Ruger Alaskan 44 mag and Buffalo Bore

[rem44m]

Any one run this stuff through their Alaskan?

http://www.buffalobore.com/index.php?l=product_detail&p=54

Do you still have a hand?

How did the Ruger hold up?

Any chrono data you could post?

 

[TennJed]

The Ruger will hold up fine. Your hand may be a different story

 

[Rexster]

The .454 Alaskans seem to hold up well enough.

 

[ndh87]

TennJed is absolutely correct, you can feed that ruger nothing but the hottest loads you can find for the rest of your days and not hurt that gun

 

[treeprof]

I have shot a fair amount of the BB 305 gr LBT-LFN out of my Alaskan. It is pretty manageable, but an attention getter, and requires a very firm hold in order to get back on target in a reasonable time frame. For my purposes, and based on my experience with the other BB load and some pretty hot ones from other manufacturers, I think shot-to-shot recovery times with that 340 gr +P+ load would be so long as to negate any gain in energy. FWIW, Buffalo Bore's 255 gr Keith bullet is what I used to shoot in my S&W 629 Mtn Gun, and a real pussy cat out of the Alaskan.

 

[rem44m]

Thanks for the replies. I think I'm going to try some real hot stuff just for fun.

But for woods carry I think I will try these 255 keiths out. Should be enough to handle any bear/cat problems.