I don't know who has it but I suspect that's what he went home thinking. Going through some range brass today and found about a box of .44mag that had been fired in a .45... I hope he figured it out and didn't pawn it on the way home..
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I don't know who has it but I suspect that's what he went home thinking. Going through some range brass today and found about a box of .44mag that had been fired in a .45... I hope he figured it out and didn't pawn it on the way home..
This is one of the reasons I do not own a 45 Colt or a 41 magnum.
The effect can be as bad as coming home drunk or what you think is home, and crawling into the wrong bed.
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I use to form easy to get casings out of 308 and 30/06, like 243 & 270. Mostly because I was getting 308 & 30/06 for nothing. One deer hunting trip in late 60s, I had a new 742 Rem 30/06.
I only had it a couple months before season. I had sighted it in and burnt up a few boxes of
handloads basically plinking with it. First morning of season I got a shot at a small buck. When I
touched off, the report was a funny hollow sound and smoke was rolling out of action. Gun failed to
extract. When I got out brass I realized I had a stray 270 made from 30/06. From that time on
I never make brass if I can buy it. If I do have to form brass I color case head with a magic marker. Anyone that would shoot up a whole box of the wrong ammo without realizing they were
making a mistake is a fool.
Jim Taylor fired several 44 mags. in his 45 once to prove a point. They don't shoot very well.
shot 6, 44/40 cowboy loads in my 45 long colt once by accident. got lousy groups. went to the internet and asked if anyone else has ever done that, numerous guys had said they also had done it by mistake. a couple said they preferred 44/40 brass blown out to 45 long colt to reload to 45 long colt. cant remember the reason why but they both were compititon shooters. when i did this i looked at the gun and said to my self, ok, whats wrong now? then it came to me and when i unloaded the brass from the gun it confirmed what i already figured out. was glad to find out i wasnt the only dummy to do that.
There is a story of famed Indian fighter Jeff Milton loading .45 Colt ammo in his .44-40 '73 rifle. He allegedly used his knife to remove the side plates to get the rifle running again during the fight.
Me, I arrived at a shoot after driving 3 hours only to realise the .44-40 cylinder was in the Colt's SAA. Only .44 Special ammo packed.
Love the way you put it.Originally Posted by johnson1942
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How does that work? Nominally speaking, squeezing a .452 boolit through a .432 bore, really?
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He didn't say he was shooting .45lc, just using a .45lc cylinder...
True, I read that into it.
"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same......." - Ronald Reagan
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Not a handgun but....
I was visiting a friend & we saw a pigeon fly into his barn.
He sent his boy to get his Winchester 9422 Magnum.
The kid gave it to me saying "it's all set"
I shot the pigeon but missed the second.
It was loaded with 22LRs.
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Russ
Shaddup you! Hey buddy, I'll give you a hunnerd dollar for that shot-out .45.
WWJMBD?
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This has only happened to me once. Colt single actions in both 45 Colt and 44 special. I noticed the ammo sounded "funny". Upon extraction, sure as heck, swelled 44 special cases fired in a 45 Colt cylinder. No damage to gun. For awhile afterwards it was either 44 mag./ special OR 45 Colt range day. I consider myself a very detailed person and it surprised me I would make such a fundamental mistake. And no, there was not a cute female at the range that day.
Anyone ever load a chapstick in their 20ga on a freezing cold morning with mittens on? Doesn't go bang...sort of goes squish.
I doubt it took you a full box to figure that out and I also doubt you've done that again!
I can't think of a case in a straight walled handgun where a smaller bullet would cause more than an accuracy problem. There just wouldn't be tight enough of a seal to build up any real pressure. MAYBE something like a hot .41 mag in some very old 44 could be an issue. The .41 into a .44 is about the only one I can think of where the bores are close enough to maybe be an issue.
My thinking is that if I shoot a 44 sp out of my 45 colt, no rifling marks for the forensics people. Any thoughts?
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I didn't fire any but I discovered that I had 3 .41spls in the cylinder of my S&W 624, a coupla years ago. It wasn't really that noticeable.
LOL, might work.
I was just watching a youtube video where some guys were trying to blow up a single shot .410 shotgun. It handled some 454 Casull pretty well. Just key holed. I figured the 454 would have done some damage to the .410 but it didn't. It just swaged down the bullet and gave them 1700+ fps.. Didn't even stretch the barrel. They shot all kinds of stuff out of it even some 444 Marlin. Nothing fazed it. Same guys then shot 50 BMG in a 12 Ga. Didn't faze to 12 Ga either..
Not very well. I had a .45 Uberti Colt rebarrelled one time. Markings said .45 Colt, so I took it to the range to sight it in, and guess what? The barrel was mis-marked from the factory, and was actually a .44 Mag barrel. Two rounds and I knew something was wrong. Other than kicking like a demented mule, there was no damage. I had it rebarrelled AGAIN, and I'm still shooting it.
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