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Offline flintlock

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Re: Single Actions and Calibers
« Reply #30 on: July 22, 2010, 03:55:51 PM »
Yep, you can shoot .44 Specials out of a .44 Mag...

Take a look at any retail store that sells ammo and any online store...You have more selection in a .44 Mag than just about any other caliber...Throw in .44 Special and Cowboy loads and you have plenty to choose from...

I've got a Blackhawk in .357 and a 50th Anniversary in .44 Mag...I love them both...

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Re: Single Actions and Calibers
« Reply #31 on: July 23, 2010, 08:59:31 AM »
Get a 44Spl. carbide die set (works for spl. and mag) and roll your own. It is a very easy caliber to reload and you can make spl. equiv. loads in mag cases and forget about a crud ring, but still be able to load spl. cases if you end up with some.
Your cost per shot will go way down.
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Re: Single Actions and Calibers
« Reply #32 on: July 25, 2010, 09:58:50 AM »
well i love my 454 casulls the best, i have 45 colt, 44 mag, have had 460's (double action) and .475 linebaugh and the casull is very very very easily loaded down to 45LC levels for sub 1000fps loads and is accurate there, can run and do everything a .44 can do in the 1100 to 1400fps areas with 240 to >300grain bullets but can also go wild and i can do everything with mine that i could with a .475 and there's nothing i can't take with it so the bigger calibers don't add much.  if you don't like the recoil of the stout loads then don't shootem, you can load down and get all the greatness of the 45 colt but you can ramp up and shoot up to 400 grain loads.  it can perfectly suitable for plinking and deer to wild enough for end to end on a rhino as lynn thompson did and take an elephant on a frontal brain shot.  what else do ya need?
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Re: Single Actions and Calibers
« Reply #33 on: July 25, 2010, 10:19:07 AM »
Sounds like that, a 12ga, a 22LR, and a 30-06 would 'do it all'.........
Gee, only a four gun armory, what fun would that be?
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