.44 vs .36

delmar · November 08, 2009, 07:36:14 PM

So I have been watching Gunbroker and Ebang for a while, and it seems to me that the .36's are selling higher than the .44's. Does that sound correct to you guys? If so, why do you think that is?

Montana Slim · November 08, 2009, 09:29:42 PM

Dunno...but to me the .44s are waay ahead. Cost to shoot a .36 is near as much as a .44
But the fun factor much higher with the .44

I like hearing the sound of lead-on-steel myself.

Regards,
Slim

G. P. Cobb · November 21, 2009, 06:47:42 PM

Gamer crowd attitude, the .36 may be a pinch lighter, and less fun.........

Hard Mouth · November 22, 2009, 12:05:44 AM

Take the bargain. Shoot .44s with full loads, or drop in a conversion and shoot .45 lc with no stress. I've never messed with the .36s, so I can't really compare, but I've got .44s and R&Ds and I'm content...

WaddWatsonEllis · November 22, 2009, 09:30:30 AM

FWIW...

The US Army started looking at the .36 Cal revolvers and their effect ....

What they found was a lot of instances of dead officers with their Colt expended into the enemy above them. The enemy was dead of course, but he lived long enough to put his knife deep into the .36 Colt carrying soldier.

Hence the .44 and .45 rounds; something strong enough to stop an enemy in his tracks.

I agree with Ike Clanton in the Henry Fonda "My Darling Clementine"; he said to his son, " If you're gonna pull a gun on a man, kill him!"

Danny Bear Claw · November 22, 2009, 10:50:53 AM

WWE is correct. Also, back then since so much fighting was done on horse back, (Cav.), they were thinking in terms of a round that could drop a horse at reasonably close range. That's why at first, 44 and 45 cartridges were loaded with 40 grs. of black powder. Later the common loads were reduced to 30 grs.

Arizona Trooper · November 30, 2009, 08:57:43 PM

Mosby was shot with a Navy and always claimed he wouldn't have survived if the Yankee had been armed with an Army revolver. Personally, I like the Navys, but I'm not trying to stop anything more aggressive than paper. An original Remington Navy cylinder is 0.3" longer than a '51 Colt, and holds a good bit more powder, but it's still not a 44!

cetme · December 01, 2009, 07:43:56 AM

Part of this is there are fewer .36's made if you look around