Pigs, poison oak, and two .44s...

[gatling]

The title says it all: http://exhaustnotes.us/blog/index.php/2019/01/27/pigs-and-poison-oak/

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[blume357]

Good read Gatling, not sure I fully agree with your theory of carrying only one gun... but to each there own... Possibly because I don't carry but 'ride/drive' with a rifle and pistol that shoot the same round and also take the same magazines.
Ruger P89 & PC-9. Oh, and I don't think the 44 mag has that bad a recoil since I shot a 454 Casull at the East Coast Ruger Gathering a few years back.

 

[Ale-8(1)]

I dunno how real-world-practical it is, but it's still a popular concept. The couple of times I tried carrying a revolver as well as a long gun, I experienced the concern of scratching up the long gun on the revolver's exposed grip regardless of how I positioned the holster on my "strong side". Going crossdraw helped but was somewhat awkward. What seemed to work the best was the "chest crossdraw" setup but that was still awkward. Perhaps I needed to do more experimenting with various holsters, but the necessity to carry both guns simply didn't exist to the degree I cared to pursue it further . . . so I didn't.

If I had to be in the wilderness and ammunition supply were a concern, perhaps I'd see a need to work out the kinks involved in carrying a "matched pair". That aside, it's really a "Zane Grey" thing with me.

JMHO

 

[Paul B]

I've had two Marlin .44 Mag. carbines and neither one shot worth a damn. First one I used as a trade at a pawn shop. Came out smelling like a rose on that deal. Rifle number two came at a time then a gun rag had an article on making them more accurate so after studying the article a bit went at it. I won't go into the glass bedding part of it because it didn't seem to be all that much other than a dab where the butt meets the receiver a dab on the forearm. One main cause according to the article is the magazine tube binding against the barrel where the barrel enters the receiver. To cure that you have to file a flat on the underside of the barrel until the magazine tube slides out easily with no resistance. To do that on the one I had would have required well over 1/8" of barrel wall where it was jammed against the barrel. I got to the 1/8 inch lever and the tube was still very hard to install or remove. Put the whole mess back together and went looking for another pawn shop trade.

Paul B.

 

[Mus408]

I found that the new Henry .44 Mag carbine works very well along side my SBH .44
Luckily both of them shoot the Missouri Bullets coated 240 gr. SWC bullets very well with 9.5 gr, of Unique.
A very nice combo!

 

[blume357]

My one example of this is back in 2008; we had one heck of an ice storm here in Greenville, big limbs and trees falling all over the place.... it looked like we were going to lose our house from one and decided to quickly pack and get out of town if possible. In thinking about what gun to take with me I decided on a Ruger P95 and the PC-9, the older carbine, and a couple of 15 round magazines fully loaded. Even though we were packing to go in the car which was parked a couple blocks up the hill, I was not sure of what would happen when we got out on the roads and so was prepared to have to hoof it on foot.

 

[Sacramento Johnson]

Interesting read, sort of.

As for his accuracy problem, it may be due to the interesting dilemma posed by the 44 mag cartridge. There are DIFFERENT SAAMI specs for pistol vs rifle; something that does not occur with other pistol calibers. The SAAMI spec. for .44 Magnum rifles is .431, while the SAAMI spec. for .44 Magnum handguns is .429" diameter. As for why this discrepancy,
I found this post by a W.R. Buchanan from 2017 on the Cast Bullets forum;
"OK Rem/Marlin is not going to change to .429 bores because the SAMMI Spec for .44 Magnum rifles is .431 +/- .002. The larger dia. is due to the rifles inability to vent gasses like a Revolver does and thus the safety margin for pressure is much less. Factory .44 Mag ammo is loaded to 36,000 psi and the 1894 action is good to about 45,000psi ( actually 43,500) so there is not much room for customer error. Thus the larger bore dia. to cut pressure back. No manufacturer builds guns to be fired with Handloads. They can't control you or yours so all guns are designed and produced to be safe with Factory Ammo."