The Mighty Prawn Posted April 4, 2019 Report Share Posted April 4, 2019 My renewal dropped on the mat yesterday, all good and they've upped my hold allowances as requested and left the three vacant slots I have which is all marvellous - weird thing is in the conditions they've conditioned my .44 for deer and AOLQ which I think is a bit unusual - I'm very much not an expert but is there a deer legal .44 round? I thought they didn't meet the power requirements of the deer act? Just to add I have no plan to do so as have .223 and .308 for deer but just curious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted April 4, 2019 Report Share Posted April 4, 2019 Is this through a lever action? I would have thought a full weight .44 magnum load would suffice for deer, but that’s just my opinion and not definitive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casts_by_fly Posted April 4, 2019 Report Share Posted April 4, 2019 The 44 mag should do it in a rifle. The 440 marlin would definitely do it. Probably some others as well. Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mighty Prawn Posted April 4, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2019 Yes indeed, Marlin lever action - I've just never thought of crunching the numbers to see what the power actually is but previously it wasn't conditioned for deer, only AOLQ Might be nice stalking with a little rifle but I'm not so good with the iron sights so would need to be standing next to it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted April 4, 2019 Report Share Posted April 4, 2019 A friend had a triple four Marlin back in the days when we used to shoot handguns on Warcop range; it was devastating on turnips! 😃👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casts_by_fly Posted April 4, 2019 Report Share Posted April 4, 2019 3 hours ago, The Mighty Prawn said: Yes indeed, Marlin lever action - I've just never thought of crunching the numbers to see what the power actually is but previously it wasn't conditioned for deer, only AOLQ Might be nice stalking with a little rifle but I'm not so good with the iron sights so would need to be standing next to it! A lever would be fine, but if you are seriously considering it then look into the single shot options. Great break gun cartridge. Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted April 5, 2019 Report Share Posted April 5, 2019 They don't understand the subtle differences between calibres. They just see bigger bore size = more power. Famous story in our club, almost a legend now, that one of our members who already had a .223 for fox was refused an application to add fox on for his .357 lever action because it was too powerful for fox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mighty Prawn Posted April 5, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2019 19 minutes ago, Vince Green said: They don't understand the subtle differences between calibres. They just see bigger bore size = more power. Famous story in our club, almost a legend now, that one of our members who already had a .223 for fox was refused an application to add fox on for his .357 lever action because it was too powerful for fox Ah the old 'you can kill something too much' defence! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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