It's his fault I didn't try the 44 sooner

by Dave B , Alamogordo New Mexico, Sunday, August 02, 2015, 13:29 (3341 days ago) @ brionic

I wonder what his opinion of the 44 would have been had some of the bullet designs and load data we have now been available back in the 80's? In a Ruger Redhawk or Freedom Arms, the 44 Magnum is certainly no slouch, in my very un-scientific testing the 44 Magnum with 315 grain bullets penetrated wet newsprint and dry magazines almost as far as my 454 Casull loaded with 335gr bullets, the 454 went around 2" more, the 44 and my 45 Colt with the 335s both made the same distance. I have some 5 or 6 45 calibers including the 45 ACP and 454, plus 2 .458 rifles, so I was obviously heavily influenced by Mr. Seyfried, Mr. Taffin, and the articles about Mr. Linebaugh and Mr. Bowen. I own one 44 Magnum a Super Blackhawk Bisley (replaced my Super Blackhawk, RIP), and it gets shot a lot, I would like to have one more 44, a Redhawk with a 6" barrel, would settle for a 7 1/2" and see about getting it trimmed.