![]() ![]() ![]() Actually, all this had been covered in my book, Sixguns, years before!įrom the late summer of 1953 until early in 1956 I had no word from either company on what they were doing about the heavy 44. I vamosed then but continued, in letters to both companies, to urge such a load and, if necessary, a gun to handle it. I then suggested that they could lengthen the 44 Special case until it would not enter any of the older 44 Special guns, and again strongly urged them to get together with Remington and bring out a powerful 44 gun and load. Hellstrom told me he could build a safe gun around any heavy 44 Special load that Remington would make. If they were afraid of the old gun’s strength, I said a new gun could be made with a longer, recessed-head cylinder, the amount of barrel extension through the frame cut to the minimum, but with room for a gas ring.ĭuring my last day at the Smith & Wesson plant Mr. They said, and rightly, that it was made long before the days of heat treatment or magnafluxing, and some could have dangerous flaws.Īfter several days at Remington, I put in a week at the Smith & Wesson plant, urging them to get together with Remington in the production of a heavy factory 44 Special load with my bullet and, if necessary, make a new gun to hold it. They were afraid that the old Triple Lock, even though it had been handling my heavy loads for many years, might, in some instances, blow up. They promised me nothing, except to see what could be done about a heavy factory 44 Special load. Peterson was away on vacation, but Henry Davis took me to Gail Evans, who made notes on all my work and findings and promised to take it up with Mr. When I finally arrived at the Remington plant, Mr. I also had several long talks with Carl Hellstrom, President of Smith & Wesson, and he also urged me to visit his plant after Camp Perry. He asked me to come up to the Remington plant and handload it for pressures and velocity readings. He was very much interested when I asked him to bring out a heavy 44 Special load with my bullet at 1200 feet. In 1953 while at Camp Perry, Ohio, I had several long sessions with C. The first S & W 44 Magnum with 4-inch barrel, engraved and stocked by the Gun Reblu Co., Biltmore, N. ![]()
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