Talk of the 44-40 Vaquero

ES
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Wednesday, December 11, 2019, 16:21 (2450 days ago)

I remember a couple of days someone was asking about the 44-40 Vaquero for around 900. Here's one for 500-600 bucks. Cabela's on guns international also had a custom one up for 900ish https://www.gunbroker.com/item/848329426

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That looks good. I think all the barrels are .429

WB
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Wednesday, December 11, 2019, 20:14 (2450 days ago) @ ES

so hogging out the throats and using larger bullets are the cure. I can't really believe back in the day they had .427 barrels and .429 barrels for another application. Maybe so.

My .44 Magnum cylinder SBH reamed out to .44-40 has .431 throats. Shooting the "Cowboy" soft lead bullet factory ammo it bumps up and shoots pretty accurately. I've never tried .427 Jacketed ammo. I just load .430" bullets, a .43-40 if you will, and it shoots great.

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there was a big thing about that when the Vaqueros first

gary reeder
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Wednesday, December 11, 2019, 21:50 (2450 days ago) @ WB

came out. They mentioned that the original 44-40 was .427 but the vaqueros would be .429, a more standardizing caliber. I don't know if there were any Vaqueros released in .427 caliber. I remember this due to getting phone calls from old farts shooting original Colt 44-40s that were in .427 and griping that the new ammo would hurt their guns. I referred them to the ammo manufacturer as I wasn't and still am not, an expert on that. The soft lead bullets in .429 caliber shouldn't cause any problems in a .427 bore. But that is guess work on my part.

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