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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
Common rifle cartridges, from the largest .50 BMG to the smallest .22 Long Rifle with a $1 United States dollar bill in the background as a reference point.. This is a table of selected pistol/submachine gun and rifle/machine gun cartridges by common name.
.375 Super Magnum.400 Cor-Bon.40 Super.41 Action Express.41 Remington Magnum.414 Super Magnum.440 Cor-Bon.44 Remington Magnum.445 Super Magnum.45 Super.45 Winchester Magnum.45 Black Powder Magnum.451 Detonics Magnum.454 Casull.460 Smith & Wesson Magnum.475 Linebaugh.475 Wildey Magnum.480 Ruger.50 Action Express.500 Linebaugh.500 Maximum.500 ...
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 .
[24] [25] The limiting factor of the .44 Magnum cartridge is not terminal ballistics. When fired from a 6 in (152 mm) revolver, a typically loaded .44 Magnum 240 gr (16 g) bullet will have more impact energy at 150 yd (137 m) than a 246 gr (15.9 g) .44 Special has at the muzzle, when fired from the same weapon. [26]
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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]
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