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357 Magnum are excellent cartridges but require longer barrel lengths to really perform. With such short barreled revolvers smaller bullets with high pressure cartridges such as the. Such revolvers are more conducive to carry. It is a shorter round so it can be chambered in smaller, lighter revolvers. 44 Special, though less powerful than the. 44 Special Magnum but Remington choose just. Keith had suggested the round be called the. 44 Remington Magnum, based directly off the. Elmer Keith had a huge part in the development of the. 44 Special was realized and loads that were developed by that crowd are still around today and considered ideal. It was not long and the potential of the. 44 Special trading information with one another. 44 Associates begin to really develop and push the. 44 Associates formed around the end of the 1920s and was made up of such legends such as Charles Allan “Skeeter” Skelton and the famed Elmer Keith. It was not a bad cartridge at all but nothing really new, yet.Ī grouped dubbed the The. 44 Russian using the then new smokeless propellant. With similar ballistics and accuracy of the. 44 Special was nothing special at it’s inception. 44 Russian was introduced in 1907 for the Smith and Wesson New Century Revolver. 44 Smith and Wesson Special ballistic test
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