Huey
Following Jim's post, I've been working with my 44-40s...
Monday, November 05, 2018, 12:37

This morning I had out my Colt New Frontier 44. I'd posted about adding a 44-40 cylinder to my exiting 44 Special. It was a breeze, so today was bench testing.

I easily reached 1200 fps with the 220 grain GT Hollow Point. Bullets mushroom to nearly nickel size down to under 900 fps. So, for me this is a valid hunting gun. Groups averaged just about 1.1". Much better than my best with the 44 Special cylinder. Maybe this is due to the .431" throats of the 44-40 vs. .434" for the 44 Special. Then again, maybe not. An added bonus is both cylinders shoot to the same POI.