Took my Winchester/Miroku 1892 in .44 mag shooting and...

[mr00jimbo]

What a blast!
Super slick action, really great to shoot.

I was nervous that the recoil was going to kill due to the crescent and steel butt plate...but it felt pretty mild, like shooting an SKS.

I bought Sellier & Bellot .44 Jacketed soft point and my neighbour gave me some reloads of his to try, 240 gr JHP, some hotter stuff, flat nose FMJ, cast and semi-wad cutters. They all fed great (even the semi-wadcutters), EXCEPT the Sellier and Bellot wouldn't feed worth a damn. It would go into the chamber halfway then kind of get stuck unless i used my finger to help it along or rocked the lever back and forth to get it to feed. A few times it fed well but most rounds were sticky to chamber.

3 different bullet types fed like butter, cycled and extracted beautifully, like the rifle was made custom for them. The S&B was the only factory ammo I shot, and it shot horribly. Funny, I've always loved S&B stuff and have great luck with it for slugs and buckshot.

I'm curious why the S&B JSP won't feed.
Possible my rifle just doesn't like 'em?

 

[fingers284]

check the OAL of the rounds that work against the SB...less than .005" difference probably not the problem but if more than that and it's a good possibility.

 

[Ardent]

Pistol rounds in a carbine will always be mild, truth be told, the .44 Mag is a very weak rifle round, far out down in energy by even the .243. It makes a nice mild woods cartridge for close range and is perfect for introducing women and kids to hunting. Also very handy for those of us with a revolver in the same chambering, less different kinds of ammo to stock.

 

[hoytcanon]

.44 Mag is one of my favorite plinking rounds and does double duty on cedar swamp deer (shots are under 50 yards). I like the way the 240 SWC's destroy clays...

 

[SHELL SHUCKER]

Pistol rounds in a carbine will always be mild, truth be told, the .44 Mag is a very weak rifle round, far out down in energy by even the .243. It makes a nice mild woods cartridge for close range and is perfect for introducing women and kids to hunting. Also very handy for those of us with a revolver in the same chambering, less different kinds of ammo to stock.

Weak enough to have taken the largest land critters on the planet from handguns on a regular basis.

And truth be known, handgun cartridges in rifle length barrels really come alive in terminal ballistics
performance when loaded to properly take the game intended.

Look up handgun hunting records & see the happy results on big game by folks that know. Fook me, I
wish I were in Alaska.

 

[Sleeper]

Mr00jimbo do you know what the twist rate of your rifle is? Also is it the standard Ballard style rifeling as opposed to the older Brownings microgroove style?
I tried to find out but my Google powers are weak

 

[Ardent]

Weak enough to have taken the largest land critters on the planet from handguns on a regular basis.

And truth be known, handgun cartridges in rifle length barrels really come alive in terminal ballistics
performance when loaded to properly take the game intended.

Look up handgun hunting records & see the happy results on big game by folks that know. Fook me, I
wish I were in Alaska.

Funny you should say this, I know hunting, and have even handgun hunted abroad just enough to know what it's about. I'm going back to Africa again this year with my super blackhawk bisley hunter this winter in tow. Because they can kill big game, does not make them the hammer of Thor on game, handgun hunting is a lot like archery; you take a reduced window of shot opportunities, and ranges. Done right, you can take anything with them, but they are marginal on big stuff. If I had to hunt everything on earth successfully with either a .243 of a .44 Mag, I would take the .243 without a moment's hesitation.

 

[mr00jimbo]

Mr00jimbo do you know what the twist rate of your rifle is? Also is it the standard Ballard style rifeling as opposed to the older Brownings microgroove style?
I tried to find out but my Google powers are weak

I think it's just normal rifling and the rate of twist is 26"

 

[Brutus]

Ever since it's inception the Model 92 design has been particularly fussy about cartridge OAL.

Adhere to that and you will probably be problem free forever.