Talk:.44 Special

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Anyone know why there's a link to the 10mm page in the See Also section? --Rtkwe --166.82.9.44 (talk) 04:11, 14 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Because the 44 Special is mentioned in that article as being in the 10mm caliber range? 86.166.66.41 (talk) 14:44, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

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 * http://72.14.205.104/search?q=cache:WIc3e01BG9gJ:www.gunsandammomag.com/ammunition/fabulous_44_mag/+%2244+magnum%22+%22.44+special%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=4&gl=us
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Footnote #3
The article says that the .44 Special cartridge was introduced with smokeless powder ammo that duplicated the performance of the old .44 S&W Russian, but that greater performance was possible.

I can't find a source, but I have read that some of the earliest types of smokeless powder were very low density, and filled the entire .44 Special case to get the same performance as the shorter Russian got with 23.0gr of FFFg blackpowder. The third paragraph under "Development History" says as much.

If they'd waited six more years, Hercules "Bullseye" smokeless powder, which became commercially available in 1913, would have been appropriate. The factories adopted it as soon as it appeared, and 4.5gr Bullseye was used in the factory 246gr ammo as the standard .44 Special load for generations.

...also, that claimed 755 ft/sec is from 6 1/2" S&W N-frame revolvers. From the more common 4" barrels, 650-ish feet per second, more or less, is the expected velocity with that ammo. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:400:8000:A140:D102:EE99:2F52:5C47 (talk) 09:08, 23 January 2020 (UTC)

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can an older 44 mag marlin shoot 44 special effectively with out any problems — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1700:6A30:9040:3105:436F:9BA5:C58E (talk) 14:50, 19 May 2020 (UTC)