Ep. 382 | The Ruger Model 44 — Bring it Back!

Vortex Nation Podcast

Optics, Sports, Vortex Nation, Shooting, Vortex Nation Podcast, Wilderness, Binoculars, Rifle, Scope, Hunting, Vortex, Vortex Optics, Riflescope, Gun, Long Range

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🗓️ 3 March 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

The Ruger Model 44 is a fast, handy, lightweight, carbine in 44 Mag. Perfect for brush busting, deer drives and even defensive work, what’s not to like? Nothing from 1961 to 1985. So, what changed? The gang is back together chatting all about this super cool rifle, a few of its cousins, and if it has a place in our modern world.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Vortex Nation podcast, brought to you by lovers of hunting, shooting, public lands, the Second Amendment, and good food.
0:17.7	What is up, everybody, Mark on the mic, Jim to my right. I repeat Jim to my right and my good friend Mr. Ryan Muck and Hearn across from us.
0:25.5	Gentlemen, there's a few things that I truly love. Number one, hanging out with you guys. Number two, hunting deer.
0:33.6	And number three, when I see a rifle and I instantly go, man, I really want to shoot a deer with that thing.
0:41.8	And that thing that we're talking about today is the Ruger Model 44.
0:48.2	I mean, this is a pistol caliber carbine.
0:50.8	OG.
0:51.7	Well, not the OG.
0:52.6	It's not the OG, but it's, I mean, this thing.
0:55.5	It's worth saying OG about, though.
0:57.3	It is.
0:57.9	I thought that's actually what you, I wasn't thinking of the acronym.
1:01.3	I just thought, oh, gee.
1:02.6	This thing.
1:03.4	Oh, H comma, G, E.
1:06.0	Yeah.
1:06.3	Oh, like, oh, G, yeah.
1:08.3	This thing is cool.
1:10.2	This dates back to 1961, gee, yeah. This thing is cool. This dates back to 1961.
1:13.4	1961 to 1985.
1:15.1	They were making these bad boys.
1:16.6	This variant.
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