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Post by wickerbill on Mar 9, 2012 21:07:19 GMT -5
Not to beat a dead horse, but reloading is the only way to go with the 44 spl. It's an incredibly versatile cartridge. My pet load is 260gr Keith with 6.8grs 231. Bill
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Post by oldschool on Mar 10, 2012 6:19:38 GMT -5
Is it just that the round isn't popular in my area (N/E OH) or are the ammo companies just not producing a lot? I can always roll my own, but some day this will go to one of my sons, and I don't want it hanging on the wall as a relic, with no available ammunition to shoot. I found a nice, used, Lipsey .44 Spl Flat Top a couple of years ago and I have really fallen in love with the gun and the round. As everyone else says, the nostalgia does it for me, having grown up on the readings of Skeeter, Keith, Ken Waters, and others. My reloading gear had been packed away for the last 10 years after a move, but this round prompted me to get it all set back up. I've found quite a few "Cowboy" loads for the Special, but the round really comes into its own with handloads, as most Cowboy loads are meandering along about 750fps. My handloaded 250gr SWCs are running 950+ fps and don't recoil appreciably more. I have to say that since I started shooting the Special, my .44 Mag rarely gets shot any more. Incidentally, I've found the .45 Colt to be just as hard to find on the shelves as .44 Spl & definitely more expensive. The last time I found some .45C Cowboy loads at Walmart, they wanted $19 per box of 20!!! No problem...bought some once fired brass off one of the forums and got the Dillon set up to load it, too. Sure is satisfying watching those small groups appear downrange with rounds you've loaded yourself...
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Post by AxeHandle on Mar 10, 2012 9:59:36 GMT -5
Personally I think the 44 Special is a taste that is acquired over a lifetime of shooting.. You won't see mall ninjas foaming at the mouth over the newest 44 Special in the display case. Old gray beards with pot bellies can't keep the drool off the glass.... Kind of goes with wheel weights, lead pots, bullet molds, and lube..
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Post by jcn59 on Mar 12, 2012 20:56:06 GMT -5
I was at a rural Wisconsin gun show last week end and there was a woman trying to sell a S&W .44 S which we thought was a 1950s version rather than the early 80s production. Not sure. The revolver looked "hardly fired". No Box. The most she was offered was $750. so she kept it.
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