Description
.44 Magnum hunting ammunition built around the rifle—not borrowed from the handgun shelf
Most .44 Magnum ammunition is designed, labeled and marketed around revolvers. A lever-rifle owner is left sorting through plated range bullets and handgun-oriented hollow points to find a load with appropriate tubular-magazine geometry and construction suited to rifle use.
Gold Country makes this 240-grain Rhino load to answer that problem. It combines the traditional .44 Magnum weight with a hand-swaged jacketed flat nose, reinforced construction, a cannelure and new Starline brass in small-batch, made-to-order rifle ammunition.
What the 240-grain Rhino load is built to do
The 240-grain class is the familiar baseline for .44 Magnum. This load is built for general lever-rifle hunting and field use where reliable cartridge geometry, structural integrity and penetration matter more than rapid handgun-style expansion.
- Traditional 240-grain .44 Magnum weight
- Broad exposed-lead flat nose for immediate tissue displacement
- Reinforced jacket designed to retain structure through resistance
- Cannelure and flat-nose geometry for compatible tubular-magazine rifles
- Hand-swaged bullet, small-batch loading and made-to-order availability
Load specifications
- Manufacturer: Gold Country Ammo
- Cartridge: .44 Remington Magnum
- Bullet: Hand-swaged 240-grain Gold Country Rhino
- Bullet diameter: .429 inch
- Profile: Jacketed exposed-lead flat nose
- Base: Flat
- Cannelure: Yes
- Brass: New Starline
- Primary use: Lever-rifle hunting and field ammunition
- Quantity: 20 loaded cartridges
- Production: Made to order; normally ships within seven business days
- Made in: USA
Why choose 240 grains
Choose this load when the familiar .44 Magnum weight, general hunting use and rifle/revolver crossover matter most. Move to 265 grains when additional mass and a balanced penetration emphasis are wanted, or 300 grains when a deliberate heavy-for-caliber load fits the job.
No velocity figure is assigned to this listing without a product-specific published-data basis or GCA chronograph record. Actual accuracy and terminal performance depend on the firearm, velocity and field conditions.
Use only in firearms correctly chambered for .44 Magnum. Confirm cartridge fit, feeding, chambering, magazine or cylinder function and point of impact in the firearm that will be used.
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