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The .44 Remington Magnum, also known as .44 Magnum or 10.9x33mmR (as it is known in unofficial metric designation), is a rimmed, large-bore cartridge originally designed for revolvers and quickly adopted for carbines and rifles.
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 .
The Ruger Model 44 is a semi-automatic rifle chambered in .44 Remington Magnum [2] designed and manufactured by American firearm company Sturm, Ruger & Co. It uses a 4-round tubular magazine and was produced from 1961 to 1985.
Elmer Keith's achievements in maximizing the power and performance of the .44 Special was the inspiration and driving force behind the introduction of the .44 Magnum by Smith & Wesson. His intention for the new round was for it to be used in sidearms for hunters of large, dangerous game, rather than for self-defense, though with today's ...
.357 Magnum.44 Magnum.454 Casull: 6 Italy: 1997-2005 Mauser Zig-Zag: Mauser: various 6 German Empire: 1878-1896 MIL Thunder 5: MIL, Inc..410 bore.45 Colt.45-70 Government: 5 United States: 1992-1998 Modèle 1892 revolver: Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne: 8mm French Ordnance: 6 France: 1892-1924 Nagant M1895: Nagant Tula Arms Plant Izhevsk
The Deerfield carbine or Model 99/44 is a .44 Magnum semi-automatic rifle produced by Sturm, Ruger & Co. It uses a rotating-bolt short-stroke gas piston. [ 2 ] It was introduced in 2000 [ 3 ] and discontinued in 2006.
The Astra Model 44 is a large, double-action revolver chambered in .41 Magnum, .44 Magnum, or .45 Long Colt with a six-shot, swing-out cylinder, similar in design and features to the Smith & Wesson Model 29 N-frame revolver. [3] [4] [1] It was manufactured in Spain and imported into the United States by Interarms under catalog number 55000. It ...
The Auto Mag is a modest weight pistol designed to give handgun owners .44 Magnum power in a semi-automatic pistol. The .44 Auto Mag was designed to shoot .429-inch, 240-grain bullets at about the same velocity as the .44 Magnum revolver. [3]