They're both very useful cartridges. The birth of the .44 Magnum is often credited to Elmer Keith. I don't know if that name is familiar to you, but he died about 25 years ago (roughly). He was a gunwriter in the early part of the 20th century, almost up until the time of his death. He was famous for loading .44 Specials very hot and getting some very impressive ballistics with them. He pestered the gun and ammo companies to produce a ".44 Special Magnum". They resisted him for many years, until the mid '50s when S@W agreed to produce the gun and Remington the ammunition. Elmer got one of the first ones and was ecstatic. He wrote a number of books, my favorites are "Sixguns by Keith" and "Hell, I was there". Read them, and you'll learn a lot about two great cartridges.
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