Nope. The Remington/Colt Conversion Cartridge had the dimensions of the Colt Brass of today, but used the heeled outside lubed bullet of .451 Dia. Drive bands. These were made circa 1871-1895. None were available until Bernie brought them back.
The 1871 Colt 44 Cal Open tops were chambered for the new 44 Colt cartridge that used the .429 bullet
My Remy conversions were originally chambered for the 44 Rem/Colt C.F. with the heeled bullet, as were most all the 44 Cal C & B originals that were converted. They(all MFG.) all had .451-.452 Grooves.
My conversion chambers mic at .460 drilled straight thru. The original Remington cartridge boxes read "For The 1875 Remington and Remington and Colt Conversion Revolvers".
The Remington 46 Cal RF conversions that were later converted to 44 C.F. use recessed rim chambers and will take the larger Dia Rims of the 44 Spcl, Mag, and Russian. 44 Colt brass sometimes are too small dia and are pushed into the chamber and they don't fire properly, especially on those 46 Cal RF that are recessed Rim type. Those that are not recessed will chamber all the brass mentioned.
In all actuality, the conversion we are making to the Henry's are the 44 Rem/Colt C.F. due to the cartridge rim size, length, OAL dimension, powder charge and the heeled bullet, nose modification not withstanding.
I had planned on converting to that cartridge last year when I figured out how little it would take to do the conversion on 45LC lever guns. I talked with Bernie last year about that and now finally we are on the road to get this done. I'm modifying about 300 44 Rem/Colt C.F. I have loaded to the flatter nosed version.
Were any of the Henry's or 1866's converted to 44 Rem/Colt C.F.? I don't know. It seems likely, but I don't have proof and probably never will.
It is amazing how close the 44 Russian brass and the 44 Henry Flat C.F. are. I know of one original henry that the owner thought was chambered for 44 Russian(and it could have been), but with the two cases being almost identical I would surmise that in reality, the conversion was to 44 Henry Long C.F. Yes there was a 44 Henry Long C.F. but it was called the 44 Henry C.F. and the dimensions of the brass is equal to the 44 Henry Flat Long brass.
Ok. How much FFG can we stuff in the Russian cases? I intend to find out shortly.