Thread: Question about Revolvers Chambered for .44 Special
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Old 07-11-2018, 06:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Pondoro View Post
Yep, unless you downsize the frame and cylinder I see no advantage to a 44 special. Some will complain that shooting 44 SPL in a 44 mag makes it hard to load a 44 mag later. True, unless you clean it. But cleaning will never make a 44 spl revolver accept a 44 mag! So in my book the mag is better.

Now a 44 SPL with a correctly downsized frame might be neat, but I have no experience with one.

Uh, a .44 special still a.44.

You can’t downsize the frame or cylinder, correctly or otherwise. A model 24 cylinder is already shorter than a magnum. That plus the tapered barrel make it lighter than a standard M-29 (excluding Mountain variants, scandium, etc.)

Why are there still .38s built on the same frame as .357s?
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