A normal 45 Colt case is on the left, a normal 44-40 is on the right. You can see how the 'bullet area' on the 44-40 case in the middle of this photo has been pretty blown out to 45 chamber size.
Colt saa 44 40 serial#
Of course, the five pieces of brass were pretty well trashed. LSB: 210622BD03, 210622BD04 Make: Colt / Winchester Model: Single Action Army / 1894 Carbine Serial Number: 872WC / 872WC Year of Manufacture: 1984 Caliber. There was nothing particularly dangerous about doing what I did, the pressure achieved by the 44-40 round in the 45 Colt chamber and barrel would not have been as high as a normal 45 Colt load because of gas escaping around the bullet. Of course none of those guys had any first hand knowledge. 38 Special, 357 Magnum or 45 Colt a total of 36 variations. I was lucky my gun had not blown up or worse. Colt currently offers the Single Action Army in one of two finishes: either an all-nickel or blued with color case-hardened frame in the traditional three barrel lengths: 4', 5' and 7' and six chamberings: 32-20, 38-40, 44-40.
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When I mentioned this on another gun board a few years ago I got all kinds of comments telling me what an incredibly dangerous thing I had done. I do not know if the bullet had a good spin, I do not know if they would have key holed. At the end of a match, I fired five 44-40 rounds out of one of my 45 Colt revolvers at a standard CAS pistol target at normal CAS pistol distance. When one considers the millions of Smith & Wesson K-frame revolvers and 1911 pistols made, the numbers for the SAA are small.
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Very early SAAs feature the cone-style firing pin the tapered type was a redesign introduced in the 2nd Generation. The common wisdom is that if you fire a 44-40 in a 45 Colt revolver, the bullet will rattle down the bore and not hit anything. The 2nd Generation guns are chambered to.