger 44 carbines with a rotary mag called "Deerfield"? I didn't remember a change in the magazine on the original carbines before production stopped. I had one back in 1971 that had been frogged up by a couple of Bubbas with a cast bullet mold and a Lee Loader. It was not the lead that clogged the gas ports as much as the lube. I use a Ruger 77/44 carbine now - my load is a 265 grain Hornady bullet over 23 grains of H110. My experience with the 240 grain bullets is the jacket can shed or fragment on a deer and not leave an exit hole, which can be important hunting in brushy areas. The 265 grain Hornady is a rifle bullet designed for the .444. Not sure how it would cycle in the Ruger auto, but we have nothing but good experience with it in my 77/44 and my son's Marlin lever. Back in the mid-70's I saw a picture of a Ruger 44 auto in the NRA magazine that chain fired with some full metal jacketed .44 mag ammo. Wow! Looked like a grenade. Cedar Creek [/QUOTE]
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