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Originally Posted by trauma1
I agree that a 45colt in a MODERN frame is vastly superior to both rounds. However, comparing balistics for a 41mag 215-240gr and a 44mag 215-240gr shows a distinct advantage to the 41mag. If you want 265-300gr bullet then the 44mag does have the advantage, bit at the expense of added recoil and muzzle blast. 41mag and 45cLC still win!
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Well, that's not the conclusion I reached with my experiments. If you get a moment, would you please explain what I missed? 215 gr bullets are underweight for optimum efficiency in the 44, and at 240 gr, it's just coming into its power band. I normally shoot 255 gr to 300 gr in 44. My 41 magnum Redhawk absolutely hated any bullet over 220 grains, refusing to group them well, and was the most finicky revolver I've ever tried to load for. I did finally find a good load for it, using AA5744 of all things. I talked to a lot of people about the 41 while I was experimenting, and most of them seemed to agree that the 41 was at it's best in the 170 to 220 grain weight range. Some guys got really good results with 250-265 gr LBT LFN, but I wasn't one of them.