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**44 AMP** · January 17, 2025, 10:44 PM

In another of their "shoot yourself in the foot" moments (and Rem had several), they accidently, and I'm sure unintentionally, made sure the .41 Mag would not become a popular police round.

They did this by following their vision for the round, and in doing so failed to understand the police market. Remington considered the round to be a slightly smaller bore .44 magnum, and concentrated on making magnum ammunition more than the LSWC "police" load.

During the years when police agencies were considering and testing the .41 Mag, they had very little of the police load to do it with. Most of the testing was done with the magnum load ammo (because that was all they could get, usually) and, of course, that proved to be too much for police use.

By the time Rem had quantities of the police load on the market, most agencies had done their testing and ruled thumbs down on the .41 Mag for police use. Add to the ammo situation was the fact that, as mentioned, N frame S&Ws were falling out of favor for duty use, because more and more weight was being added to the uniformed officer's load out, and K frames saved a few ounces.

January 17, 2025, 10:44 PM	#21
44 AMP Staff Join Date: March 11, 2006 Location: Upper US Posts: 30,441	In another of their "shoot yourself in the foot" moments (and Rem had several), they accidently, and I'm sure unintentionally, made sure the .41 Mag would not become a popular police round. They did this by following their vision for the round, and in doing so failed to understand the police market. Remington considered the round to be a slightly smaller bore .44 magnum, and concentrated on making magnum ammunition more than the LSWC "police" load. During the years when police agencies were considering and testing the .41 Mag, they had very little of the police load to do it with. Most of the testing was done with the magnum load ammo (because that was all they could get, usually) and, of course, that proved to be too much for police use. By the time Rem had quantities of the police load on the market, most agencies had done their testing and ruled thumbs down on the .41 Mag for police use. Add to the ammo situation was the fact that, as mentioned, N frame S&Ws were falling out of favor for duty use, because more and more weight was being added to the uniformed officer's load out, and K frames saved a few ounces. __________________ All else being equal (and it almost never is) bigger bullets tend to work better.