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My Win 1873 44-40 is 2 years older, made in 1886.

I made die that coverts 38-40 brass to 44-40.

Rather than find skirted bullets for the ancient straight chamber / throat, I made another die to resize the ammo I loaded.

180 gr bullet 3 gr Bullseye, ~700 fps

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