Puma buck

dbowling · Post by **dbowling** » Wed Nov 30, 2011 10:42 pm

Shot this buck on Nov. 17th with my Rossi .44 mag Puma, 75 yds. w/open sights, 240 gr. American Eagle JHP...field dressed 210# ... really really like this gun, with this load it will consistently hit a 20 oz. pop bottle at 100 yds w/open sights.

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piller · Post by **piller** » Wed Nov 30, 2011 10:46 pm

Very nice!

rjohns94 · Post by **rjohns94** » Wed Nov 30, 2011 10:48 pm

congrats. nice deer. no bone on my deer this year.

.45colt · Post by **.45colt** » Wed Nov 30, 2011 11:15 pm

Very Nice, saw a pony like that chasin a doe in My back fourty three weeks ago.

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AJMD429 · Post by **AJMD429** » Wed Nov 30, 2011 11:33 pm

Cool deer gotten with a cool gun chambered in a cool cartridge...

1894c · Post by **1894c** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 1:07 am

nice job--i shot two deer with a marlin 1894 in 44 mag--you experienced what i did--the 44 mag is a great deer cartridge--thank you for posting your results... :)

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 1:25 am

Congratulations! Nice buck.

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 10:10 am

Nice buck and nice shooting!

Bill in Oregon · Post by **Bill in Oregon** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 10:57 am

That's one nice whitetail. Nice work.

Batman1939 · Post by **Batman1939** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 2:52 pm

Good Job ! Very nice buck. I've got a Puma just like yours (I suspect) but haven't killed a deer with it yet.

dbowling · Post by **dbowling** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 4:31 pm

Thanks for all the comments guys... the gun has the 24 in. hex.barrel w.case hardned reciever/buttplate.

gak · Post by **gak** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 5:51 pm

Way to go! A friend borrowed my Interarms/Rossi .44 several years ago as a "brush" back up for his '06, and got a nice big mulie from about 100--also open sights--or about as far as the eyes (at least mine)alone will take you. Got it right in the "sweet spot" and said it fell like hit by a big truck. I never had such luck, but sure have enjoyed the gun (general purpose shooting but also in same role as "support" for my .270, trading off brush/rough terrain trompin' duty with a .30-30 on mule deer hunts).

Griff · Post by **Griff** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 6:08 pm

Nice buck. Congrats!

2571 · Post by **2571** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 6:29 pm

What are those stick things on it's head? None of the deer I saw this season had them.

Nice.

RIHMFIRE · Post by **RIHMFIRE** » Fri Dec 02, 2011 9:45 am

great Buck!....and nice shooting too!

I got busted yesterday by a nice 8pt...
2 jumps and he was gone

bdhold · Post by **bdhold** » Fri Dec 02, 2011 9:55 am

Great deer - they don't grow them that big in the TX hill country - have to head south to the salt marsh or west to the scrub to find white tails that size.

pricedo · Post by **pricedo** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 4:36 pm

dbowling wrote:Shot this buck on Nov. 17th with my Rossi .44 mag Puma, 75 yds. w/open sights, 240 gr. American Eagle JHP...field dressed 210# ... really really like this gun, with this load it will consistently hit a 20 oz. pop bottle at 100 yds w/open sights.
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Impressive animal.

Congrats !

I have a pre-safety 16" Rossi Puma in .44 Mag & can't say enough good things about the rifle either.

This gun is a real blueprint 92 with none of the tang safety, rebounding hammer of the Miroku made Japchesters currently passing as Winchesters & for 1/3 the money..

I'm quite happy with the factory sights. If it ain't broke don't fix it.

It's a real deer slayer up to 150 yards with the FTX ammo. How often do you see a deer in the bush past 150 yards? Not very often.

It "bush carries" really nicely with "The Claw" sling from Quake Industries which has the conventional spud & swivel type attachment in the butt & a nylon choker loop that wraps around the barrel & magazine tube and won't fall off. This is the quietest sling made for deer hunting with a soft rubber cobra style shoulder pad. I hate those metal band swivel configurations that wrap around the magazine tube.

The gun handles the Winchester 240 grain SPs, the American Eagle 240 grain JHPs & the LeveRevolution 225 grain FTX ammo flawlessly.

I'm going to hand load the 225 grain FTX .44 Mag ammo now that Hodgdon has made the LeveRevolution powder available as a purchasable canister powder.

I cursed that rifle up & down til the air was blue & was ready to return it because of apparent feeding problems after I had an attack of the "smarts"

& mistakenly installed the metal magazine follower intended for the .454 Casull in the .44 Mag Rossi. The .454 follower fit in the magazine tube all right but recoil would cause it to jam in the bottom of the magazine tube where it joined the receiver after the last shot & I'd have to reach through the ejection port with a brass punch & tap it loose before I could load any more ammo into it.

I have 3 Rossi Pumas in 3 different calibers & I don't keep my spare metal magazine followers in one jar any more.

Old Ironsights · Post by **Old Ironsights** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 5:50 pm

Sorry. Impossible.

You were really using a .429 UltraBeltedShortMag pushing a 500gr bullet over 77gr Varget at 3000fpsMV.

No way could a PISTOL caliber do that.

pricedo · Post by **pricedo** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 6:13 pm

Old Ironsights wrote:Sorry. Impossible.

You were really using a .429 UltraBeltedShortMag pushing a 500gr bullet over 77gr Varget at 3000fpsMV.

No way could a PISTOL caliber do that.

If you find a pistol that can & doesn't have a diesel motor & tracks..........I WANT ONE !

kimwcook · Post by **kimwcook** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 7:21 pm

Griff wrote:Nice buck. Congrats!

I agree.

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