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by joe817
Thu Aug 06, 2009 10:15 am
Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
Topic: An odd caliber for some of you.
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Re: An odd caliber for some of you.

Hmmm....a good one. If memory serves me correctly, it was introduced in the 1870's or 1880's. It was commonly used to convert the Colt 1860 percussion revolver to a cartridge gun. It didn't see a very long life, as the .45 long colt cartridge came shortly afterwards. It cannot fit any .44 special gun...or .44 Russian, .44 S&W or any variant.

I never owned a pistol using that caliber. The closest thing I had was a Remington 1873 44-40 single action. I would have loved to have had one of those conversion Colt's. They'd be worth a mint today.

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