.44 mag Alaskan=silly

Yap. It's official. Sundles has entirely too much fun.

Nothing wronge with the 338 win. Big fan myself. And you've reconfirmed a trend I've noticed. Horse hunters tend to carry 300's and 338's. Hoofers tend to go lighter.

Kids??

Your joking right?
That firearm is designed for stopping large pedators and not requiring a huge holster and a lot of weight to do so. Plinking is not intended. If you need it you will not care how much recoil it has.
Many prefer 44mag because ammo is easier to find in some places.
But then I think you knew that.

240 gr LSWC over minimum charge of Bullseye makes a dandy plinking round. Gives a nice 'push' for recoil and quite accurate.

That firearm is designed for stopping large pedators and not requiring a huge holster and a lot of weight to do so. Plinking is not intended. If you need it you will not care how much recoil it has.

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The problem is, to stop that large predator, you will need to shoot accurately and fast. And that means you must practice. And you will care about recoil when you're practicing. Typically, people who have heavy-recoilling guns either don't practice with them, or develop bad habits from the painful recoil.

Bear Hunter,

Yep I've got the horses/mules, but I dont use them to hunt from, only to pack my gear in and pack game out.

At one time I was a light weight rifle freak. I still have all those custom made super light rifles too, but since I like the 338 so much, I seldom use the super light stuff. If I could only have one rifle to hunt all of N. A. with, it would be a light CRF 30-06.

.44 mags.

I lived in Alaska during the '80's. (way back up in there) I was always told that the smallest thing one should carry for grizziies was a 30-06 with a heavy 350 grain plus load. I have killed two grizzlies (full grown) in my life, but I was using a Remington 300 Win. Mag. (bolt action 700 series) The old timers told me that sometimes a .44 Mag. might 'turn' a bear, but that only a damn fool hunted grizzly with a handgun, and that they only done it about one time...If I was forced (this is just me) to go into combat with a big grizzly bear, armed only with a handgun, it would be with that big assed Walker loaded all the way around with about 68 grains of powder (Triple Seven 3f) pushing that .457 ball. I'm sure that push come to shove, and with a little luck, I might could blow his head off. At least with all the smoke and noise and bucking, I would at least think I was doing something anyway!.. ATTENTION SUNDLES!! The .338 Win. Mag. is a fine, fine round. I have a Ruger Falling Block chambered for it...

a 30-06 with a heavy 350 grain plus load.

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Whoa, Bucky! That bullet would be 3 inches long.

As to the Colt Walker - impressive piece of iron though it is, it's really puny when compared to even a watered-down .44 Magnum. Though the smoke screen could come in handy when running from an enraged Griz

vanfunk

Yep, the Ruger Alaskan in such a caliber as .44 magnum makes NO sense;
especially when Smith & Wesson is chambering the same exact round
in the scandium framed S&W 329PD~! Who wants to tote a'round a
punty old brick in the woods all day long? Certainly, not me.

I have a .44 mag Alaskan and I love it. Very low recoil if you ask me.

...If I was forced (this is just me) to go into combat with a big grizzly bear, armed only with a handgun, it would be with that big assed Walker loaded all the way around with about 68 grains of powder (Triple Seven 3f) pushing that .457 ball.

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The members of the Lewis and Clark Expedition were armed with .54 Caliber Harper's Ferry rifles, firing a round lead ball pushed by more powder than that, and they usually ganged up on a bear. Lewis said about the bear, "I confess I do not like the gentleman."

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I want a T shirt & an estimate on my 92 pontiac .