Colt SAA in 44.40...

[Xfuzz]

I had a Smith that fit a friends empty spot in
his collection.
I had a close dup so I did a straight up trade
for this Colt.
2008 production unfired/boxed.
Quick pic. Has some great case colors.

 

[Chino74]

Beautiful!!

 

[shouldazagged]

Wow. That's a stunner.

 

[Borderboss]

Nice gun. If there's one thing Colt does really well, it's pretty color case hardening. I had an early 1980s era SAA I bought new, blue 5-1/2-inch 44 Spl. The color case hardening was phenomenal.

 

[Bakebfr480]

Very nice!

 

[Texas Star]

Sheriff Pat Garrett used one of those with a 7.5 inch barrel to kill Billy the Kid. Can't be too bad a caliber choice.

Interestingly, when Sir Henry Rider Haggard published "King Solomon's Mines" in 1883, he equipped his characters with Colt SA revolvers "in the heavier caliber", meaning .45 Colt.

He was a veteran of the Second Zulu War of 1879. Maybe he felt the 250 grain .45 bullet would pierce a Zulu shield better and get in deeper if you shot a lion with a handgun.

Are there any good factory loads today in .44-40? In black powder days, I gather that it rivaled the .45 for velocity, but with a shorter bullet, 50 grains lighter.

That's a nice gun. I fired one like it in .45 Colt. It needed a trigger job, but was otherwise a nice gun.

Those things point so well that it's almost hard not to get killing hits on silhouette targets at 15 yards.

The only thing betwen me and a gun like that is money...Congratulations on getting one.

 

[inspcalahan]

Excellent trade!!! I've got a few Smith's that I have no desire to part with but, if one of my friends came along offering up a Colt or three like that one, I'd likely make the deal.

 

[Absalom]

Sheriff Pat Garrett used one of those with a 7.5 inch barrel to kill Billy the Kid. Can't be too bad a caliber choice.
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Are there any good factory loads today in .44-40? In black powder days, I gather that it rivaled the .45 for velocity, but with a shorter bullet, 50 grains lighter.
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It is my understanding that the SA Colt in .44-40 (or .44 W.C.F as it was more commonly known back then) was actually considerably more popular among civilian users in the later 19th century than the .45 military caliber.

The “convenience” of carrying one type of ammo for rifle and handgun is usually exaggerated in the literature; only in Hollywood does every Westerner carry a Colt and a Winchester. But the fact that the .44-40 was indeed chambered in both, and many other brands, (while the .45 never was), did make it likely the most available ammo in the West.

 

[mauser9]

Simply awesome and beautiful. If it were mine I would just sit and look at it 24-7.

 

[OIF2]

A 3rd gen .44 is kinda nice, too.
Bob

 

[Muley Gil]

I have a USFA single action in .44 Special that is a clone to that one (Xfuss's .44-40). I bought a .44-40 cylinder some where over the years and it was a drop in fit.

 

[CptCurl]

I'm so jealous I had to force myself to push the "Like" button.

It's gorgeous! How does it shoot?

Curl

 

[CCantu357]

Beautiful gun. I have a soft spot for .44-40 single actions. I wish it where as popular as the .45 Colt.

 

[The Norseman]

The 44-40

Wow! What Beautiful Colt Art Work.

I think the Caliber 44-40 is really neat,
since I'm parcel to the 44 Spl.

Please give us a Range Report when you
shoot it.

Thanks for the Great Picture.