Valmet
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Posing a question to the collective about Underwood and Buffalo Bore .44 Spl ammo- I have a 24-3 and I want to be sure Underwood and BB ammo is fine to put thru it? Any input is appreciated, thanks in advance
Underwood and Buffalo Bore 44 Spl ammo
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sousana
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I've got a 24-3 3" blued and use BB 44sp .44 Special Ammo - 180 gr. J.H.P. (1,150 fps/M.E. 543 ft.lbs. with no issues, admittedly, I've only shot this thing maybe 350 rounds total.
I run Underwood 44 Spl through this all the time. No worries.
Great stuff and what- half the price of BB?
Great stuff and what- half the price of BB?
jaguargolf
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I use the Underwood hard cast .44 Sp in my 329. No problems with gun. Accuracy and consistency are good. Doesn't seem too hot, maybe a little hotter than .44 SP Blazer GD's. I haven't taken any game with it yet. I've used .44 Sp BB. Seems a little hotter than Underwood. I don't have, nor have I used hundreds of rounds of BB.
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A M24 or M624 or a pre M24 should be good to go with any loads sold commercially by BB or Underwood. These are the same guns with the same specs used by EMK and SS in the 50s before the .44 Magnum. Standard heavy loads from that time were in the 1,200fps range and led to the advent of the .44 Magnum. This is all just IMHO-YMMV.............
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As long as it isn't rated "+P+" or the page includes some form of warning against using it in an ordinary .44 Special Revolver, it's safe.
While Underwood and Buffalo Bore specialize in hot loads, they're extremely specific when it comes to advising customers on whether or not their loads are safe to shoot and out of what guns, they need to be, otherwise they could get sued. The only thing that Buffalo Bore does that is misleading is that they sometimes make unofficial use of the "+P" designation by applying it to overpressure variants of cartridges which lack an official +P designation by SAAMI such as their so-called ".380 ACP +P" and ".45 Long Colt +P" loads when neither cartridge has an official +P loading, and what's more, their so-called "+P" loads exceed the 10% pressure increase of official SAAMI Spec +P loads significantly.
So yeah, as long as the .44 Special loads you're looking at aren't labeled as some form of overpressure variant, or otherwise include a warning that they can only be fired from specific guns and are dangerous in anything else, then you're safe.
While Underwood and Buffalo Bore specialize in hot loads, they're extremely specific when it comes to advising customers on whether or not their loads are safe to shoot and out of what guns, they need to be, otherwise they could get sued. The only thing that Buffalo Bore does that is misleading is that they sometimes make unofficial use of the "+P" designation by applying it to overpressure variants of cartridges which lack an official +P designation by SAAMI such as their so-called ".380 ACP +P" and ".45 Long Colt +P" loads when neither cartridge has an official +P loading, and what's more, their so-called "+P" loads exceed the 10% pressure increase of official SAAMI Spec +P loads significantly.
So yeah, as long as the .44 Special loads you're looking at aren't labeled as some form of overpressure variant, or otherwise include a warning that they can only be fired from specific guns and are dangerous in anything else, then you're safe.
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Thank you for the information gentlemen. I figured the gun was GTG with that ammo but wasn’t 100% sure.
