John Taffin's Book of the 44 Caliber

The most comprehensive book on the .44 caliber! John covers the guns, shooting and loading for all .44 caliber cartridges. This beautifully-colored book is hardbound with over 600 pages.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Section 1: The First .44s
Chapter 1: In the Beginning
Chapter 2: The Massive Walker Colt
Chapter 3: Downsizing to the Dragoons
Chapter 4: Sixguns for the Army
Chapter 5: Winchester Arrives -- The 1860 Henry
Chapter 6: Smith & Wesson Goes Big Bore -- The .44 American
Chapter 7: Colt Wakes Up -- The .44 Colt Cartridge Conversions
Chapter 8: The Russians Do It Better -- The .44 Russian
Chapter 9: A Legend Begins -- The .44 Winchester Centerfire
Chapter 10: Colt's Frontier Six Shooters

Section 2: The .44 Special
Chapter 11: The .44 Special Arrives in the Smith & Wesson Triple Lock
Chapter 12: Pioneer Experimenters Improve the .44 Special
Chapter 13: Skeeter Skelton Single Handedly Saves the .44 Special

Section 3: The .44 Special Sixguns -- 100 Yeas of Service
Chapter 14: Smith & Wesson's 2nd and 3rd Model Hand Ejectors
Chapter 15: Smith & Wesson's Classic .44 Specials
Chapter 16: Colt's Finest Single-Action Specials
Chapter 17: Colt's Finest Double-Action Specials
Chapter 18: Replica .44 Sixguns
Chapter 19: USFA's Custom Factory .44 Specials
Chapter 20: Freedom Arms' Mid-Frame .44 Special
Chapter 21: Grover's Right-Handed .44 Specials
Chapter 22: At Last, a Ruger Flat Top .44 Special!
Chapter 23: Charter Arms Lets the Dogs Loose
Chapter 24: Custom Sixgunsmiths and the .44 Special

Section 4: The First .44 Magnum -- Smith & Wesson's Double-Action Perfection
Chapter 25: 60 Years with the Model 29
Chapter 26: The S&W .44 Magnum Goes Stainless
Chapter 27: Combining Power and Portability -- The 329PD
Chapter 28: Downsizing the .44 Magnum -- The S&W Model 69

Section 5: The Ruger .44 Magnum -- The Modernization of the Single Action
Chapter 29: Perfecting the Single Action -- The .44 Blackhawk
Chapter 30: Perfecting Perfection -- The Super Blackhawk
Chapter 31: Ruger Modernizes the Bisley
Chapter 32: .44s for Handgun Hunters -- The Ruger Hunter Model

Section 6: The New Breed of .44 Magnums
Chapter 33: Grover's Improved Number Five
Chapter 34: Some Other .44 Magnum Sixguns
Chapter 35: Ruger's Double-Action .44 Magnums
Chapter 36: Dan Wesson's .44 Magnums -- Accurate and Easy Shooting
Chapter 37: Finally a .44 Magnum from Colt -- The Anaconda
Chapter 38: Taurus .44 Magnums
Chapter 39: Freedom Arms Combines the Perfect Cartridge and Perfect Sixgun
Chapter 40: Semiautomatic and Single-Shot .44 Magnums
Chapter 41: Custom .44 Magnums from Mag-Na-Port and SSK

Section 7: Some Grand .44s
Chapter 42: The .44 Single Actions of Elmer Keith
Chapter 43: The .44 Double-Action Sixguns of Elmer Keith
Chapter 44: The True Story of the .44 Magnum

Section 8: The .44 Long Guns and Long Cartridges
Chapter 45: Replica .44 Leverguns -- Better than the Originals
Chapter 46: Today's .44 Long Guns
Chapter 47: More Power from the .44 -- The .444 Marlin
Chapter 48: The First Big-Bore Maximum -- The .445 SuperMag

Section 9: The Loads and Handloads for the .44s
Chapter 49: .44 Components -- Bullets, Powders, Primers and Dies
Chapter 50: Reloading the Original .44s
Chapter 51: Reloading the Modern .44s
Chapter 52: .44 Loads for Non-Reloaders

Section 10: Modernizing the Percussion Sixgun
Chapter 53: The Ruger Old Army

Section 11: .44 Handles & Hide
Chapter 54: Custom Grips for .44s
Chapter 55: Custom Leather for .44s

Section 12: Finis
Chapter 56: Reloading the .44 Special by Brian Pearce
Part I: .44 S&W Special Standard Pressure Loads
Part II: .44 S&W Special +P Loads
Chapter 57: Enjoying the .44 Magnum
Chapter 58: Short Brass, Long Chambers
Chapter 59: The Jim Martin Collection of .44 Single-Action Sixguns
Chapter 60: The .44 Associates
Chapter 61: Last Words
Chapter 62: Finis