EXCELLENT POINT!!
I just checked:
Lee manual
OAL 44 spcl: 1.615
OAL 44 mag: 1.610
...no, I did not transpose the dimensions, the special is longer than the mag.
Hornady manual:
44 spcl: 1.500
44 mag: 1.610 only .11 longer.
Speer manual:
44 spcl: 1.615
44 mag: 1.610, again, the special is longer than the mag!
There you have it.
I'm not a gunsmith...but logic tells me the difference between calibers in a 44mag/spcl is the thickness of stressed parts and the ability to absorb higher pressures for the mag guns.
BE CAREFUL
Last edited by dcxplant; 07-16-2011 at 12:27 PM.
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