Handgun Ammunition

Buffalo Bore Heavy ammunition is loaded with the highest quality components to produce great accuracy and performance. From powder to bullet selection this load is made to be one of the best defense loads available. This ammunition is safe to fire in any steel frame revolver or rifle chambered in 44 Remington Magnum that is in safe working condition. This ammunition is new production, non-corrosive, in boxer primed, reloadable brass cases.

Owner of Buffalo Bore Tim Sundles on Heavy Deer Grenade 44 Magnum +P Ammunition:

Buffalo Bore’s Deer Grenade 44 Mag. +P is a 240gr. Massive, Hollow Nosed, 12 BHN cast bullet with a gas check traveling at the below velocities out of stock, real world, over-the-counter firearms:

• 1935 fps — Marlin 1894 20 inch
• 1897 fps — Marlin 1894 18 inch
• 1871 fps — Marlin 1894 16.5 inch
• 1535 fps — Ruger Redhawk 5.5 inch
• 1466 fps — S&W MT Gun 4 inch
• 1578 fps — Ruger Super Blackhawk 5.5 inch

This load is designed as the world’s premier deer load for 44 mag. The cast bullet is not considered soft, but it is not really a HARD cast bullet either as it only has a BHN (Brinell Hardness Number) of 12 so, it could be termed a medium/hard cast bullet. It performs as follows:

At an impact velocity of 1,100 fps it will mushroom to about 75 Cal. and should push right through any deer with a broadside shot.

At an impact velocity of 1,500 fps it will mushroom and some of the mushroom will fragment off and send bullet particles flying through the deer, but much of the mushroom and shank will remain intact and should push through any deer hit broadside.

At an impact velocity of 1,900 fps the entire mushroom will turn into shrapnel and send bullet particles all throughout the deer. The shank will remain intact, but will re-mushroom and do damage inside the deer and will probably push through any deer hit broadside.

Of course all these results will vary depending on how much bone, if any, you hit, etc. This load was designed specifically to do damage to deer sized game and as such does not penetrate like a hard cast flat nosed bullet. This bullet only penetrates about 30% as deep as a typical flat nosed hard cast bullet, which is perfect penetration for shallow game like deer, and medium sized pigs or black bear. This load is your best bet for immediately anchoring any deer with the 44 mag. cartridge that is not CNS (central nervous system) hit.

This bullet is properly alloyed, lubed and is gas checked; it will NOT lead-foul barrels. This load is designed to be safe in ALL/ANY, all steel firearms that are in normal operating condition. We do not recommend its use in lightweight alloyed revolvers as the bullets may jump the crimp.

Buffalo Bore loads their ammunition up to maximum SAAMI specifications, which delivers devastating performance on a wide range of game. Please note that this ammunition is not intended for older guns. It is made for modern firearms only, as some of the ammunition could damage older and weaker firearms. This ammunition is new production, non-corrosive, in boxer primed, reloadable brass cases.

Owner of Buffalo Bore Tim Sundles on 44 Rem. Mag. Ammunition:

This is an incredibly accurate, full power 44 Mag., lead free load. The long-for-weight all copper bullet uses up the limited powder capacity of the case and keeps us from driving the bullet any faster than we are currently doing. This 44 mag. load will work great and give adequate penetration for hunting big game species up to about 350 lbs. Since the bullet weight is relatively light, this load only generates moderate recoil.

At Buffalo Bore we always use real over-the-counter firearms to develop our published velocities. We believe the long time industry wide duplicitous practice of using extra long laboratory barrels to achieve exaggerated published velocities is unfair to the customer as he/she will never be able to duplicate such laboratory type velocities in the real world, where it matters.

• 1676 fps — Marlin 1894, 18 inch barrel
• 1475 fps — Ruger Super Blackhawk, 5.5 inch barrel
• 1399 fps — S&W MT Gun, 4 inch barrel

Buffalo Bore Low Recoil ammunition is loaded with the highest quality components to produce great accuracy and performance. This load was designed for use in ANY / All 44 magnum firearms including those with alloy frames and cylinders. This ammunition is new production, non-corrosive, in boxer primed, reloadable brass cases.

Owner of Buffalo Bore Tim Sundles on Low Recoil 44 Magnum Ammunition:
This is a general purpose load for those that want to shoot deer sized animals and don’t want the recoil of much heavier bullets/loads.

Below are velocities from my personal guns. At Buffalo Bore we always give real world velocities from real over-the-counter firearms, so that you know exactly what you are getting in the real world, where it matters.

• 1.1225 fps — S&W model 329, 4.0 inch barrel
• 2.1359 fps — Ruger Redhawk, 5.5 inch barrel

Buffalo Bore Heavy ammunition is loaded with the highest quality components to produce great accuracy and performance. From powder to bullet selection this load is made to be one of the best defense loads available. This ammunition is safe to fire in any steel frame revolver or rifle chambered in 44 Remington Magnum that is in safe working condition. This ammunition is new production, non-corrosive, in boxer primed, reloadable brass cases.

Owner of Buffalo Bore Tim Sundles on Heavy 44 Magnum Ammunition:

Item 4B (300gr. JFN) is designed for super deep penetration at revolver speeds, but will mushroom and penetrate less deeply at rifle speeds. At handgun speeds you can expect a solid 3 feet of penetration in muscle and bone and at rifle speeds expect roughly 2 feet of penetration in muscle and bone. At handgun velocities, this bullet will act just like item 4A in living tissue. The greater velocities generated by the longer barrel of the rifle will cause the bullet to mushroom and that large mushroom will make a much bigger diameter hole in tissue, but that frontal area on the mushroomed bullet will cut down the depth of penetration.

You’ll note my below velocities form over-the-counter revolvers and rifles.

• Ruger Super Blackhawk with 6 inch barrel– 1330 fps
• Ruger Redhawk 5.5 inch barrel– 1334 fps
• 1894 Marlin with 18.5 inch barrel– 1770 fps

Item 4B is recommended for all STEEL revolvers and rifles on today’s market. It is NOT suitable for scandium or aluminum alloy revolvers.

Buffalo Bore Heavy ammunition is loaded with the highest quality components to produce great accuracy and performance. From powder to bullet selection this load is made to be one of the best defense loads available. This ammunition is safe to fire in any steel frame revolver or rifle chambered in 44 Remington Magnum that is in safe working condition. This ammunition is new production, non-corrosive, in boxer primed, reloadable brass cases.

Owner of Buffalo Bore Tim Sundles on Heavy 44 Magnum Ammunition:

Item 4A (305gr. Hard Cast gas Checked LFN) is designed for super deep penetration on large game. The big flat nose keeps the bullet penetrating straight and thus deep. You can expect a good three + feet of penetration. The flat nose also does considerably more damage than a round nosed type of bullet as the flat nose cuts and smashes it way through living matter, while round nosed bullets tend to slip and slide through matter, doing much less damage along the bullet’s path and achieving more shallow penetration due to getting sideways while slipping and sliding through matter.

You’ll note my below velocities from over-the-counter revolvers and rifles.

• Ruger Bisley cut down to 6 inches——1328 fps
• Ruger Red Hawk 5.5 inch—————–1331 fps
• Marlin 1894 18.5 inch———————-1779 fps

Item 4A is recommended for all STEEL revolvers and rifles on today’s market. It is not suitable for scandium or aluminum alloy revolvers.