It's definitely a 44, and I personally love them. Sure they're not as strong as a 44.5, but they are good for the calibers Slumlord mentioned, and are asthetically much nicer to my eyes. 
I've had a few 44.5's and like them, but I like the looks of my 44's more.

I'd have to disagree also that 44s are junk. I own three of them and have found them all a pleasure to shoot. The one that I have in 22LR is relined with a TJ liner and it is a tack driver. The one that I have in 32-40 has proven accurate with breech seated cast bullets. Yes I know that they are not as strong as a 44 1/2 however if you feed them the right stuff you've nothing to worry about. In my 32-40 I shoot 12.5 grains of IMR4227 behind a SAECO #632 cast bullet. Check out the target that I have posted. There was a 12X Unertl scope on the rifle when it was shot. The barrel is the original, and not relined. Only modification to the rifle in the addition of the Unertl scope.Still think that they are junk?

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Jim Goergen and I started collecting single shots on almost the same day. Recently he mentioned the revisionist view that 44s were now considered no good. I still have some high grade 44s in their original calibers that I shoot very often. None of them have ever loosened up. I also have noticed that G&H 03 Springfields do not command the same price as those made on Model 98 or Model 70 actions. In all of these cases, I am happy to go along with the new view and pay the lower prices.