J.D. Steele,
Quote:To me, this is possibly the most important dimension in the entire case aside from the actual shape of the head around the primer pocket (no balloon head cases allowed here!).
Ditto! I couldn't be more in agreement.
Quote:always found that the case walls were noticeably thinner than the 44 Mag ones at the mouth, in fact I've had aggravating problems with collapsing walls in both 38-40 and 44-40 cases but not with the 44 Mag.
Agan, ditto. My experience as well. Although I don't lament the thin walls of the .44-40 when I'm trying to "shape things".
Quote:IOW a dimension somewhere in the 0.020"-0.040" range?
The W-W Super 44 Mag web thickness at the junction of web and head was 0.027".
Mouth wall thickness - 0.012"
The F C 44 Mag web thickness at the junction of web and head was 0.029".
Mouth wall thickness - 0.014"
The R-P .44-40 WCF web thickness at the junction of web and head was 0.027".
Mouth wall thickness - 0.0075"
The Winchester .44-40 WCF web thickness at the junciton of web and head was 0.024".
Mouth wall thickness - 0.0065"
All measured with a J. T. Slocomb Co., 0-1" tube micrometer with a post radius of 0.0625".
Oh yeah... I also suspect that the materials used are not necessarily the same. Most of us have come across "soft" brass. I've always wondered if the 44 Mag brass wasn't a bit harder than other pistol brass, and in this case the .44-40's. I don't have a hardness measurer that would be appropriate for brass. Maybe someone here at ASSRA does.
Quote:"There is no proof against fools!"
Bingo! Right on Bill Ruger.
I choose not to constrain my life by worrying about what
might happen if "someone else", "sometime" in the future, chooses to do something stupid. There are a world full of lawyers and politicians that do more than enough of that 'worrying' for all of us.
Sounds like the consensus here is the .30 Herret. A good choice.
Paul