28 grs Wano FFFg 44-40 Win.

[Mike]

Sam, I agree that it would be very interesting to break down an original 28 grain loading in the .44/40. However, to do that you'd need to find a box of them that was labeled for the 28 grain load because I don't think the cartridges would not have a special headstamp. The old smokeless high velocity loadings did have special headstamps because they were dangerous to use in revolvers and the '73 Winchester, as well as the Colt Burgess and the Lightning rifles. I still have a couple of cases that are marked ".44 WHV-M'92" as well as some Remington or Peters marked, ".44-40 HV." I will also guess that we could search for years before ever finding a 28 grain factory load for the .44-40 because I don't think it was a very popular loading. It should have been favored by some folks but probably rather few. And the .44-40 was primarily a rifle cartridge and rifles chambered for that round outnumber the revolvers by a very wide margin.