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Originally Posted by Kurusu
There also was a .44-40 "high velocity" load for "1892 use only" that would make 1800 fps out of a 20 inch barrel carbine.
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So if there was a .44-40 high velocity load for 1892 use only, why couldn't there have been a .44 Special HV load for the 1892? A "pre-magnum" as it were, like the .38-44 HV loads. The kind of load that Keith used in his .44 Specials, that were not up to .44 Magnum pressure.
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Originally Posted by Muley Gil
All of the cartridges that were chambered in the Winchester Model 1892 were bottlenecked-.25-20, .32-20, .38-40 and .44-40.
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And what relevance does that have? Winchester could have chambered the 1892 for straight wall cartridges back then just the same as they do today.
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Originally Posted by Texas Star
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Originally Posted by Kurusu
.44-40 was more powerfull.
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In factory form, yes, and much more popular. |
If the .44-40 was "much more popular" then why didn't S&W chamber more revolvers for it? Seems like they could sell a lot more if they chambered it for a more popular round. Smiths in .44-40 are relatively rare - at least hand ejectors.
I suspect it's all a pissing contest - Winchester didn't want to stamp any caliber on their guns that wasn't "WCF", and S&W didn't want anything that wasn't "S&W Special".
