[madcratebuilder]

The use of the terms "Army" for the .44 and "Navy" for the .38 goes back at least as far as Colt. The army wanted a larger caliber because of the need to shoot horses, a need the Navy generally didn't have, sea horses being much smaller. Today, of course, the idea of shooting horses is unacceptable, and even movies proclaim that no animals were injured. But in a less humane, or less squeamish, time, the horse was a bigger target and killing or wounding the horse put the rider down, plus a wounded horse disrupted a cavalry charge worse than a wounded rider.

Step away from the coffee pot Jim.