I am sure he is aware of that.

30Gibbs, I didn't mean to ride over your post at all, I just like trying to keep the .44-40 alive! Too often nowadays people only regard the 44 WCF in the light of the low-powered cowboy-action loads.Even with black powder, the Winchester tests in 1903 had a 200 grain bullet at 1300 fps.
I have loaded it up with H4227 and a 200 grain bullet to 1790 fps as well, with good accuracy.

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