Winchester made 94's in .444? Learn something new every day.
Actually they made a couple versions of it. The 444 Timber Carbine with 18" ported barrel, and then the 444 Black Shadow with 20" barrel and black synthetic stock. I have both.
I have a Timber carbine also, they are no bigger than a Ruger 10-22! Talk about handy! I had a Marlin guide gun, but sold it in favor of the Winchester. Great guns.
A select number of 444 Black Shadow BB were offered with 1-12 twist. The goal was to stabilize the heaviest projectiles that could be thrown in the 444 with great accuracy. The 444 will push 355 gr cast gas checks at 2025 fps and 405 gr gas checks at 1750 fps. Not sure if the TC was issued with such a twist rate. My 444 BS is a 1-12” came with a card in the box describing features and the twist rate of the rifle.