Hard Cast Wadcutter (1,000 fps) 20 Round Box . Charter Arms has a new, six-shot, four-inch, lightweight .38 Special called the Police Bulldog .38 Special. The .45 and .44 Hornady XTP bullets weigh 250 and 240 grains, respectively. The new S&W actually has a 4.25-inch barrel. By that standard a good heavy-power .44 Special or .45 Colt handload in the right gun should work fine and has. Our leather holsters are hand molded around each type of firearm to provide a snug fit and hold it in place whether you are riding horse back, on your ATV, snow machine, fly fishing or hiking on a trail through the woods. OUT OF STOCK (4) Charter Arms Boomer 44 Special Double Action 2" 5 Black Rubber . The .44 Special is a great cartridge with a high level of accuracy. I would like a 44 mag for carry, currently I have a s&w 686 7 shot 5â³ barrel PC. .45 Colt, .45 ACP, .380, 9mm, .40 Smith and Wesson, .357 magnum, .38 special, .44 magnum, .44 Special, and a few calibers that donât ⦠The standard Redhawk is available with a 4.2", 5.5", or 7.5" barrel. Right now, my choices to carry would be a 9mm Glock or a .45 xds. I point this out solely because it is the only valid defense the .38 Special round can argue. So, I pulled out my Charter Arms Bulldogs (weighing about 21oz) in .44 Special. Heavy .44 Special Pistol and Handgun Ammo Heavy .44 Special Ammo - 190 gr. Handgun shot shells are loaded with a small amount of birdshot. PRESS RELEASE FOR BUFFALO BORE ANTI-PERSONNEL 200gr. The 8x57 Mauser is rarely thought of as a woods caliber. Would not ⦠The 44 Special is a misunderstood cartridge. .38 Special/.357 Magnum.44 Special/.44 Magnum.45 Colt/.454 Casull/.460 S&W 9 mm Luger (9X19).40 S&W.45 ACP. Loaded with a 246-grain round-nose lead bullet at about 800 fps, the Special ⦠Gun shows no use , there is a scratch on the crane, thats the o ...Click for more info ⦠The .44 Special/.44 Magnum/.444 Marlin is a very versatile family of cartridges capable of performing nearly any task in North America. Trust me, you donât want a full-strength hunting cartridge for defending against a two-legged threat. Neat pistol. Where I live, there is virtually no ⦠Unfortunately, real potent ammunition is hard to find. The .44 Special is considered a mid-powered .44 in the same way the .38 Special is considered a mid-power cartridge to the .357 Magnum. Nine millimeter bullets aint heavy enough for big critters. This is a big revolver, but not as huge as some, and it was designed specifically for the .44 Magnum cartridge. A 5 shot on a frame smaller than a Redhawk. OUT OF STOCK (14) Ruger 5232 Blackhawk 6RD 44SP 4.62" OUT OF STOCK (1) CHARTER ARMS TGT BULLDOG 44SPL 6 5RD. The .44 Spl. They are very low powered with very limited penetration. The Ruger GP100 is a bit large for a pocket gun, but it fills that gap between pocket gun and heavy belt gun, and is what has for years been designated a âbig-bore belly gunâ. For decades my woods carry gun has been a 4 inch S&W Model 25-5 in .45 Colt. The .44 Mag. Our other heavy 44 ⦠However, using 195-200 grain bullets at moderate velocity, a sweet sporterized M98 with a trimmed barrel would make an awesome woods rifle. The .41 Special is another option. Never meant to be a powerhouse, the 44 Special was introduced as a counterpoint to the 44-40 WCF and the 45 Colt. It will handle the heaviest .38 Special loads and remains controllable, even mild, to fire. 44 SPL WADCUTTER, STANDARD PRESSURE, LOW FLASH (ITEM 14E) This load was developed to be used in ALL/ANY 44 SPL firearms including Charter Arms. I have several stoutly built .45 caliber and .44 (.430) caliber revolvers that I have carried for years while walking and 4-wheeling in the woods. In a DA .44 Magnum, the obvious choice is the stainless steel Ruger Redhawk. .38 Special High Speed loads for the 38/44 Outdoorsman. Smith and Wesson pre 24 , 44 hand ejector, 1950 target 6.5" barrel, 44 special, serial number s99422, two tone nickel blue finish . ... and some 2 legged too...). As far as weight of projectile, the .38 has the edge. forebear have deep roots in American shooting culture, stretching back through top-break antecedents in .44 Russian all the way back to antebellum blackpowder Colt percussion revolvers. 38 Special 38 Super 40 S&W 10mm Auto: 41 Magnum 44 Magnum 44 Special 45 ACP 45 GAP 45 Colt 454 Casull 460 Magnum 480 Ruger 50 AE 500 Magnum: 223 Remington 243 Winchester 270 Winchester 300 Winchester Magnum 300 AAC Blackout 30-30 Winchester 30-06 Springfield 308 Winchester 50 Beowulf ⦠Using .452" diameter bullets, the 45 has approximately 5% more bullet diameter than the .44 Special, which measures ⦠If carrying for protection in the field, I'd prefer the 5.5" option. If Smith made the Chiefâs Special with a four-inch barrel, I would buy one. Picked up a set of these for an early 1980's Charter Arms Pug. ANTI-PERSONNEL 44 Special Ammo 200 gr. The same brands that make good .44 Mag ammo make good .44 Special ⦠The original .38-44 load used a flatpoint bullet, although I have seen the common 158-grain roundnose lead bullet loaded as well. It also comes with a set of inserts for the shotgun barrel that allow you to shoot 20 gauge, .410. Fit, finish, and hardware all top quality. A favorite due to its accurate yet low-recoil shooting, the .44 Special reveled in its success up until the mid-1950s when the souped-up .44 Magnum usurped the Special load. I would have no problem with using the Bulldog as a carry handgun or with any of the other rounds would do well as a woods gun. Added nicely to concealability and I've begun carrying the .44 Special deep carry in a front pant pocket - which I could not do comfortably with the factory grips. and its .44 Spl. I really feel a 357 mag with 180 hard cast flat nose bullets load hot should work ok. Maybe too light for big grizzly or a big bull moose. The Bretton Woods Conference, formally known as the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference, was the gathering of 730 delegates from all 44 Allied nations at the Mount Washington Hotel, situated in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, United States, to regulate the international monetary and financial order after the ⦠Both bullet weights are about "average" for caliber with the .45 Colt having 4% more bullet weight. The 44 Special gets the job done with minimal recoil and muzzle blast. I carry a 44 Special in my pocket every day . If you are going to buy a revolver get something like a ⦠I never know what or who I might run into in the woods. On the same platform its also lighter than the 357 maggie. All of the loads listed were for the Lyman ⦠Anyone here have experience with the 357 mag for woods protection? Many of the original loads also used a Large Pistol primer rather than the Small Pistol primer of the .38 Special. Here are a few of the things you need to look for while choosing a .44 mag revolver for the purpose of hunting: Powerful Rounds. But, over the years I have begun to long for something lighter that still possesses some close range deterrent capabilities (merely defensive). Last year Hornady made available a new factory load using a Flex-Tip Spitzer bullet in .32 Special. The .44 Special and .45 Automatic have very similar ballistics. We were specifically asked to test the Charter Arms Target Bulldog in 44 Special and the new S&W Model 69 in 44 Magnum. This year I decided to try something different and found one of the new Ruger GP-100s in .44 Special. In this episode of Cabin in the Woods, Greg has been replace with the special guest. is exactly as old as Smith & Wessonâs big, N-frame revolvers, being the debut cartridge in the New ⦠(The 45 caliber XTP was moly-coated.) This little folding rifle has a 12 gauge barrel on top over a .22 Long Rifle on the bottom. The 44 special can do anything the 357 can & if need be, its a bigger hammer if things get out of hand. We start installing luxury Vinyl Plank in the upstairs mezzanine. I researched .38/44 data and came up with the reference. They will kill snakes, rats, mice and other small rodents effectively at 6 feet or closer. Oldtime black bear hunters say that any load that throws at least a 200-grain or bigger solid bullet at 1000 fps or more will take any bear in the woods. Glock is a higher quality firearm than Charter. These revolvers are known to pack some serious punch and rightfully so. So I got one. My reasoning is that I had a .357 Magnum, and surely, it should be able to take the .38/44 loads in .38 Special cases easily as that was a factory loading once upon a time. I love the .44 Special, but prefer to shoot it in a large frame revolver such as .44 magnum. Charter Arms 64420 Bulldog 44 Special Double Action 2.5" 5 Blac. Wood is super nice. Yes the .38 Special would be moving slower, but heavier loads should penetrate better. The .41 Special makes an excellent defensive round or woods load. CHARTER ARMS TARGET BULLDOG 44 SPECIAL. ANTI-PERSONNEL 44 SPL. The Super Redhawk came along in 1987, and was even stronger in order to handle the more powerful .454 Casull and .480 Ruger cartridges. Indeed, for a human solution, I suggest the lighter-recoiling, but still incredibly effective .44 Special, which you can shoot through your .44 Magnum without any problems whatsoever. The .44 Special was introduced more than 100 years ago, and is a modernization of 19th century .44-cal. This is not to say that a 158 grain .38 Special is more effective than a 147 grain 9mm. revolver cartridges made for blackpowder. To the .41 Magnum what the .38 or .44 Special is to their magnum counterparts, the .41 Special is not loaded commercially but brass is available. A 200 grain bullet at 1000fps should offer enough power for most situations. We also added into the 5-shot face off the Taurus 44 Tracker, which we have reviewed before and found to be a good choice and a useful baseline for ⦠Current production Ruger Redhawk revolvers are chambered in .44 Magnum, .45 Colt and .45 ACP with 2.75-inch, 4.2-inch, 5.5-inch and 7.2-inch barrels. Heavy 357 loads, 44 special at over 1000 fps, 45 colt at over 1000 fps, 44 mag, any flavor; ya get the picture. However, I give the edge to the .38 Special/.357 Magnum â mainly due to the economic aspect of shooting and reloading in our current context. Soft Cast HP (1,150fps) - 20 Round Box FREE SHIPPING - Purchase 12 or more boxes & get FREE SHIPPING! We begin by unveiling one of the best characteristics of a .44 magnum revolver. It is true you can shoot .44 Special through a .44 Magnum and with a longer barrel you would get ⦠The 357 or 38 special loaded in the +P range can be quite loud, the 44 special isn't nearly as bad if you have to take a couple of quick shots without ⦠Who would have guessed! In spite of its official-sounding title, its good sights and overall compactness make it close to the ideal in .38 Special trail-gun conformation. A continuation of Smith & Wesson s 44 Smith & Wesson Russian, the more powerful 44 Special was intended to be a mild-mannered and accurate big-bore cartridge. The .44 rounds are a bit larger than .22 caliber or .38 Special â¦