.44 colt in a .44speical chambered '73 ?

[Marshal Deadwood]

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Will a '73win in .44 special cycle .44 colt effectively ?

[Long Johns Wolf]

Once the angle of the .44 Special carrier has been altered slightly ... yes. That was & is my experience with a .44 Special Henry. I shoot .44 Colt through her > 98 % and only rarely the .44 Special. She now cycles both cartridges effectively.
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[Marshal Deadwood]

I am a huge fan of the .44colt. Would like to have a rifle that fed them good to go with my conversions/open tops.

[Abilene]

Some 44 Spcl toggle link rifles cycle the 44 Colt fine (as long as OAL doesn't get too short) and some need some tweaking of the extractor.  I haven't shot 44 Colts through my 44 Spcl Yellowboy but I have cycled dummies through it and they ran fine.

[Books OToole]

Some 44 Spcl toggle link rifles cycle the 44 Colt fine (as long as OAL doesn't get too short) and some need some tweaking of the extractor.  I haven't shot 44 Colts through my 44 Spcl Yellowboy but I have cycled dummies through it and they ran fine.

My '66 .44 Spc. would cycle .44 Russian snap caps out of the box; but had to be tweaked to cycle my reloads.  Since tweeking the only problems have been shooter generated.

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[Dusty Morningwood]

My Henry was chaamber sleeved from .44-40 to .44 Spl.  I wanted to shoot .44 Russian so the carrier face was modified.  I can load a mixed magazine of .44 Colt, Special and Russian and it runs fine. 

[Coffinmaker]

There are two problems with Toggle Link rifles and .44 Colt.  Rim diameter and case length.  The extractor may require a serious "tweak" and the round itself would require careful setup for Over All Length to prevent double feeding.  A stock Carrier Block may not return rounds to the magazine.
A more FUN solution for me has been to get a modified Carrier Block from Adirondack Jack and shoot .44 Russian loaded short (160Gr bullet), or my .45 Henry Trapper and Open Top with .45CS cases.  Huge fun.

Coffinmaker