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Post by paul105 on Jan 31, 2020 8:34:41 GMT -5
Doesn't the .44Mag flat-top share the same frame size, cylinder diameter and lockwork as the Old Model Super Blackhawk? Didn't Linebaugh build at least one .475 on one? I find the XR3 grip frame to be the limiting factor. Early Linebaugh .475. Not mine. I did shoot it with full loads and it was a handful. Don't think the grip is XR3. Don't know about orig 44 cyl metallurgy so no insight on OPs question. Paul
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Post by frankenfab on Jan 31, 2020 18:07:59 GMT -5
Thanks for all the replies and great pictures. The intent of my question was never to see how much abuse the gun could take.
I have always tried to avoid the situation in my ammunition stores where I have to segregate ammo. Not only for myself, but for anyone who might inherit my firearms. I don't have any Colt SAs, I won't ever own a trapdoor Springfield. Up to this point, having both a Garand, and a 30-06 bolt action is the only circumstance. But, it's totally worth it again, in this instance.
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Post by jgt on Feb 1, 2020 8:10:04 GMT -5
44 magnums of that time period including the Smith & Wesson were built to shoot the cartridge they were chambered for. Their thinking then still bears fruit today, that people will shoot full magnum rip snortin loads when hunting and such. Most will not shoot them all day every day because the recoil and blast was not something the average person wanted to endure every time they pulled the trigger. Competition shooting at steel targets caused manufacturers to beef up their guns to withstand this steady diet of magnum ammunition. That does not make the early guns any less useful to the average user even today.
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Post by ddixie884 on Feb 5, 2020 11:33:49 GMT -5
They handled the original Remington factory load that Keith said was too much of a good thing. That original Half jacketed Remington was Hot!
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