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The .44 S&W American / 11x23mmR (commonly called the .44 American) is an American rimmed centerfire revolver cartridge. Description
The Orbea Hermanos Modelo 1884 Sistema ONÁ (Basque oná > "good") or "S&W Model 7" revolver was made from 1884 until the 1920s. It is notable for its grip medallion, which is an "OH" interlaced like the Smith & Wesson "S&W". [3] An interesting footnote is that S&W immediately copyrighted all of their other designs in Spain from then on.
The .44 Smith & Wesson Special, also commonly known as .44 S&W Special, .44 Special, .44 Spl, .44 Spc, or 10.9×29mmR, is a smokeless powder center fire metallic revolver cartridge developed by Smith & Wesson in 1907 as the standard chambering for their New Century revolver, introduced in 1908. [3] [better source needed]
Smith & Wesson Model 2 (S&W .38 Single Action) Smith & Wesson.38 S&W: 5 United States: 1876-1911 Smith & Wesson Model 3: Smith & Wesson.44 Russian, .44 S&W American, .38 S&W, .44 Henry, .44-40 Winchester, .45 Schofield, .32 S&W: 6 United States: 1868–1898 Smith & Wesson .38/44: Smith & Wesson.38 Special/44 6 United States: 1930–1941, 1946 ...
In 1869 the company developed a large frame break action single action revolver with an automatic empty case ejector, first produced 1870, in the calibers .44 S&W American and .44 Henry. The design is known as the Smith & Wesson Model 3. The famed American frontiersman and gunslinger Wild Bill Hickok was known
.32 S&W Long.38 S&W.38 Special.38-40 Winchester.41 Short Colt.41 Long Colt.41 Special.44 Remington Centerfire.44 Russian.44 S&W American.44 Special.44-40 Winchester.45 Colt.45 Auto Rim.45 Schofield.454 Casull.455 Webley.475 Linebaugh.500 Linebaugh.500 S&W Special.500 S&W Magnum; 7.62×38mmR; 8mm Gasser; 9mm Japanese revolver; 10.4mm Swiss ...
The Frontier Bulldog, Western Bulldog, or American Bulldog is a 5-shot, .44 S&W American, double action, 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-inch barrel snubnosed revolver made by the Belgian firm J.B. Rongé & Sons of Liège, and primarily sold in the United States, from late 1870s to 1914, through the Sears-Roebuck and Montgomery Ward mail-order catalogs.
The most well-known is the .44 Magnum which uses a 0.429 to 0.430 inch diameter bullet, depending on jacket or cast. Though less common than the smaller .38 caliber family of cartridges, the caliber is popular with many shooters and the .44 Magnum in particular facilitated the rise of handgun hunting .