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I finally picked up a bullet mold that directly replicated Winchester's original 44 WCF lead bullet. I have been watching out for an original Winchester mold but they are few and far between. This Bridgeport mold is of the same design as Winchester cira 1882 4th model design but does NOT...

Over the past few years I conducted 83 ten shot tests using the PressureTraceII system. Recently I decided to try and open up a comparison chart using overlays in the Gimp editing software. It is not the best but I think it is certainly good enough for discussions. It took me a while to...

Winchester seems to have gotten off to a slow start when advertising or publishing information on their rifles. It shows that the Winchester Model of 1866 was not really advertised much until Winchester included it in their 1873 catalog....the whole darn thing was about the 1866 and not the...

I finally got lazy and ordered the upgrade kit here: https://www.opennrg.com/product/lee-4-20-furnace-pot-upgrade-kit// However, never being satisfied I added some mold stops to it. The kit comes with the mod plate and guide but I added a couple stops for the Accurate Mold's two cavity mold...

Question, can Polls be edited on this forum? Once a Poll is posted it can not be changed but some forums offer to add additional options after the Poll is published...just wondering. THANKS!

I'm sure I missed a few and hope to be able to add them...we'll see. Nope, unable to add once posted!

CAUTION: The following post (or a page linked to) includes or discusses loading data that may not be covered by currently published sources of tested data for this cartridge (I don't use Quickload Data). USE AT YOUR OWN RISK. Neither the writer, The Firing Line, nor the staff of TFL assumes any...

I know there is great debate over this issue, what's new right? I have been working on mapping out some artifact recovery locations between 1984 and 2004. The following video clip (see link below) is not finished, may never be finished, so I wanted to share what I have so far for the...

This is a 1903 44 W.H.V. "Draw Set". This was Winchester's first year production of this cartridge. The cartridge in this set contained 20.8gr of Sharpshooter powder. Dissected REM-UMC loads of the time-frame also used 20.0gr of Sharpshooter. By 1945, Winchester's cartridge powder samples had...

Some of my powder samples and powder can collections I really enjoy the history of powders and the early development of smokeless powders. Very interesting to follow along the history of how the powders were steadily improved over time. A while back I was able to somewhat dig down into some...

Yesterday I finally accomplished another goal with the 44-40 cartridge. Replicating Doc Pardee's 110 yard 4" Groups Background More than likely you have already seen John Kort's replication from his "My Black Powder Journey". I have been trying to accomplish the same thing for ten years but...

Well it has been a very interesting few days. I finally got a Green Machine after looking for a very long time. Not much information out there about them other than STAY AWAY FROM THEM so I took it as another "You Can't Do That" challenge...especially with the 44-40. I saw bits and pieces that...

Uncknick, Is there much difference, if any, in flat base vs bevel base (not boattail) ballistics between 100-300 yards in the 44 cal range? I would think the overall design of the 44 bullet would diminish performance before the bullet base design would effect performance?

Grab some popcorn folks.... On a side note; "The Winchester bore diameter is .429. All available soft points are about .424. One shooter gets finest results by swaging .424 bullets to .429 for Winchester rifles. Remington and Marlin rifles measure .424, therefore factory bullets are...

Thought I would give it a try and it shoots better than I do!!!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s771FOfv0l8

Before proceeding, make sure you note the difference between loads for the Winchester 73' and stronger action Winchester 92's and Marlins. I never thought in a million years I would even be attempting to shoot at long distances with the 44-40. One reason is that I never had the opportunity...

Thought this might interest a few here. Seem to be quite a few light load squibs, Henry chain fires and some double charges. https://www.sassnet.com/forums/index.php?/topic/283467-blown-guns-during-sass-matches/

44-40 260yrds @ 1,480fps! Rifle -Marlin 1894CB High Pressure loads 240gr SWC I did not reset my scope so I was shooting of approx adjustment. I plan on making a full scope adjustment next trip. First shot was a tad low, second shot hit the upper left side of the target. Sorry it is only 2...

I wanted to go shoot about 100 test cartridges today but with weather creeping in, it just keeps getting worse. Supposed to get 12" to 24" of snow here in NC. I was going to wait until I shot these to share but figured I would go ahead and share what I have done already. Not trying to reinvent...

Winchester 44WCF Box Label Color Codes I tried to gather some basic cartridge box color coding information and dates for those that may have an interest. One would think that there would be a sense of security in not getting the wrong ammo, especially the more powerful High Velocity loads...