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| A true Classic-- a Colt Single Action .44 Special. | ||||||||||||||
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| Colt offered the New Frontier .44 Special in both 2nd and 3rd Generation versions. | ||||||||||||||
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The .44 Special is still a viable hunting cartridge especially when chambered in a Colt New Frontier. |
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| Another older .44 Special is this Colt New Service rebuilt by Milt Morrison. | ||||||||||||||
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This may well be the best factory produced .44 Special |
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| A .44 Special Colt New Service Fitz Special built by Andy Horvath; shown forcomparison is a Colt Detective Special .38. |
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| Andy Horvath’s rendition of a .44 Special Colt Fitz Special. | ||||||||||||||
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| Is this accurate enough? Ruger’s new 4-5/8" .44 Special. | ||||||||||||||
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| Taffin’s latest .44 Special is this Colt New Service Target Model from the 1930s. | ||||||||||||||
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| Taffin shoots his latest .44 Special, a Colt New Service Target . | ||||||||||||||
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| Shooting a Great Western .44 Special Buntline. | ||||||||||||||
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| Targets fired with custom .44 Special Rugers by Bill Grover and Hamilton Bowen. | ||||||||||||||
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| This custom .44 Special was built by Ben Forkin. | ||||||||||||||
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| Custom Ruger .44 Specials by Andy Horvath and Ben Forkin shoot great. | ||||||||||||||
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This ivory stocked .44 Special was built as a tribute to Skeeter Skelton by Bill Grover. |
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Shooting the Smith & Wesson .44 Special Triple-Locks. |
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| Even replica Single Action .44 Specials shoot great; this one is by AWA. | ||||||||||||||
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Elmer Keith sits on the back porch of his Salmon Idaho home with his 7-1/2" Colt SAA .44 Special. |
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Old .44 Special Smith & Wessons still shoot great; Triple-Lock, 1926 Model, 2nd Model Hand Ejector. |
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In the early 1970s Skeeter Skelton encouraged converting .357 Magnum Ruger and |
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| Two great .44 Special sixguns, a Colt New Frontier ivory stocked by Nutmeg Sports and a Smith & Wesson 1950 Target. |
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Even before Colt resurrected the .44 Special SAA, bottom, |
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| This pair of 20th Anniversary Shootists Holiday USFA .44 Special SAAs, #1 and #2, have been stocked with “B” Western stags by Precision Pro in honor of Taffin’s boyhood movie hero, Wild Bill Elliott. | ||||||||||||||
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This custom Ruger .44 Special by David Clements is made even more versatile by |
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The custom Ruger .44 Specials were built by Ben Forkin using Ruger and Colt barrels. |
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A pair of easy to pack short-barreled .44 Specials by John Gallagher on a |
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A special pair of Specials by Andy Horvath. Top sixgun uses a Smith & Wesson ribbed barrel. |
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