[drbuster]

Does anyone know where to obtain Smith & Wesson .44 Russian ammo which is supposed to be shootable in Reichsrevolvers?

 

[Guest_V]

... just received Heinrich Herder´s book and turned straight to the ammo pages. He definitely warns against .44 Russian, using Nitro and mentions a French source.
Patrick

 

[eroane]

drbuster
I have test fired my 1883 by reloadng .44 Rem.Mag. cases trimmed to .970" with a powder charge of 20.5gr of FFFg black powder and a 240gr.RN lead bullet sized to .430". with a loaded length of 1.380".

This gives a muzzle velocity approx. 670fps

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[Heinrich]

Friends,
Some years ago I had placed an ad in DWJ to get an old rusty cylinder for metallurgical analysis. I was surprised how many broken M/83 cylinders were offered to me.
One told me that it has happened with .44 Russian Amo, made by Fiocchi.

 

[drbuster]

I think I will just look at my prized 1879 and 1883 Reichsrevolvers and shoot my "shooter" lugers. Too much danger here for my taste!

 

[Heinrich]

Shoot them, but use black powder!!