.44 Magnum vs ?

Look at 450 bushmaster and 458 socom if youre wanting 44 Mag type power in a semi auto platform.
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No, as mentioned in post no. 12, I'm currently considering the purchase of a bolt-action rifle chambered in .44 Magnum.
 
Wait, do you mean, (a) if the unknown one in question is fired from a rifle, as compared to a .44 rem mag fired from a handgun, or do you mean, (b) if the unknown one in question is fired from a rifle, as compared to a .44 rem mag as fired from a rifle?
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(b) is what I'm interested in.
 
Originally posted by dgludwig
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I also seem to remember an outfit converting M1 Carbines to .45 Win Mag several years ago.

Now that's an interesting concept. But, boy does that sound complicated and hard to do. Reconfiguring the chamber, new barrel (I doubt there's enough meat left in the .30 cal. already slim carbine barrel to open the bore to .45 cal.), designing and constructing a different magazine, opening and reconforming the stock magazine well and getting the semi-auto action to perform with an entirely different recoil impulse seems at the very least uber-expensive if not entirely impractical (especially when you consider the fact that "several years ago", Ruger was producing a couple of different versions of a semi-auto carbine chambered in .44 Magnum, along with the Ruger Carbine chambered in 9mm Para and .40 S&W).
You've made me curious about this "outfit' and how it fared.
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I googled it and it was a company called LeMag which made these conversions (I've seen mention of one in .50 AE too but never seen one in person or picture). Apparently, the wood stock of the carbine couldn't handle .45 Win Mag recoil so most, if not all, conversions were fitted with synthetic stocks. As far as reliability and durability were concerned, I don't really know. Here's one for sale on Armslist:

http://www.armslist.com/posts/133129/tulsa-oklahoma-rifles-for-sale--u-s--m1-carbine---lemag--45-win-mag-conversion
 
I'm currently considering the purchase of a bolt-action rifle chambered in .44 Magnum.
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I think it'd be great for your intended purpose, I prefer my lever but that's me.
44 Mag balistics from a carbine can put it well in the conversation for any game at reasonable ranges.
I have a friend with the 357/77 Ruger and he says it's a blast and that it's plenty accurate for it's purpose.
 
If you are looking for a 44 for a truck gun and like levers except for the magazine, Ruger used to make a 96/44 that takes a rotary magazine just like the 10/22. They also made a 99/44 aka Ruger Deerfield which is basically a big bore 10/22.
 
Actually, I've had my eye out for a Ruger Model 96 Carbine for the past couple of months but can't seem to find one. Did Ruger make them in s/s? I'm still giving thought to putting my old Mini-14 to use as a truck gun and save me a few bucks (well, not really-I'd just put the money I've saved toward another gun I don't need...:o).
 
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