On January 27 1956 SW 44 Magnum # S147220 was shipped to Elmer Keith in Idaho ,he received it in Feb. It was the 4th 44 Magnum ever made the first SW kept, the 2nd went RHColeman of Remington and the 3 rd to Julian Hatcher of the NRA. Elmer's was a blued 6.5" model. REMINGTON sent him the ammo a couple of weeks later. Same ammo he used to hit the buck with at 600 yds. The ammo was a partially jacketed 240 grain bullet at 1400 fps that Elmer said shot good. Subsequent work with the 429421 swc mold he designed cut by Lyman and others with Hercules 2400 powder gave the shooting and reloding public a "gold std" recipe that is still used today. MB
" Cheapest velocity in the world comes from a long barrel and I sure do like them. MB "
