Anyone reload .44-40 Win?
inquiring minds want to know. Might be worth your while to answer if you do reload 'em.
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I do. Have an S&W Model 544 - TX commemorative. Not that I have a liking for commemoratives, but a 44 caliber 5" N frame - that I do like. 
Reloading the 44-40 hasn't been too much of the pain I've heard it described as. Haven't crunched any cases yet, pretty sure I'm using .427 LSWC. Although I hear .429 works fine.0 -
Tried one time, crushed several cases. Should try again I have a Colt SAA and an 1873 in that caliber. 0 -
I use Starline brass exclusively. WW and RP has had notoriously thin necks resulting in poor case life. Starline fixed the problem. .427s work fine in my pistol, but I have seen bores as large as .430 in older rifles and pistols, so .429s may work in some. If you have problems with poor groups, I suggest you slug your bore.
As a rule, I always slug bores when shooting antiques. I am amazed at the variations in bore diameters I find from what is supposed to be the standard diameter.
Slugging and using correct diameters bullets will prevent overpressure situations and leading.
On a number of occasions I have ordered custom oversize mold in order to shoot some antiques.0 -
sure, saa & a rossi lever gun. 0 -
My Cousin reloads 44-40 for me. I shoot them from an old Winchester 1892 Rifle.
Not sure what specs he follows, but they shoot nice!0 -
I've loaded a lot of .38-40 but no .44-40. 0 -
I have about 40 WW once fired cases, free to the first reloader to pm a mailing addy to me. 0 -
I tried loading 44-40s for an 1873 Winchester just once. There was no 44-40 brass handy so I annealed and expanded the necks on a few new 38-40 brass. I made up a few black powder rounds and gave them a test. In spite of my annealing, every case split from the lip nearly to the head of the brass. I did a chamber cast and discovered it to be way oversize. No evidence that it had been messed with, just poor Winchester design and quality control .... no surprise there. 0 -
https://youtu.be/MOZpy55U-jY
4 in 1 blanks made us a bunch of money during the gunshop days - we made them by hand bespoke fashion...
Also the great heavy cruiser Olympia moored in Philadelphia - America's big stick / gunboat diplomacy writ large - we used .45-70 US government black powder equiv blanks to set off practice / test fire noise maker flash bang display munitions...
Olympia is armed with a variety of weapons. The primary armament was four 8 in (203 mm)/35 caliber guns in two twin Mark 6 gun turrets, one forward and one aft of the superstructure.
We tailor made non lethal test blanks for all the main batteries.
The same with the deck gun on the German U-boat on the Philly water front..https://youtu.be/yOCDZbEI11sikehttps://youtu.be/aNAQ0-iDn3g+
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They found a home, thanks. 0 -
I am a little late but yes, I handload for this cartridge. Take a look at the 44-40 websiteHe Dog said:inquiring minds want to know. Might be worth your while to answer if you do reload 'em.
https://sites.google.com/view/44winchester/0 -
had a Uberti factory engraved Henry in 44-40...never shot it...did not like the shallow bottleneck case...prefer a straight case like 44 or 45 ...finally sold it to a friend...never found another with that engraved pattern...it was nice 0 -
Picked up a nice Uberti 1873, looked unfired, that didn't last long. Had a few boxes of cowboy loads, weak as all get out and not much of a game getter I am sure. Sent a few Remington factory hunting loads down the tube, now that is another story, pow on both ends.Now the hunt is on for a nice matching revolver, never ends.
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Uberti firearms are absolutely gorgeous. Their quality is unprecedented. They should sell for double what they retail. 0 -
Grabbed it up at an in house auction. 625.00 OTD. Friend with me "said did you just buy that for what I thought you did".Audience was hooked on Glocks and the like, must have been asleep. Same auction, a nickel mint S&W 36 brought 325.00. What can I say two hands, two guns.
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