Moment of weakness from my gun buying sabbatical. Ruger 44 Magnum

[rci2950]

Edit: Looks like from the serial number it was made in 1982.

I bought this on Sunday. The price was too good to pass. $250 cash, personal sale. It spent the last 15 years in a crappy zipper gun case and has some slight rust pitting on either side of the barrel near the muzzle only. This will be easily rectified. Bore is perfect and function is perfect. Rifle has seen very little use. Most of its existence was closet time.








Here is the only flaw, either side of the barrel. This is just on the outside.





It came with this nice leather sling. Its in good shape. I am going to keep it on there.



The case was all falling apart so i left it with the original owner to put in the bin.

[alismith]

Great score! Those are getting a little hard to find around here. I would love to have one of them.

How hard is it to find .44 Mag ammo up there?

[rci2950]

How hard is it to find .44 Mag ammo up there?

Not hard at all. Seems to be in all the more established shops. Couple of the gunshops within driving range of here offer custom made hand loads as well. Would be the best way to get started on this one i think. I have bought them before for 32 Winchester Special and 7.5 Swiss. They are high quality, made with new brass with your choice of bullet.

[rci2950]

I am curious to the material the barrel is made out of. The bluing looks more like some form of anodizing. I may just attempt a quick fix by touching it up the pitting with a sharpie. Until i figure out how to properly get that refinished.

[Justin]

That's a really nice looking rifle you scored buddy. Are you going to put a scope on it? How much ammo does it hold in the mag?

[l921428x]

Been a while since I have had one in my hands but IIRC it was 4+1. I love the Ruger Carbines.
Now he needs a Ruger .44 revolver. 250 sounds like a decent deal, was it surface rust and or with pits?

[ltorlo64]

Congratulations! Looks like a 10-22 except in .44 Mag, is that about right?

[rci2950]

That's a really nice looking rifle you scored buddy. Are you going to put a scope on it? How much ammo does it hold in the mag?

I was thinking of doing that. It would look pretty sharp. It is factory drilled for a scope mount so it would be no problem. Mag holds 4 + 1. That is perfect for me. It is a rifle i will be using in the woods so any more then that and mr game warden gets concerned when he see it.

Been a while since I have had one in my hands but IIRC it was 4+1. I love the Ruger Carbines.
Now he needs a Ruger .44 revolver. 250 sounds like a decent deal, was it surface rust and or with pits?

It doesn't even really look like pits just like the barrel coating came off in spots. The coating is almost like a plastic paint. Its not bluing. I am going to email Ruger and ask what it is,

Congratulations! Looks like a 10-22 except in .44 Mag, is that about right?

Yes almost exactly. Except it has a tube mag and a rotating bolt. It would be really nice if this rifle could be fed while shooting like with a shotgun. The way the magazine is set up looks like you can.


I notice that the sling swivels are aftermarket. The place the guy decided to add the one on the for end of the stock is dumb. It prevents the barrel band from being removed. I had to unscrew the swivel to get this thing apart. I gave the trigger mechanism a really good cleaning with "Remington Action Cleaner" and it is now sitting with a heavy coat of Rem oil on it. I will give it a wipe down before putting it back to gather. The trigger gear looks like it has seen very light use. The face of the hammer has little to no wear on the spot that hits the aft end of the firing pin. It is barely broken through the bluing. Today i will work on cleaning the bolt and mag assembly. Overall looks like a new rifle internally.

[Helen Keller]

$250 cash

that's $188 US Dollars...


Geeez, you can't even touch these used around here for under $600. Cant hunt with them but they've always commanded a steep amount.

[alismith]

that's $188 US Dollars...


Geeez, you can't even touch these used around here for under $600. Cant hunt with them but they've always commanded a steep amount.

You can't hunt deer with them where you live? In MD, you can hunt deer with a .357 Mag. carbine on up, and with handguns from .357 Mag on up as long as the barrel is 6 inches or longer.

[Helen Keller]

No semi's for hunting, Except a small period you can use a semi shotgun but 3rd total limit ( turkey/birds )



the other model that's lever operated is pretty popular since you can use that but they're usually $100-200 more.

[alismith]

No semi's for hunting, Except a small period you can use a semi shotgun but 3rd total limit ( turkey/birds )



the other model that's lever operated is pretty popular since you can use that but they're usually $100-200 more.

Ahhh. Okay. Makes sense now. (Not the law, but your reason for saying what you said.)

[rci2950]

No semi's for hunting, Except a small period you can use a semi shotgun but 3rd total limit ( turkey/birds )



the other model that's lever operated is pretty popular since you can use that but they're usually $100-200 more.

That sucks. Semi is allowed here for hunting but limited to 5 shots. Calibre for hunting has to be over .23 in diameter for deer. Coyote is anything you want. Birds can't be with a single projectile. Thats all it stipulates.

[davepool]

That'll put the hurt on those porky pines