Anyone know of a stash anywhere? I literally checked every cgn sponsor site and no one has 44-40. I know ammo is a little light at most stores. But I didn't think a entire caliber would be missing from the entire country. Anyone know who has some ?
Where the hell is all of the 44-40 ammo?????
- Thread starter Chago
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- Location
- Steel Town and The Peg
Time to start reloading... It's actually not a difficult calibre to reload for. Did you check with Prophet River?
- Location
- Lloydminster, Alberta
It can be a difficult cartridge to reload with the many variables concerning bullet size and dies that won't work.Along with primers ,powders and 3 different action strengths.Weak collapsible brass if everything isn't aligned correctly etc.Once you have the bugs ironed out you are good to go.RE#7 was the best powder for my original 92 with 220gr Jet GC or 200gr Gold Dots.
The Winchester 44-40 hunting load 200 gr SP is advertised @ 1190 fps with 630 pounds of energy.
Real world numbers over the Oehler is 1298 fps for 10 bullets average bringing the muzzle energy at 750 lbs. It's a good deer hunting rifle, my boy took a nice 190 pounders with it.
Real world numbers over the Oehler is 1298 fps for 10 bullets average bringing the muzzle energy at 750 lbs. It's a good deer hunting rifle, my boy took a nice 190 pounders with it.
I’d say it’s a bit more finicky but not a big step up in difficulty compared to 45 Colt. Rims are thinner so they tend to dent more. I use a roll punch to gently bend out dents before I resize. Other than that my advice is to go slow and you’ll be fine. I still load 44-40 on a single stage since I haven’t set it up yet on my progressive. It’s my zen pistol cartridge - the one I like to load just for loading’s sake and not when I’m just trying to crank out ammo. One really nice thing I like about 44-40 is that the thinner necks seal better than 45 Colt so you get less carbon back in the action.
Not hard to load once you figure out your groove,dies and brass sizes.Rem is the thickest......Win and Starline are thinner so you can use larger diameter bullets depending on the groove size.Cowboy dies save a lot of headache reloading cast.Jet bullets makes a lovely 220gr GC.RE#7 is a great powder.
Johnn Peterson
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Chemainus B.C.
Years ago I acquired an old 1894 Marlin in 44-40 from the estate of a family member.
A short while later I picked up a set of dies, some components and started cranking out some handloads. From a friend close by, that's into casting in a big way, I get some 200gr hard cast FRNPB bullets. Lucked out at a gun show two years ago and picked up two boxes of 20 of old C.I.L. 200gr factory loads
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A short while later I picked up a set of dies, some components and started cranking out some handloads. From a friend close by, that's into casting in a big way, I get some 200gr hard cast FRNPB bullets. Lucked out at a gun show two years ago and picked up two boxes of 20 of old C.I.L. 200gr factory loads.
