44 Auto Mag bolt action carbine - is it possible?

[jmc67]

I was thinking over Christmas about new projects for the new year, and remembered back to a film I saw recently - Sudden Impact, with Clint Eastwood. In there was a 44 Auto Mag pistol, a huge cannon of a thing. Obviously, given the hand gun ban getting one for the UK would not be possible, but it got me wondering - would a 44 Auto Mag bolt action carbine be possible and if so how would you go about it? I have one of the Armalon 45 ACP 'Delisle' carbines which is a joy to use, and I'm guessing a 44 Auto Mag version could have some similarities to that. Does anyone know whether something like this have ever been done and if so how they went about doing it?

[DOGGER2UK]

The 44 automag case is a shortened .308 win case so any 308 bolt face will work . You may have fun with feeding from a mag but even that should be possible

[phaedra1106]

The 44 auto mag is basically a cut down 308 case so building a gun would be a simple matter of getting the reamer, headspace gauges and barrel blank. Any 308 rifle action (or 243 etc) would do the job.

[saddler]

Or try a rimmed version of the round....44 Magnum
Then buy a Ruger 77/44

Jobzaguddun

[jmc67]

Interesting, thanks guys. I had read about 308 cases being cut down and used so thought that a 308 action would work. Sounds like it is a possiblity then. The 44 mag is a possiblity, but I had in my mind, looks-wise, something based on the original 44 auto mag - stainless and wood. And of course I could just go and buy a 44 magnum, where's the fun in that

[saddler]

I guess it'd be fun paying for a chamber reamer for it!

The advantage of the rimless design was easier feeding in a semi-auto....so running it through a bolt action loses that requirement.
Saw an old Ruger 44 Carbine a few years back, which addressed the rimmed case issue by using a rotary magazine. ...and gave spawm to the ginger haired step-child that is the 10/22

Another more modern project could be a .450 Beowulf or the .458 SOCOM

[dodgyrog]

Or try a rimmed version of the round....44 Magnum
Then buy a Ruger 77/44

Jobzaguddun

Nothing near equivalent, Jon!
I shot one once - muzzle flash was a ball of flame over 1 metre in diameter

[Sixshot6]

I guess it'd be fun paying for a chamber reamer for it!

The advantage of the rimless design was easier feeding in a semi-auto....so running it through a bolt action loses that requirement.
Saw an old Ruger 44 Carbine a few years back, which addressed the rimmed case issue by using a rotary magazine. ...and gave spawm to the ginger haired step-child that is the 10/22

Another more modern project could be a .450 Beowulf or the .458 SOCOM

My dad has the 44 mag 96/44 which is a nice rifle, only drawback is there were never any mags above 4 rounds for it.

[ovenpaa]

I guess it'd be fun paying for a chamber reamer for it!

Reamers are easy enough to source and not hugely expensive all things considered, they are even manufactured here in the UK these days.

[jmc67]

Hmm, actually another thought - lever action instead of bolt action. I wonder if one of the stainless Marlins could be modified to 44 Automag?