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44 Special Brass VS. 44 S&W Special Brass???

Redbear57Redbear57 Member Posts: 68 ✭✭
edited April 2016 in Perry Shooter Competition Shooting and Reloading Forum
This may be a dumb question, but is there any real difference between 44 Special Brass & 44 S&W Special Brass, as far as reloading purposes go? .....[?]
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  • navc130navc130 Member Posts: 1,246 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    No difference as long as it says Special. S&W developed the .44 S&W Special to replace the .44 Russian cartridge. Over time it is now just called the .44 Special.
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  • 11b6r11b6r Member Posts: 16,584 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    At one time, the .38 Special was properly called the .38 S&W Special- and it just killed Colt to have to mark their guns ".38 S&W Special". So for a few years, Colt hade a .38 Colt Special. I have ONE cartridge in my collection with that headstamp. But then Colt could stop marking their guns with the S&W initials.

    Same deal with .44 S&W Special. Both are the same round. And if you think this was petty, I would remind you of how proud Colt was of the .45 Automatic Colt Pistol (ACP) cartridge name.
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  • Hawk CarseHawk Carse Member Posts: 4,381 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Not to mention the SAP, Savage Automatic Pistol, cartridges which just coincidentally were just the same as the ACPs.
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