I finally got a .41 Magnum.

[BILLY D.]

Tater

I'll take a crack, no pun intended, at your question. After using one for a while, mines a three screw, thats how old it is, I found with the same bullet weights it did every thing the 44 Mag did except for the smaller bullet diameter.

When you step up to the really heavy bullets the 41 loses. You just can't get the real heavyweights. When I hunt deer with a pistol in 44mag, usually a Contender 14" I tend to use 180 or 210 gr bullets. I found in a few seasons of pistol hunting they were the most efficient killers and didn't have the glide path of an anvil.

The only real difference I observed was the velocity from the 41 was about 500fps slower. +or- a few. The last few seasons I have been using the 41 almost exclusively. I really like it. And yes it's scoped. When you are 70+ years you take all the help you can get.

When you compare the 2 calibers and both are the same barrel length and the same bullet weight the difference is almost un-
noticeable except the slightly smaller hole the 41 makes.

Bill