The Winchester Repeating Arms Company introduced the 44-40 Winchester, often known as the.44 Winchester,.44 WCF (Winchester Center Fire), and.44 Largo (in Spanish-speaking areas), in 1873. It was Winchester's first metallic centerfire cartridge, and it was designed to be the standard chambering for the new Model 1873 rifle. The 44-40 was inactive for a long time until the introduction of Western Action Shooting sports, which produced a huge demand for replica rifles. The 44-40 is now again popular, but not as a hunting cartridge.
The cartridge quickly gained popularity as a rifle and handgun caliber, earning the Winchester Model 1873 rifle the moniker "The Gun That Won the West." The 44-40 may be regarded as a tool that 'got the job done since it is short and convenient, easy to operate, and had a large supply of ammo. However, over time, the 44-40 was surpassed by the more powerful 30 caliber smokeless cartridges, such as the 30-40, 30-30, 30-03, and 30-06.
The Model 1873 44-40 caliber rifle had a barrel length of 20 to 24" and fired a 200 grain lead bullet at roughly 1250fps. The velocities in handgun barrels were roughly 950fps. In short, the 44-40 Winchester has a wide range of performance, which is heavily influenced by muzzle velocities and the bullet type employed. In the lack of any significant hydraulic power, the 44-40 relies exclusively on mechanical wounding at pistol rates of roughly 900 to 950fps. Regardless of game weight, non-expanding lead bullet designs can cause wounds up to a half inch in diameter.
The 44-40 can be loaded to muzzle velocity of 1800fps with 180 grain bullets and 1600fps with 200 grain bullets when used in modern rifles. When used at close ranges with a fast-expanding hollow tip bullet, the 44-40 exhibits a high amount of hydraulic force / injury. Although the 44-40 Winchester is no longer widely used for hunting, it is still a highly competent cartridge.
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The .44 Henry Rimfire Ammo, also known as the .44 Rimfire, is a rimfire bullet designed for rifle and handgun usage featuring a 22.2mm-long brass copper case. The .44 Henry Rimfire Ammo was named after the rifle intended to use the bullet, the Henry Rifle. Even though this bullet wasn't the first repeating rifle cartridge, it was one of the first successful designs and provided the foundation for the others to come in the future. Part of its success was thanks to the novel self-contained metallic bullet, which allowed the repeating mechanism to work. For repeating rifles Ammo to work correctly, they needed to be used in self-contained metallic cartridges, and because the .44 Henry Rimfire Ammo was, it was widely successful in the Henry Rifle.
Manufacturer
The .44 Henry Rimfire Ammo was designed and developed by Benjamin Tyler Henry of New Haven Arms Company in 1860 in the United States.
Uses
The primary use of the .44 Henry Rimfire Ammo was in the Henry Model 1860 Repeating Rifle. The Ammo and Rifle were first used in the American Civil War.
