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The cartridge was originally sold as .44 Winchester. When the Union Metallic Cartridge Co. (UMC) began selling their own version of the cartridge, it adopted the name .44-40 (shorthand for .44 caliber and the standard load at the time of 40-grain (2.6 g) of black powder), as it
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The most well-known is the .44 Magnum which uses a 0.429 to 0.430 inch diameter bullet, depending on jacket or cast. Though less common than the smaller .38 caliber family of cartridges, the caliber is popular with many shooters and the .44 Magnum in particular facilitated the rise of handgun hunting .
List of rifle cartridges, by primer type, ... .30-378 Weatherby Magnum.30-40 Krag.300 Precision Rifle Cartridge ... .44 Magnum.44-40 Winchester.444 Marlin
Since the .44 Magnum was designed from the start as a revolver cartridge, there are no such issues, and SAAMI-compliant ammunition fires from any handguns or rifles chambered for the .44 Magnum. For a handgun cartridge, the bolt thrust is considerable at C.I.P. conform maximum loads and an important factor in weapons design. The greater the ...
Because modern firearms are much stronger than the original black powder era firearms (for example, many guns chambered in .45 Colt are built on the same frame as .41 Magnum and .44 Magnum versions) a combination of modern firearm and specially loaded ammunition can provide performance to rival modern higher pressure cartridges.
The Winchester Model 1873 used blunt-nosed centerfire cartridges as the .44-40 Winchester. Certain modern rifle cartridges using soft pointed plastic tips have been designed to avoid this problem while improving the aerodynamic qualities of the bullet to match those available in bolt-action designs, therefore extending the effective range of ...
The heeled bullets make the cartridge incompatible with .44 Russian, .44 Special, and .44 Magnum, which was made larger in diameter and longer to cover the exposed part of the bullet. Its power resembles the .41 Long Colt, [1].32-20 Winchester, [2] or .44-40 Winchester, [3] and it could be used to hunt small game at short range. [2]