Fun question..454 Casull or .44 mag?

[alfsauve]

Uh, guys,

The .44spl and .44mag number are actually ~.429" not actually .44".     The .45 and the .454Casull are the ~.451"

[fightingquaker13]

Uh, guys,

The .44spl and .44mag number are actually ~.429" not actually .44".     The .45 and the .454Casull are the ~.451"

Could you elaborate a bit Alf? (this is why I love this board, someone will know the answer). My experience with .44 mag is limited to a model 94 carbine. I sold it. Now I am looking for a hand gun/carbine combo. Can I shoot .45 Colt from a .454 Casull and .44 special from a .44 mag (revolver and lever for both). If not, please tell me.
Thanks
FQ13

[sledgemeister]

General rule. .45 Colt will work .454. Whereas .44 special will work in .44 mag. At least I think I'm right. If not, please correct me.
FQ13

Correct,
S&W 460 will also chamber .454 casull and .45 long.
Get one of them in a 4" barell and see how ya go LOL

Could you elaborate a bit Alf? (this is why I love this board, someone will know the answer). My experience with .44 mag is limited to a model 94 carbine. I sold it. Now I am looking for a hand gun/carbine combo. Can I shoot .45 Colt from a .454 Casull and .44 special from a .44 mag (revolver and lever for both). If not, please tell me.
Thanks
FQ13

You are correct.
I have a 44 in a 92 Lever and a Redhawk Revolver and can use both 44 rem mag and 44 Special in both.
The only thing to be aware of is some specific magnum reloads for rifle can exceed specs for a revolver. Any revolver load will work through both no probs.

[alfsauve]

Could you elaborate a bit Alf?

I hate to break it to you FQ, but a .38 Special............it's really only .357"   

You're more likely to run into hogs than bears where you are.   And I can tell you from experience trompin' around the upper Peace River basin, that hogs don't seem to mind .22lr  and Palmetto Palms don't make good climbing trees.

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I have a scar on my leg( that I've posted a pic of) to show that even a 30.06 is not enough to drop a chargeing hog...

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[MikeBjerum]

Based on your question FQ I would go with the .454.

I am a .500 magnum guy.  I have a six inch Performance Center with optics.  It will drop a white tail at two hundred yards, and I have seen it used on Brown on the islands of Alaska (can't remember the show, but it was Tom Kelly from S&W).  I have even talked to Tom Kelly about optics choices for mine.  I want to use it on a black bear hunt some day provided I can do it in the States.

Down side of the .500 is that I can down load rounds, but I can't purchase lower power like using .45lc in a .454.

[billt]

Down side of the .500 is that I can down load rounds, but I can't purchase lower power like using .45lc in a .454.

http://www.ammo-one.com/500SmithWessomSpecial.html

Cor-Bon markets a .500 S&W Special load. Expensive as hell much like everything else associated with that round, but it's out there.  Bill T.

[ellis4538]

Your right...got mixed up a bit.  I'd still go with the 454 Casull and probably some heavy Buffalo Bore (?) thumpers for bears and Cowboy loads for fun.

Richard

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Could you elaborate a bit Alf? (this is why I love this board, someone will know the answer). My experience with .44 mag is limited to a model 94 carbine. I sold it. Now I am looking for a hand gun/carbine combo. Can I shoot .45 Colt from a .454 Casull and .44 special from a .44 mag (revolver and lever for both). If not, please tell me.
Thanks
FQ13

Technally that is correct. However a 44 mag can be fired in a 45 colt revolver. Don't ask how I know. The brass bulged slightly and I heard the bullet ratteling down the 45 barrel. I no  longer shoot both calibers at the same time. It is to easy to get the wrong bullet in the wrong gun. There was no damage done to the 45 (S&W).

[Hazcat]

Could you elaborate a bit Alf? (this is why I love this board, someone will know the answer). My experience with .44 mag is limited to a model 94 carbine. I sold it. Now I am looking for a hand gun/carbine combo. Can I shoot .45 Colt from a .454 Casull and .44 special from a .44 mag (revolver and lever for both). If not, please tell me.
Thanks
FQ13

Absotively.  I have (as y'all know) a Redhawk in .45 and a Rossi (PUMA) in .454.  The Redhawk will only shoot the .45but the Rossi will handle either the .454 or the .45.  The Ruger Alaskan .454 will also shoot both the .454 and the .45