Love it!!! Only way to make sure gun rights are not taken away is to keep more people joining the ranks of those who know it's not the tool that kills, but the person using it. I have 3 daughters and 4 boys and all love to shoot. They will help carry on the fight against the gun grabbers. DP
Range Day Today with Daughter & 444P
Our 21 year old daughter went with me to the range today, her second time to ever shoot anything. She started again with the Marlin 783 22 magnum and she's really getting good with that. We were shooting on the 100yard range and she shot the center of the target out. Then she asked if she could try the 444P and I said absolutely. I reminded her that it would kick considerably more than the 1894P she shot last time but she wanted to try it anyway. I also warned her about scope eye and to stay back from the scope.
Well she did just fine, on paper at 100 yards, no 1.00" group but fine just the same. She fired it three times and said it was enough for today but she'll shoot it again next week. Another one hooked on the 444. ;D
Range video of her with the 444P.
She's had experience with the following in two trips to the range.
22 Mag in Model 783
44 Mag in Model 1894P
410 Shotshell in Taurus Judge
444 in Model 444P
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Well she did just fine, on paper at 100 yards, no 1.00" group but fine just the same. She fired it three times and said it was enough for today but she'll shoot it again next week. Another one hooked on the 444. ;D
Range video of her with the 444P.
She's had experience with the following in two trips to the range.
22 Mag in Model 783
44 Mag in Model 1894P
410 Shotshell in Taurus Judge
444 in Model 444P
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The recoil for an 8# unported 444 with a 300 gr bullet at ~2200fs is ~32ftlb recoil energy and ~16f/s recoil velocity...about what a 300 WM shooting 200 gr bullets at 3000fs produces...or a 12ga with 1 1/4 oz "Express" field loads does. With a ported 444, depending on the area of the ports in relation to the bore, the recoil energy is reduced to ~20-25ftlb but about the same recoil velocity...so you could say that half of the recoild energy is being used to keep/push the barrel back down.
An 8# 30-06 has ~16-20ftlbs recoil energy and ~11-14f/s recoil velocity and is about the limit of what the average hunter wants to deal with unless they shoot a lot or have shot larger calibers.
That video is worth more than a MILLION jaw flappings. ;D ;D Very excellent and also cool... 8)
It takes practice and plenty of shooting to learn that the recoil isn't going to kill you and only hurts for a little while...
???
LUCK
An 8# 30-06 has ~16-20ftlbs recoil energy and ~11-14f/s recoil velocity and is about the limit of what the average hunter wants to deal with unless they shoot a lot or have shot larger calibers.
That video is worth more than a MILLION jaw flappings. ;D ;D Very excellent and also cool... 8)
It takes practice and plenty of shooting to learn that the recoil isn't going to kill you and only hurts for a little while...
???LUCK
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Back at the range today shooting the 783 22 magnum.
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