Count me in the 41 Mag fan club!
ME TOO !
I've told my story before, but here it goes again.
I've had a long love affair with 44 mag, starting in 1988 with the second revolver I owned. I traded away my first revolver, a Dan Wesson 357 for a S&W 629. Over a couple decades, I acquired several different 44 mag revolvers and a Marlin.
>at some point, I started reloading, because of the 44 mag, so I could shoot more.
>Then I started swaging bullets because of the 44 mag, so I could shoot more.
>Then I started casting, because of the 44 mag, so I could shoot more. This is when I learned about all the different bore/groove size variations and twist variations in 44 mag guns. This is also the time when I learned how to solve the problems with some of my troublesome 44 mag guns I had.
THEN, I learned about 41 mag and how consistent the manufacturers made them and why that was so.
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After acquiring a few 41 mag guns, I made the BIG decision to change over to 41 mag. I sold all the 44 guns, all the 44 brass(and I had a lot), I sold all my reloading dies/casting tools/sizing tools...lots of that was custom stuff.
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SNIP>>> It's supposed to recoil about 20% less than the 44 magnums but they seem the same to me.
My friend who doesn't load his own tells me this all the time
But we, as reloaders, know the truth...41mag and 44mag are essentially the same.