AM>Paul Nixon wrote in a message to Wyatt Dooley:
AM> PN>  From what I've read I don't understand why the .44 Spl
AM> PN> isn't more  popular.  Seems like to me it'd make a lot of
AM> PN> sense.
AM>Try finding .45LC ammo.  Too many must think that old is not good.  My 
arm
AM>reloads are very accurate and in the .44mag power range yet safely within
AM>guidlines for the Ruger.  44spl enjoyed a mild resurgence when Charter 
rms
AM>introduced the five shot Bulldog wheel gun twenty years ago.  Supply and 
dem
AM>seems to depend on marketing not effectiveness.  Take Care and btw,
AM>thanks....:-)
The basic problem with the .45 Colt is that warm loads would really
benefit from a gas-check bullet, and there aren't all that many
gas-check designs in .45 caliber.
For example, Lee offers three .44 molds with a gas-check base, and only
one or two .45 molds, with no gas-check bases.
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