Thread: Bought a first model DA .44 Russian
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Old 08-04-2018, 11:06 AM
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twaits,

I used to own a cousin to your gun, back when 44 Russian brass was not readily available. I cut down 44 Special cases (Remington if I remember correctly) and loaded a soft 246g RNL bullet over something like 28g of black powder. I chronographed it back then (early 1990s) but can't find the results right now. I'm pretty sure it was 700+ fps.

My gun worked fine except the DA trigger pull was so heavy it made accuracy quite variable. In SA it shot fine. Hope you enjoy those BP loads.

Dave
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