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Affirmation from Hawg Haggin...I am not worthy.
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Actually the .45 has it over the 44-40 but not by much. They're pretty close to the same ballistically with the 44-40 using a 200 gr. bullet and the .45 using a 250. The .44 Colt revolver can't handle anywhere near .44 mag pressures. The 44-40 can be loaded to .44 mag pressures but the thin necked brass doesn't last long. The .45 can be loaded beyond .44 mag pressures. I think the main reason Winchester never made a .45 lever action is because the original case heads were smaller than modern ones and the extractor couldn't grip them. I have used the same 44-40 brass in rifle and pistol and never had a problem with reloads chambering in either one and I have loaded some pretty hot ones for the rifle. I paint the case heads red on those so they don't accidentally get put in the pistol.