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The .44 Henry, also known as the .44 Henry Flat, the .44 Rimfire, the .44 Long Rimfire, and the 11x23mmRF (11x23mm Rimmed) in Europe, [2] is a rimfire rifle and handgun cartridge featuring a .875 in (22.2 mm)-long brass or copper case.
Below is a list of rimfire cartridges (RF), ordered by caliber, small to large. Rimfire ammunition is a type of metallic cartridge whose primer is located within a hollow circumferential rim protruding from the base of its casing. The most common rimfire cartridges are chambered for .17 caliber and .22 caliber. The bullet diameter for .17 ...
The Colt Model 1871–72 Open Top is a metallic cartridge rear-loading.44-caliber revolver introduced in 1872 by the Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company. This handgun was developed following two patents, the first one in 1871 and the second one in 1872, it is estimated that the production span lies primarily between February 1872 and ...
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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.
The .44 Remington Centerfire and .44 Special or .44 Remington Magnum are not the same cartridge. Case dimensions for the .44 Remington are: 0.480" rim diameter, 0.448" base diameter, 1.065" length. [5] The cartridge contained a 0.447" diameter heeled bullet over 32 grains of black powder. [6]
The .44 Smith & Wesson Special, also commonly known as .44 S&W Special, .44 Special, .44 Spl, .44 Spc, or 10.9×29mmR, is a smokeless powder center fire metallic revolver cartridge developed by Smith & Wesson in 1907 as the standard chambering for their New Century revolver, introduced in 1908.
The unrelated Henry Repeating Arms produces a modernized replica of the Henry Model 1860 rifle with brass receiver and American walnut stock, but a modern steel barrel and internal components. [14] Uberti produces an almost exact copy Henry Model 1860 chambered in .44-40 Winchester or .45 Colt, rather than the original .44 Henry rimfire.