Poll: Your favorite Magnum cartridge?

[CountryGent]

Just for fun: what is your favorite "Magnum" revolver cartridge and why? (Naturally, I couldn't list them all, so stuck with more common ones.)

Enjoy.

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[Yarome]

44. Uh... Why?

If you've ever shot a 44 mag giggle stick... no explanation is required. If you know, you know.

 

[lucusloc]

Poll is broken; the "all of the above, plus all the rest" option seems to be missing.

 

[Dozer99]

.357 Mag. Just like it. No reason, just do.

 

[WAYNO]

I shoot far more .357 than .44. But since .44's do things that .357's wont, I had to vote .44 .

 

[ron]

357 Magnum . I use to shoot more 44 mag but as I am getting older I like the less recoil of the 357.
When I shoot 357 I shoot full power 125/158 JHP with H-110. 38 special for the bunny fart loads.
340 PD Airweight or 686+ recoil is a bit different.

 

[Andy54Hawken]

I voted for the .357 Magnum .
A well balanced and useful cartridge.

I also like the .22WMR....but I prefer it in a rifle over a handgun.
Andy

 

[oremike]

I voted 44 Mag. I have a 32, 357 and 41 as well and have owned a 480 and shot the 454, 460 and 500. To me there is a comfort with the 7 1/2" Redhawk carried cross draw that is not there with the 6" single actions carried on my hip. The 32 is a fun target/ plinker. The 357's and 41 are good woods walk about when nothing is mad at me guns and will feed me in a pinch. Much lighter to carry than the 44 but when things might get real I'm going for the big Ruger 44 Mag every time. As far as the bigger calibers I don't see them doing anything more than the 44 does at least on the critters around here.

 

[JustSomeGuy]

44 Magnum, all day, every day because that's what I carry all day, every day.

 

[TTSX]

.300 Winchester




Gotta go outside the options given per NWFA tradition

 

[Nosferatu]

I've always used the Trojan, but I suppose a 500 would do in a pinch.

 

[Bobbygun]

.44 Magnum

If it was good enough for Harold Francis Callahan...

 

[Mikej]

357 Magnum . I use to shoot more 44 mag but as I am getting older I like the less recoil of the 357.
When I shoot 357 I shoot full power 125/158 JHP with H-110. 38 special for the bunny fart loads.
340 PD Airweight or 686+ recoil is a bit different.
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Not a magnum guy myself. One of my first guns I bought from a member was a 6" S&W 629. It came with a box of factory ammo. It just doesn't feel right to me having that much jarring power in a hand gun. Nope. >>>>>

44. Uh... Why?

^^^^That's what I asked myself! So I sold it, with brass, bullets and dies. Several years ago I picked up a nice Winchester 94 AE in .38/.357 with the intent on shooting mostly .38 sp. But in the last couple months picked up a bunch of nickel .357 brass and loaded up some full power .357. @ron, for reference, I'm curious what your loads is with 125 grain jacketed and H110? I started with 20grs and it seemed too heavy for me to enjoy so down loaded to 16grs with mag primers.

 

[DB is Here]

Was Harry wrong?

Model 29 goodness.....

"I know what you're thinking. 'Did he fire six shots or only five?' Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I kind of lost track myself. But being as this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya, punk?"

 

[ron]

I'm curious what your loads is with 125 grain jacketed and H110?

I am running 18.5 grains of H110 with 125 JHP Hornady I use to do 18.8 of H110. Reduced loads with H110
are not recommended? From Hodgdon's "Don't start at more than 3% below their published starting loads".

H110 Load - Don't Go Below -3%: Debunked

www.rugerforum.net

 

[aflineman]

I voted .357 mag, but itbwas a hard choice between it and the .41 mag.

 

[Mikej]

I am running 18.5 grains of H110 with 125 JHP Hornady I use to do 18.8 of H110. Reduced loads with H110
are not recommended? From Hodgdon's "Don't start at more than 3% below their published starting loads".

H110 Load - Don't Go Below -3%: Debunked

www.rugerforum.net

Thanks Ron.
Oh I had the data alright. I had heard the same with other magnum handgun powders. 2400, 296, for a couple.
I'd originally picked up quite a bit of the H110 for .30 carbine, but haven't got around to it. I saw that max load for .357 mag was 22grs, and that was a compressed load. That'd be one stout load.

 

[CountryGent]

I voted .44 Magnum as I really like the cartridge. There are a lot of nice firearms so chambered. And the versatility is a most helpful. Standard loads provide plenty of power, but it is still controllable. Light .44 Specials are fun to plink with and suppress well in carbine form. Birdshot cartridges are handy for dispatching pests without the noise and destruction of a shotgun blast. The big boomer loads produce more than enough juice for both large animals, as well as two-legged varmints. And it is just fun launching bowling pins and metallic silhouettes with the cartridge.

Honorable mentions:

• The .357 Magnum. Sort of the "jilted lover" in the line up, I rarely shoot it any more in either revolver or carbine form. However, after shooting a bunch up in a Smith the other day, whilst putting a Webley through the paces, I remembered why it is a good one. Powerful and versatile too, it is a fine old cartridge.
• The .500 Magnum. I enjoy it because it is so gonzo; nothing less, nothing more. I'm sure it would make a great handgun hunting cartridge, but I just enjoy blasting various targets with said when in the right mood. And the revolver it is chambered is just kind of neato.

I'll admit to being tempted on and off by a full-sized in .327 Federal Magnum, but haven't pulled the trigger yet. (I saw a Ruger seven-shooter in said, but held off.)

At the end of the day, reckon they all be kind of good. Too each their own and happy handgunning.

 

[FATAL125]

I've always used the Trojan, but I suppose a 500 would do in a pinch.

 

[LevergunNut72]

I own every single one in that list except the 500 S&W, and the .41 Mag takes first place.