Which 44?? The old 44 blackpowder revolver? The 44mag? The 44 special?
Now with accuracy its the shooter, the revolver barrel length and how the round is loaded that were shooting. Each gun does have its sweet spot when it comes to accuracy if we do our part. Shooting stout rounds is no good if your looking for accuracy. We need to be somewhere between a mild and stout load to find the sweet spot for accuracy. I do try all my handguns at 100yds to see how much kentucky windage is needed to hit accurately at 100yds. My longer barreled 44's are sighted in at 100yds. No matter what the caliber or barrel length is we can make 100yd shots pretty accurately if we practice them often. I had an older colt python in 357mag w/6" barrel that always shot high at 25yds. using my 140gr reloads i aimed it at 100yds on the berm and was pinging small rocks on the berm with every shot. It shot that good, plus my rounds were spot on, a little stout.
At my 60yo age with my diabetic eyes if i can hit a 10" circle at 25yds with a handgun i'm ok and if my groups are tighter its even a better day. Somedays i can make pinpoint shots. As we get older our good accurate days at the range do vary sometimes. I can shoot good and hold my own i just don't boast or brag about it thats not me. With most of us its practice, pract6ice and more practice. My older brother could make one shot to see where the handgun/rifle hit then adjust aiming it and put all the rest of the shots in the black he was that good at any distance. I wish i was as good as he was but i do practice and practice more often.
Sorry just some food for thought,
" The .44 Remington magnum" Elmer Keith's bullet.........First a big thanks to the godfather of handgun hunting, he was the man for sure.
I read bits and pieces here but the 44mag is popular because of Elmer Keith but the Dirty Harry movies with "did i fire five or six do you feel lucky punk?" Clint Eastwood made it even more popular and a gotta have by many shooters even to this day.
Now if were talking about a 44magnum revolver the S&W model 29 is really purdy but i think if your going to shoot more stout loads the ruger redhawk and the ruger super blackhawk will take more abuse with hotter loads. The rugers are like the mack truck of the 44mags while there not the prettiest revolvers when compared to a S&W 29 in nickel the rugers will eat any hotter load and want more too. I won't say how hot and past the max suggested loads i went with my super blackhawk but the people near me left the range that day. I had 12" of flame out the barrel and 8" of flame out both sides of the cylinder. The super blackhawk let everyone know it was the king at that time. I thank god i only loaded a few rounds of those. And i never loaded them again. Back then i was into loading everything hot and now in my old age i'm slowing down and my rounds are too. My point is the ruger can take the abuse with no fear of hurting it even with "Normal" or "Max" magnum loads.
Now the 45 LC or Long Colt;
When they offered the Ruger blackhawk in 45LC they still have loads in the reloading manual that surpass the 44mag ballastics with the 45LC, with ONLY the RUGER revolver. Of course if one could handle such a more powerful round. I do find the 45LC an interesting round and someday i'll probably own one too.
The 41 remington magnum is another one of Elmer Keiths rounds that he worked with too. Its really a great round that never took off. With its 210gr bullet it has more power/ballastics than the 44 mag has with the 210gr bullet too. We hear about nor see about the 41 special too. I'm just getting my feet wet with the 41mags now. I also think the 41 mag lately is starting to catch on too.
A big overlooked difference between the special and the magnum calibers are we can get better ballastics sometimes in using the shorter special cases over the larger longer magnum cases. When i reload the 44 special with the lead cast its faster and more powerful than using the same load in the longer magnum cases(brass). Its the sane with the 38 special and the 357mag too. Now i load all my cast bullets in the special brass. Now if i'm packing a magnum revolver i'm not using the cast bullets, i'm using the hotter magnum loads after all why buy a magnum if were going to shoot/carry special loads.
I know nothing about the 44cal blackpowder revolver but i do own one but never shot it yet. I purchased it because it was on clearance(cheap). The movie Joesy Whales raised my interest in blackpowder revolvers .
