.357 vs .44 Magnum for Ranch Hand Wilderness Carry

The price of those holsters is just a little high... Like more than a used ranch hand high.

@Edit@ they are nice looking though.
 
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9mms2k said:
The price of those holsters is just a little high... Like more than a used ranch hand high.

@Edit@ they are nice looking though.
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Thank you for your feedback and compliment.

Please feel free to PM me what you feel the market will tolerate as I don't want to derail the thread.

Keep in mind however that for the price you are getting a holster that can be worn on either a shoulder harness or belt, the harness, two cartridge straps that can be worn on the harness or belt, hardware that isn't cheap, and a butt load of hand tooling.

Aaaaanyway back to the point of the OP, I've fired both the .357 and .44 ranch hand and both grouped acceptably for wildlife defensive purpose up to 50 yards. Either cartridge are capable of doing the job when the chips are down. Also didn't the .357 make it's debut back in the day by killing a Bison? Both are fully capable of wilderness defense, and if you only had to buy one with it sounding like ammo costs are of concern nothing beats cheap .38spl to practice with :D.

EDIT* I'm not sure if this is of concern out of the 12" barrel but it's been reported by users of pistol caliber lever actions that JHP rounds tend to overfragment at the high velocity 16" - 22" barrels can produce. What you're going to want to do is select a good bullet that will penetrate, expand, and not blow apart on impact. Of course I haven't tested this myself, but am just going off of hunting reports.
 
mmateri said:
i bought a rossi .357 m92 at p and d.......great gun, very difficult to load......im going to get the kit from steve, polish the internals, and hope for the best, but loading it is a real C U Next Tuesday....you can get a few in, the gun tries to spit em out, or the loading gate closes, and you cannot put a next round in, if anyone else has had this problem, id appreciate some experienced advice
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It's possible that your cartridge stops are out of spec (can't recall if it's a single or double stop system). If the loading gate will close before the shell is all the way into the magazine tube (past the cartridge stop), I'd wager that this is the case. That should be something they can warranty. Unless you're up to tuning the stops yourself, which should be doable.
 
loki_81 said:
EDIT* I'm not sure if this is of concern out of the 12" barrel but it's been reported by users of pistol caliber lever actions that JHP rounds tend to overfragment at the high velocity 16" - 22" barrels can produce. What you're going to want to do is select a good bullet that will penetrate, expand, and not blow apart on impact. Of course I haven't tested this myself, but am just going off of hunting reports.
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Agreed, bullet selection is probably more important than many realize for this application. Jacketed flat point, or well-constructed solid lead cast boolit.
 
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