Dan Wesson Strength

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For those who like to carry big bore side arms along with their big bore rifles, the legendary strength of Dan Wesson revolvers has gotten an endorsement from one of the best premium ammo makers. Randy Garrett now endorses using Dan Wesson revolvers with his heaviest +P 44MAG ammo along with the Ruger Redhawks and Super Redhawks.

http://www.garrettcartridges.com/q&a.asp

Most Dan Wesson owners already knew the incredible strength and durability of these revolvers, but it is nice to see someone with Randy Garrett's credentials recommending them for use with his superlative ammo.

Now if we can just get Marlin to make us a 445 Supermag leveraction rifle as a companion for our 445 Supermag Dan Wesson revolvers, that would be perfect.

[supermag 445]

that is my dream, to get a marlin lever in 445 to match my 445 Dan Wesson.  

Love my DanWesson. I just can't wait to get more.

Brian

[Ditchdigger]

How about a 18" barrel semiauto in 445? Would make a super brush and thicket hog gun.   Digger

[unspellable]

I'd like a Winchester M1894 in 445.  Not that this rifle is really so good, but it just has the right "look".  Now the next question is, why am I worrying about that when the DW is hardly "traditional" in appearance?

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I have converted a Marlin 444P to fire 445 Supermag since I could not talk Marlin into making one.  I did some of the work myself and had a gunsmith do the lathe and mill work.  It ended up being a 17.25" barrel by the time I set the barrel back enough to rechamber it.  Now the barrel length and the ballistics of my conversion are right in the middle of my 18.5" Guide Gun in 45/70 and my 16.5" Marlin 1894  44p.  They make a pretty nice set of 3 ported, short barrel guns.  It is a real handy combination with the Dan Wesson 445 sporting a 4", 6", or 8" barrel.  

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[unspellable]

A Winchester M1894 in 44 Mag would be very simple to rechamber in 445.  The question is how long if the lifter?  What modifications would be required in this area?  How does the lifter differ from the 30-30 lifter?

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The Win. 94 in 44 Mag has a 1:26 twist rate.  The 1:20 of the Marlin 444 is better or heavier bullets.  Plus I wanted the ported barrel.  Other than that the Winchester should work fine.  The only problem is that you have to cut the stop on the carrier over 1/3 inch.  The only one I know who has converted a Win. 94 had a series of broken carriers.  The only way he solved the problem was to use carriers from really old guns, because the metal in the older guns is better than the modern ones.  His conversion was going from a 357 Mag to a 357 Maximum.  The carrier on the 44 Mag may be even thinner since it is a larger diameter round.    I think that will be the major sticking point if you use the Win. 94 for the conversion.  When going from a  longer round to a shorter round, you actually add metal instead of taking it away.  That is another reason why I went with the Marlin.  I have never worked on Winchesters much, but they seem more complicated.  

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