As usual, I failed to express my point plainly. I was not concerned about the weight of the guns themselves, but rather the comparitive performance between the two calibers (.41 Mag & .44 Mag) in short barrels.41's are typically heavier, and therefore shoot hot loads better because of better recoil control. But, if weight of carrying is contemplated and the gun not shot often, then go for the 44. ... felix
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felix
I know that in a longer barrel, with boolits of similar weights the .44 Mag will throw the boolit faster than the .41 Mag will.
However, when using short bbls (2 1/2" to 4 5/8") I am under the impression that the .41 Mag will actually out perform (or at least equal the performance of) the .44 Mag when using boolits of equal weight (220 grns to 265 grains, not the big 300+ grains...I have no data on that weight range).
Would you please give me your thoughts on this?