44 Long

44 Long Rifle

American hunting bullet to be cased, in his time, quite popular. The charge originated around the year 1860 and was produced until the thirties of the last century. Shot of 14.25 g had a muzzle velocity of about 250 m/sec. The hub has the days of marking, to the right is the charge of the 7.62 x 39, photo by author.

Source: J. Hýkel, In. Malimánek "Bullets to be cased" Motoma Podolí u Brna 2003, J. Lenselink, H. E. Wanting, W.D. Hek "Patronen des 20. When" Motorbuch Verlag Stuttgart, Germany 1993..
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