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Posted: 2/13/2016 10:44:33 PM EDT
[#1]
9mm will fuck some shit up
.44 mag ain't shit compared to a 12 gauge or AR-15 |
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Posted: 2/13/2016 10:44:55 PM EDT
[#2]
Pistol or Rifle?
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Posted: 2/13/2016 10:45:23 PM EDT
[#3]
For what?
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Posted: 2/13/2016 10:45:29 PM EDT
[#4]
10mm Auto FTW
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Posted: 2/13/2016 10:46:02 PM EDT
[#5]
When you have the choice, .44mag without a doubt. (not to cast any disparaging light on the beautiful .357mag cartridge, though)
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Posted: 2/13/2016 10:47:11 PM EDT
[#6]
Get both!
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Posted: 2/13/2016 10:48:04 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/13/2016 10:48:08 PM EDT
[#8]
.44 mag is perfect for anything two or four legged. 44 special is a great soft or practice load, and .44 shot shells are proven snake and varmint rounds within 8 yards. Its highly versatile.
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Posted: 2/13/2016 10:49:00 PM EDT
[#9]
"Got to Ask Yourself"
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Posted: 2/13/2016 10:49:28 PM EDT
[#10]
Both.
But I voted .357 just because .38 sp is so much more available than .44 sp as a practice / plinking load. |
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Posted: 2/13/2016 10:50:20 PM EDT
[#11]
Semi Auto king = .460 Rowland
Former revolver king = .44Magnum Both are plenty of "gun" for a hand gun. IMO anything more powerful in a revolver has a very niche use and purpose, as you probably ought to be using a rifle at that point. Anyway, if you reload, .44 magnum all the way! |
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Posted: 2/13/2016 10:51:34 PM EDT
[#12]
If you're a man you will shoot .44 magnum, unless you regularly suck big massive greasy dicks with powdered corn flower dust.
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Posted: 2/13/2016 10:52:40 PM EDT
[#13]
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.44 mag is perfect for anything two or four legged. 44 special is a great soft or practice load, and .44 shot shells are proven snake and varmint rounds within 8 yards. Its highly versatile. Agreed. |
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Posted: 2/13/2016 10:53:31 PM EDT
[#14]
For a handgun? .38/ .357 for me.
I'm not a fan of the recoil in a .44 Mag in a pistol. But I do like a lever carbine in .44. |
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Posted: 2/13/2016 10:54:54 PM EDT
[#15]
44 Mag. I like H110 for hot loads and Unique for plinking.
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Posted: 2/13/2016 10:55:29 PM EDT
[#16]
I own more 357s than 44s.
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Posted: 2/13/2016 10:55:32 PM EDT
[#17]
Since there generally isn't much of a difference in capacity, I'd just go for the 44mag.
I have a .357 snub nose, that while it makes a big flash and a bigger boom, part of me says "That's it?" after shooting it. |
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Posted: 2/13/2016 10:55:38 PM EDT
[#18]
.44 Mag + action pistol range + bowling pins equals a fun afternoon.
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Posted: 2/13/2016 10:56:54 PM EDT
[#19]
If I can just have one, .357 all day long. Much better CCW options. Or eight rounds in an N-frame.
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Posted: 2/13/2016 10:58:03 PM EDT
[#20]
If I'm allowed to use .44 Special when I want Ill take the .44 magnum.
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Posted: 2/13/2016 10:58:11 PM EDT
[#21]
357 because 38spl. I am frugal... sue me.
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Posted: 2/13/2016 10:59:07 PM EDT
[#22]
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Both. But I voted .357 just because .38 sp is so much more available than .44 sp as a practice / plinking load. This is the correct answer. |
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Posted: 2/13/2016 10:59:53 PM EDT
[#23]
And, you didn't even state..............
"What needs killin'?" Aloha, Mark |
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Posted: 2/13/2016 11:00:17 PM EDT
[#24]
If you reload, 44 magnum.
If you don't reload, 357 magnum. |
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Posted: 2/13/2016 11:00:20 PM EDT
[#25]
Already got 'em, er, two of 'em! That's why I picked the .44 Mag.
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Posted: 2/13/2016 11:00:35 PM EDT
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What ultimately RULES between these choices - stuff like Buffalo Bore loadings in .44mag. Just sayn.
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Posted: 2/13/2016 11:01:01 PM EDT
[#27]
45 colt
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Posted: 2/13/2016 11:08:22 PM EDT
[#28]
357 magnum owner here.
Back in the day 38 special was cheaper than 9mm auto, so that was a plus. Generally 44 magnum was noticeably more expensive than 357 magnum. 9mm ammo wasn't as good as it is today, Glock wasn't yet everywhere, so a 357 magnum revolver with a 4 inch barrel was a very good multipurpose purchase. Fast Forward to today. 9mm premium ammo is really really good, reliable and trusted semiautos are everywhere so the 357 magnum isn't the standout defensive handgun it once was. It's still good, but other options have equalled it or surpassed it. 9mm plink ammo is now cheaper than 38 special so as your main range toy, it's out too. To me this leaves 357 in two rolls....hunting revolver and big bang range toy. 44 magnum wins both of those categories, and ammo price isn't enough to make the 357 an economic alternative. Get a 44 magnum if you have other centerfire handguns. Get a 357 if you don't |
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Posted: 2/13/2016 11:15:13 PM EDT
[#29]
357
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Posted: 2/13/2016 11:17:48 PM EDT
[#30]
Okay guys, let's go old school. Get out your ballistics charts and associated loadings books. Yes, they are both beautiful American cartridges.
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Posted: 2/13/2016 11:18:00 PM EDT
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45 colt OP did not offer that choice! BTW - .41 Magnum is best magnum. |
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Posted: 2/13/2016 11:18:20 PM EDT
[#32]
Neither.
.41 magnum. Next question. |
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Posted: 2/13/2016 11:18:23 PM EDT
[#33]
The real question is 29, 69, 329, or 629.
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Posted: 2/13/2016 11:20:07 PM EDT
[#34]
AND....waiting for the .454 Casull guys to chime in, and set us all straight. (and yes, I have a DE in .50AE, with lots o' hoarded cartridges
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Posted: 2/13/2016 11:20:07 PM EDT
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OP did not offer that choice! BTW - .41 Magnum is best magnum. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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45 colt OP did not offer that choice! BTW - .41 Magnum is best magnum. Wow. Did we just become friends. Model 57s and 657s |
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Posted: 2/13/2016 11:22:05 PM EDT
[#36]
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Wow. Did we just become friends. Model 58s and 658s Quote HistoryQuoted:
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45 colt OP did not offer that choice! BTW - .41 Magnum is best magnum. Wow. Did we just become friends. Model 58s and 658s Not sure - your moniker makes me nervous....... |
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Posted: 2/13/2016 11:22:50 PM EDT
[#37]
I have both.
Lever guns. Do it. |
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Posted: 2/13/2016 11:24:24 PM EDT
[#38]
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Not sure - your moniker makes me nervous....... Quote HistoryQuoted:
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45 colt OP did not offer that choice! BTW - .41 Magnum is best magnum. Wow. Did we just become friends. Model 58s and 658s Not sure - your moniker makes me nervous....... It will be ok. Except you quoted me before I could fix my fat fingered mistake. 
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Posted: 2/13/2016 11:25:02 PM EDT
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AND....waiting for the .454 Casull guys to chime in, and set us all straight. (and yes, I have a DE in .50AE, with lots o' hoarded cartridges )
Contrary to popular belief you're not going to do anything with a 454 Casull you can't do with a 44 magnum. |
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Posted: 2/13/2016 11:25:30 PM EDT
[#40]
I REFUSE TO BE LIMITED TO JUST ONE!!
Get both
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Posted: 2/13/2016 11:25:54 PM EDT
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Contrary to popular belief you're not going to do anything with a 454 Casull you can't do with a 44 magnum. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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AND....waiting for the .454 Casull guys to chime in, and set us all straight. (and yes, I have a DE in .50AE, with lots o' hoarded cartridges )
Contrary to popular belief you're not going to do anything with a 454 Casull you can't do with a 44 magnum. Pay more for ammo??? |
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Posted: 2/13/2016 11:27:21 PM EDT
[#42]
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This is the correct answer. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Both. But I voted .357 just because .38 sp is so much more available than .44 sp as a practice / plinking load. This is the correct answer. |
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Posted: 2/13/2016 11:27:46 PM EDT
[#43]
I voted for the .357 Magnum. Since the rules state I can either have the .357, or the .44 but not both.
However, I did not see anything about not having a .45 Colt, or Casul along with the choice. That is why I selected what I did. Because my next one is the .45 Colt. (BTW, I have both .357 Magnums and .45 Colts, but no .44 Magnum.) |
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Posted: 2/13/2016 11:29:15 PM EDT
[#44]
I love my 629! Hmmm....I also love my 686
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Posted: 2/13/2016 11:29:44 PM EDT
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Wow. Did we just become friends. Model 57s and 657s Quote HistoryQuoted:
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45 colt OP did not offer that choice! BTW - .41 Magnum is best magnum. Wow. Did we just become friends. Model 57s and 657s What they said. ETA: I suck at quotes. |
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Posted: 2/13/2016 11:30:51 PM EDT
[#46]
I like either out of a lever action
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Posted: 2/13/2016 11:31:15 PM EDT
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AND....waiting for the .454 Casull guys to chime in, and set us all straight. (and yes, I have a DE in .50AE, with lots o' hoarded cartridges )
You rang 
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Posted: 2/13/2016 11:31:40 PM EDT
[#48]
As great as the .357 magnum is, it doesn't hold a candle to the performance of a stout .44 magnum load.
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Posted: 2/13/2016 11:33:37 PM EDT
[#49]
Both are great cartridges but I'm partial to .357 for carry and economy and it works fine on deer sized critters. If I needed a larger caliber for bigger critters then I'd buy a .44 (if I didn't already have a .45lc).
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Posted: 2/13/2016 11:34:24 PM EDT
[#50]
I voted .357 'cause .44 Mag (Model 29) is a bitch to shoot with full-power loads
Yeah, I'm a wimp. |
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