Well now i disagree. I have just closed a deal on a Smith model 25-5 in the venerable old Colt round ... Yep i really do like the 45 Colt.
So a feller could buy a 29 and a 25-5 of the same year ... Or ... Two super blackhawks in both chambers ... Or ... Two redhawks chambered in the two culprits for doing the dual estimate to determine which is more accurate or easy to load for or to handle when shooting ... I would take the old Colt round any time over the 44 and i have owned and shot both for years. Finally gotten rid of all the 44's and now have only 45 Colts in the house. Not casting stones at the 44's ... Just as with the 357's ... Just not my cup o tea.