Thread: It's 1925- You decide to order a .44 Hand Ejector from S&W. What caliber to get?
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Old 10-08-2018, 06:49 PM
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A post above says the Henry rifle took the .44-40 ctg. Not so. It used the .44 Henry rimfire, as did the Winchester M-66. The .44-40 dates from the 1873 Winchester.

Lever rifles probably did dominate in the 1920's, but Sedgeley, Griffin & Howe, etc. were making sporting rifles from Springfield and Enfield rifles and some Mausers. Savage made the Model 20 bolt action, some of which accompanied Dr. Roy C. Andrews on his famed Asiatic expeditions. He also used Mannlicher-Schoenauer rifles.
I still don't own a bolt rifle.

Of course the Winchester(Miroku made)1886 in .45-70 is a trifle more powerfull than the .44 WCF.
And my 1892 Rossi rifle is in .44 Mag.
Only the Uberti 1873 carbine is in .44 WCF. And I got the Uberti SAA in .44-40 to go with.

PS. Can't afford originals. And also can't afford any gun I would be afraid to shoot for fear of devaluation.
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