I’m with bigted for the most part on his assessment, though there’s no obturation if the chambers are that much larger than the grooves. Having the much longer bearing surface has been seen to improve things when the chambers are grossly undersized.
Just increasing the bearing surface seems to improve things regardless. Note the same charge used with merely a ball size increase, along with what’s shown for the .31 Rem:
http://poconoshooting.com/blackpowderballistics.html
As to the Pietta Remington .44 I can say that my 2013 model certainly has a 1:16” twist unlike the older models having the 1:30”.