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Rating  - Taffin's Book of the .44, close, but not quite
Overall this is a good, well written book with many interesting personal stories. My problem with it is the lack of accuracy concerning the history of the .44 cartridge and designation. For example, it is mentioned that there never was a firearm with a bore of .44 inches. That is patently false. The .44 cap and ball revolvers of the Civil War period fired a ball with a diameter of .451 to .457 out of a bore (land to land) of .44 inches. Further, he states that the .44 American, which was a .44 Henry converted to centerfire, had a diameter of .434 inches. According to Charles W. Pate's book, SMITH AND WESSON AMERICAN MODEL, this cartridge was loaded with bullets ranging from .428 to .446 inches, with the differencs attributed to the less than precise manufacturing tolerances of the day. As far as designation is concerned, modern firearms are designated as .44s because the original .44, the Henry rifle, fired a true .44 inch bullet, which over time evolved to its present .429 and .430 dimensions and not because forty-four has a nice ring to it. As I mentioned, Taffin's book is a good read and entertaining, it's just that he is better when relating his experiences with various guns and loads than he is with actual history.
Rating  - Very informational and fun to read
Fun to read about the history of the .44 from the Walker on up to present day. Still enjoying this book. Glad I bought it!
Rating - An Entertaining Read, Packed Full of Information
This was a very easy read. The author injects facts and humor at a fast pace keeping the information easy to digest. A complete history of the .44 from the very beginning. I thought I knew allot about this caliber but I soon found there was far more to know. Highly recommend this book to both the novice that is just curious to the serious gun enthusiast.
Rating  - GUN DIGEST'S BOOK OF THE .44 (Taffin)
Excellent source for history and loading data for caliber 44. A little more loading data for those who want to shoot smokeless powder in reproductions would be helpful. I believe that there are no 'replicas' as such, since modern metallurgy is now used in producing the older designs...'replica' denotes produced exactly the same as the 'original'. Text could stand a good editing for sentence structure in order to increase readability. Overall, though, an excellent read.
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