Ballistics
Unfortunately the ballistics of the new cartridge merely duplicated the 246-grain (15.9 g) bullet @ 755 ft/s statistics of the .44 Russian, when the powder capacity of its case would have supported performance rivaling that of the .45 Colt and close to the .44-40. Nevertheless, the .44 Special retained its progenitor's reputation for accuracy.
The picture to the right shows a Smith and Wesson revolver and the ballistics of black powder loads, both original and with the powder replaced with modern Goex FFFg. (Cumpston 2005) The SAAMI maxiumum pressure standard for the 44 SW special is 15,500 PSI.
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