Pick a revolver that is built to handle the 44 mag, and it can handle the 45 colt modern pressures.
Not 100% true at all. "Ruger only" loads in a S&W are a terrible idea.
In that gun if it is chambered in the 44 mag it will (depending on barrel length): Launch a 300 gr cast bullet 1200-1300 fps. If it's chambered in a 45 colt, it will launch a 330 gr bullet 1200-1300 fps.
Patently false, more myth. I tested every heavy cast bullet in Hodgdon's data sheet and most bullets of equal weight yielded equal velocities. Except that the 355gr .44 was a mite faster than the 360gr .45. The .45 showed no advantage whatsoever.
Now if you are using an LFN bullet design, per Veral's specs as a 44 it will have a meplat 0.130" less than bore diameter or .30", if a 45 it will be 0.32" in diameter which is a 14% larger meplat for the 45
Yes a 44 WFN will be larger than a 45 LFN, but a 45 WFN will be larger than a 44 WFN. A WFN by definition has a meplat 0.09" smaller than bore diameter or 0.34" for the 44 and 0.36" for the 45 and a 12% advantage to the 45
The 45 is always bigger by definition and picking and choosing different bullet designs is silly at best.
That's fine in theory. That's fine if you're referencing bullets cast from Veral's molds. Either way, one MUST stipulate this. This is never the case. It is always assumed that the .45 is universally bigger. This discussion is always bullet weight and velocity. No one ever bothers to bring up meplat diameter. When the discussion is about commercial cast bullets, it is a very different story. Not picking and choosing at all, genius.
I find the 45 a bit more flexible, especially with the availability of dual chambered 45 acp/45 colt guns.
How is the .45 more flexible?
