.44 Colt, anyone?

[Aguila Blanca]

I'm looking for a source for either loaded .44 Colt ammunition, or a source for true .44 Colt heeled bullets for reloading. Not what they pass off as .44 Colt today, which use bullets that are .429" to .430" and are basically .44 Special variants. The old, original Richards-Mason Colt cartridge conversions used a .44 Colt cartridge with a heeled bullet that had an outside diameter of .451" to .454".

I have a black powder conversion that's in need of some of this ammo. If anyone can steer me to a source, I'd appreciate it.

 

[Mike Irwin]

Pour your own.

http://oldwestbulletmoulds.com/products/44-colt-210gr-heel-bullet-double-cavity-mould

 

[Aguila Blanca]

Thanks. It may come to that, but I don't currently cast and I would prefer not to start doing so at this point in my life for an odd-ball cartridge I probably won't ever shoot more than a couple of hundred rounds of.

 

[Mike Irwin]

Good luck, then. I couldn't find any indiciation that anyone is selling heeled bullet of any variety...