The Best 44 Magnum Ammo – Sep 2023

Winners at a Glance

Image	Product	Detail	Price
	Buffalo Bore Anti Personnel	Best for Self Defense	Price
	Black Hills HP 300gr	Best Defensive Hollow Point	Price
	Hornady XTP	Best Hunting Hollow Point	Price
	Winchester White Box	Best Soft Point	Price

Intro

44 Magnum has earned its place in firearms folklore and the best 44 Magnum Ammo for sale is good for hunting, home defense and just having a whole lot of fun at the range.

Now a 44 Magnum revolver is not the most powerful handgun in the world anymore, not by a long shot. You can find 50 Cal pistols everywhere these days, but the 44 Magnum is often considered the ceiling of real world, usable performance.

Elmer Keith is credited with its discovery after he went looking for a 250 grain bullet that could hit 1200fps for hunting. As with the 357 Magnum loads that he also created, the 44 Mag ammo arose from stuffing the 44 Special far beyond the accepted limit…

Now Elmer Keith encouraged Smith & Wesson to produce a commercially viable version of the 44 Magnum cartridge and a revolver to take the load. Ruger beat them to the punch, but Smith & Wesson is now synonymous with this hunting and personal defense cartridge.

It’s not the easiest stuff to find at the moment either. Many mainstream dealers have basically given up on stocking 44 mag ammo. So if you’re just looking to buy in bulk, now, maybe try these links first to see what’s in stock.

• Lucky Gunner – Maybe the best 44 ammo dealer out there right now.
• Sportsman’s Guide – 44 Remington Magnum ammunition, big choice and bulk deals.
• Guns.com – A growing ammo selection with a variety of suppliers.
• Palmetto State Armory – 44 Mag ammunition offers and daily deals.

But what is the best 44 Magnum ammo for sale? Here are our top picks.

1. Buffalo Bore Anti Personnel

• Price per round: $2.25
• Price per box: $45.99
• Bullet Weight: 305 grain Hard Cast Wadcutter
• Energy: 751 foot pounds
• Velocity: 1325fps

Best for Self Defense

With all the high performance bullet options these days, it’s kind of a surprise that we’re opting for the Buffalo Bore Anti Personnel 44 Magnum rounds.

They don’t expand, they aren’t especially meant to tumble and rip. These simple wide, flat nose bullets are just really big, really strong and this ammo is designed to punch a really big hole in human threats.

Yep, there’s not even a hunting kind of pretense to this hard hitting 44 mag self defense ammo. This is absolutely aimed to disabling people who may want to do you harm and it is a great choice for concealed carry.

It is a full profile hard cast wadcutter simply crushes living tissue and punches a great big hole in whatever is in front of it, leaving a massive muzzle flash behind and a hole about the size of the flat nose.

Deep penetration of around 24 inches in mammalian tissue is more or less assured as the hard shoulder and hard cast flat design don’t deform or attempt to mushroom.

This flat nose, hard cast bullet is as simple as it gets. But when you’re faced with an intruder, or a black bear, that can work.

It’s a big heavy bullet, with very few tricks, and it gets ALL the stopping power as a result.

2. Black Hills 44 Mag 300gr

• Price per round: $1.50
• Price per box: $75.99
• Bullet Weight: 305 grain Jacketed Hollow Point JHP
• Energy: 881 foot pounds
• Velocity: 1150fps

Best Defensive Hollow Point

We’d love to show you the Black Hills Honey Badger FTM 44 Mag ammo, but we’re not actually sure you can buy them anymore.

These Black Hills 44 Mag 300gr hollow points are available in limited numbers, though, and both hunters and home defense guys seem to love them.

Controlled expansion and reliable penetration make this an excellent choice for self defense ammo and medium sized game hunting

3. Hornady XTP Extreme Terminal Performance

• Price per round: $1.28
• Price per box: $26.99
• Type: 44 Magnum 240-grain Jacketed Hollow Point JHP
• Muzzle Energy: 999 foot pounds
• Muzzle Velocity: 1500fps

Best Hunting Hollow Point

The Hornady Custom 44 Magnum ammunition is basically the safe bet and one of the best for self defense ammo, at the right price.

This is a high performance that aims for expansion and a massive wound channel with that 240 grain boxer primed brass cased ammo. It’s a solid concealed carry ammo and will do the job for you at defensive distances.

You could easily hunt with Hornady Custom 44 Magnum ammunition, and people do go big game hunting with these 44 Magnum 240 grain Jacketed Hollow Point bullets.

These days this is a decent price point for 44 Remington Magnum hunting ammo. The Hornady XTP 240 grain Jacketed Hollow Point JHP has the fps and muzzle energy to bring down all North American big game, medium game and intruders.

It’s a higher velocity, lower power round, and there are pros and cons to each approach. But the faster rounds tend to hold the course at longer range and punch through barriers and light body armor. They also make this great ammo for hunting thanks to the expansion.

We’re big fans of high quality Hornady Critical Defense jacketed hollow point in other calibers and so are most law enforcement departments. You’ll find the 9mm and 45 ACP versions on other handgun ammo lists, but this is the best 44 Magnum ammo they’ve got.

4. Winchester White Box

• Price per round: $1.33
• Price per box: $69.99/50
• Type: 44 Magnum 240 grain JSP
• Muzzle Energy: 741 foot pounds
• Muzzle Velocity: 1180fps

Best Soft Point

Winchester White Box 240 grain is ideal for whitetail deer hunting with a powerful handgun. It’s one of the best for self defense, hunting, target shooting, all that stuff.

This boxer primed brass-cased ammo is versatile, too. The soft core and open tip means this handgun ammo is really an evolution of the typical hollow point.

If you’re going handgun hunting for black bear, this is a solid handgun hunting round that will do an effective job for home defense.

There is more effective 44 Remington Magnum hunting ammo.

But this boxer primed brass cased soft point bullet is an excellent choice for defensive duties, whitetail deer hunting, medium sized game and lots of other stuff besides.

It is also cheap enough to use for target practise, which makes it some of the best 44 Mag ammo for sale.

5. Prvi Partizan 300gr SJFP

• Price per round: $1.10
• Price per box: $55.00/50
• Bullet Type: 300-grain Semi Jacketed Soft Point JSP
• Muzzle Energy: 1095 foot pounds
• Muzzle Velocity: 1270fps

Best Semi Jacketed Soft Point

Prvi Partizan is one of our favourite low budget ammo suppliers these days.

Since 1928 the Serbian company has produced custom ammunition for target shooting, law enforcement, home defense and hunting applications.

This 44 mag ammo is a semi Jacketed Soft Point ammo and it is still aimed at target shooting. They are still a hollow point bullet, so you can’t use these for range shooting target practise in most places now.

But these Prvi Partizan rounds are supremely accurate and seasoned shooters like them for target practise and live fire.

This is some of the best 44 mag ammo for targets, but you will also get deep penetration with this semi jacketed soft point JSP bullet and that infamous 44 mag stopping power and terminal performance.

This controlled expansion doesn’t go for maximum penetration, because that’s largely a giant hole in the target. Instead this ammo is designed to tumble and rip and that works for hunting, self defense and more.

6. PMC Bronze Truncated Cone Soft Point

• Price per round: $1.20
• Price per box: $30.00/25 rounds
• Bullet Type: 240-grain Truncated Cone Soft Point TCSP
• Muzzle Energy: 1194 foot pounds
• Muzzle Velocity: 1497fps

A Great Bullet

The 180 grain PMC bronze is relatively cheap ammo that can serve effectively as defensive ammo or for hunting. And that is more common. But this 240 grain Truncated Cone Soft Point is more interesting.

Texas based PMC ammo is about as budget friendly as 44 Rem Mag gets in these troubled times. Partially because it is produced in South Korea to the company’s exacting standards.

So if you’re looking for simple ammo for sale for recreational shooting, then this PMC Bronze ammo is a solid and safe bet.

This truncated cone soft point is designed to mushroom on impact to create the largest possible wound channel. So it is a solid option for big game hunting, dangerous game hunting and defense.

7. HSM Cowboy Action 44 Remington Magnum

• Price per round: $1.20
• Price per box: $60.00/50 rounds
• Bullet Type: 200-grain Round Nose Flat Point RNFP
• Energy: 422 foot pounds
• Velocity: 975fps

A Solid Wadcutter

The HSM Cowboy Action Round Nose Flat Point ammunition is made entirely of hard lead bonded to a brass case, so this 44 Magnum Ammunition works at the range and for recreational shooting.

There’s none of the expansion of a jacketed hollow point, so you can use them at an indoor range and ring steel with a satisfying ping. Its also a hog hunting superstar, and can take deer, or people if you’re that way inclined.

This HSM Cowboy Action is a different kind of 44 Magnum ammunition and we like it, a lot. So consider some of this Cowboy Action 44 Magnum ammo and see how it feels in your gun.

8. Remington UMC

• Price per round: $0.94
• Price per box: $46.99/50 rounds
• Bullet Type: 180-grain JSP
• Energy: 1036 foot pounds
• Velocity: 1610fps

This 44 Remington Magnum 180 grain ammo is another affordable option that is freely available on the open market.

Remington UMC is a soft point bullet that is US made in Arkansas using high quality brass and Kleanbore primers.

There is a range of Remington Ammo, Full Metal Jacket, JHP and JSP in a range of calibers. You can also find Remington Magnum 240 grain ammo for your 44 Magnum revolver. But we’re going for the Remington Magnum 180 grain ammo here, because we have to make choices.

Remington ammo, 9mm ammo, 44 Magnum ammo and more, is another brand with a solid reputation at the right price point.

These soft points are good for target practise, defensive work and hunting medium game.

9. Sellier & Bellot

• Price per round: $1.16
• Price per box: $58.00/50 rounds
• Bullet Type: 240-grain Semi Jacketed Hollow Point
• Energy: 872 foot pounds
• Velocity: 1280fps

Sellier & Bellot is a Czech company that has produced ammunition for the Eastern European armed forces, law enforcement and now global consumers.

You can choose all kinds of ammo, 9mm ammo, 44 Remington Magnum and just about every other caliber.

These semi jacketed soft point JSP aren’t the most powerful in terms of energy and velocity, but the 240 grain SJHP is designed not to overpenetrate. Instead the company focused on wide expansion and a devastating wound cavity with its soft lead core.

With clean propellants, primers and a brass casing that should protect your firearm and run for thousands of rounds without failure, this 240 grain SJHP is clean ammunition that shouldn’t let you down.

10. Fiocchi Defense Dynamics

• Price per round: $1.30
• Price per box: $65.00/50 rounds
• Bullet Type: 240-grain SJHP
• Energy: 943 foot pounds
• Velocity: 1330fps

Fiocchi Defense Dynamics has produced a versatile bullet with a nose cavity designed to fill with soft tissue under immense pressure to then create a massive wound channel.

The flat nose profile is designed to breech barriers and soft clothing without major deflection. It is also designed to be safe for tubular magazines and is a popular 44 Magnum cartridge for lever action rifles.

11. CCI Blazer

• Price per round: $1.25
• Price per box: $62.50/50 rounds
• Bullet Type: 240-grain JHP
• Energy: 767 foot pounds
• Velocity: 1200fps

If you’re willing to let go of the notion of brass cased bullets and embrace these aluminum casings instead, well the CCI Blazer becomes an option.

Why would you? It’s an interesting question honestly, as there are cheaper brass bullets and they’re just a safer bet.

Technically the aluminum casings, which aren’t recommended for reloading, are meant to be the cheaper alternative. But, well, they’re more expensive than brass cased alternatives here. Soooooo, yeah….

You Want a 44 Magnum Lever Action Rifle or Pistol?

You might want to go with the standard Smith & Wesson Model 44 Magnum revolver, but there are more creative ways to enjoy 44 Mag ammo for sale.

The cut down Henry Mare’s Leg is an amazing thing. Steve McQueen carried one in Wanted: Dead or Alive. Now these sawn off Henry lever action rifles are hellafun, and you should have one.

Inevitably the longer barrel on a cut down lever action rifle gives more muzzle velocity, more muzzle energy, deep penetration and stopping power.

Lever action rifles are also readily available in 44 mag,

You can even get Magnum Research Desert Eagle semi autiomatic pistols in this smaller cartridge now.

Other High Quality Handgun Ammo Calibers You Need Now

Now you realize how little of the best 44 Magnum ammo you can actually still buy, it might be time to look at stocking up on other things.

Handgun ammo, rifle ammo, Rimfire ammo, shotgun ammo, we got a little of everything here.

38 Special

Cheap 38 Special ammo is increasingly difficult to find. So if you have a 38 Special revolver then it’s a good idea to get as much 38 Special ammo as you can right now. This handgun ammunition just isn’t that well stocked at the moment, so be aware of that if you like to carry a revolver.

• Firearms Depot – Get 38 Special ammo, 9mm ammo, 10mm ammo and more. Free shipping on large orders over $275.

9mm Ammo

9mm Luger has become the self defense round of choice and is far and away the most popular handgun ammunition on the market.

We shouldn’t run dry any time soon, but the best 9mm ammo is a different matter and you should read the full review we produced here.

10mm Ammo

When 9mm failed the FBI, it decided on new ammo, 10mm ammo, to take the helm. It was too strong, but this round is now a favorite for bear defense, hunting and extreme protection.

40 S&W Ammo

This 40 S&W ammo was standard issue police handgun ammunition for a long time, but 40 S&W ammo is increasingly disappearing from circulation. Soon 40 S&W ammo could be a museum piece. So buy what’s left of this old world handgun ammo while you still can.

• Firearms Depot – 40 S&W Ammo in stock, a wide selection here and great customer service.

45 ACP Ammo

230gr hollow points used to be the biggest you could get for self defense in a semi auto pistol, although there are bigger options now. 45 ACP ammo is still the most powerful mainstream handgun bullet for a concealed carry pistol unless you want to go with a revolver loaded with 44 magnum ammo/357 Magnum ammo.

At some point, it’s just too much. 45 ACP ammo is controllable, but it’s close to the ceiling and 44 Mag ammo/357 Magnum ammo is hard to contain.

Also check out 45 Long Colt ammo if you like old revolvers. Again 45 Long Colt ammo is a niche choice these days, so if you see it then buy all the 45 Long Colt ammo you can.

357 Magnum Ammo

It is just one step down from 44 Mag ammunition, but 357 Mag ammunition is still an awful lot to contend with in a concealed carry handgun. That’s why it’s less fashionable these days, but plenty of folks still carry a 357 Mag handgun loaded with 357 Mag ammunition.

Handgun Hunting Rounds and More

You can find S&W 500 Ammo, 50AE ammo, Ruger 460 and lots more. Check out this piece on hunting handguns for more information on the real outlandish hunting ammo/handgun ammo.

Remember that full metal jacket bullets are great for target practise and soft point and hollow points are all good for self defense and hunting. Hard cast flat point bullets work for a handgun hunter, and also for bear defense.

So now we’re done with the pistol ammo, rifle ammo, shotgun ammo, 12 gauge ammo etc is next.

Rifle Ammo for Sale

Rifle ammunition is freely available in most calibers at the moment, apart from the increasingly hard to find 50 BMG, 338 Lapua etc.

But even extreme calibers are available if you know where to look.

Rimfire ammo

Rimfire ammo covers 22 Long Rifle, 22 WMR ammo, 17 HMR ammo etc. But mostly you’ll find .22 Long Rifle ammunition and 22 WMR ammo in the online gun stores.

It’s cheap, plentiful and easy to find. So buy bricks, because you never know when the world will end and this is meant to be the Prepper’s top tip for post Apocalypse survival.

And while it might be least well known rimfire ammo, 17 HMR ammo is a volume seller.

308 Win Mag Ammo

308 Winchester Magnum ammunition is the most popular hunting round in North America for a reason, even with the likes of 6.5 Creedmoor hitting the shelves. It is also a great self defense round and the military designation of 7.62×51 has seen active duty for decades in the hands of the military.

Green Tip Full Metal Jacket is super common, but you can have to hunt round for the best 308 Win Mag ammo, which includes FTM bullets and major league hollow points. 308 Win Mag bulk ammo deals are still out there too.

6.5 Creedmoor Ammo

This started out as target shooting ammo for specialist precision shooters, and has morphed into long range hunting ammo for a new breed of outdoors types. 6.5 Creedmoor ammo is the cutting edge of bullet tech and there are JHP rounds of 6.5 Creedmoor ammo that can produce a killshot on medium sized game at well beyond 800 yards. That’s pretty remarkable.

300 Blackout Ammo

Designed for the Special Forces, this ammo, 300 Blackout ammo, can deliver up to 50% more power at the delivery point than standard 223 Remington ammo.

You can also get subsonic 300BLK ammo to run suppressed in 300 Blackout Pistols.

If you’re looking for other ammo, 300 Win Mag ammo, 224 Valkyrie ammo, 6.5 Grendel ammo and more are all options.

Take the lesson from those calibers, though, and stock up on shotgun ammo, rimfire ammo and handgun ammunition, while you can…

You can also buy ammunition with gift cards, not just your credit card. Look out for free shipping if you’re buying bulk ammo on gift cards or debit…