Clear the revolver of any ammunition. Use a cleaning rod with a bore brush and powder solvent, scrub the bore and the chambers, let set for a few minutes. Remove brush from rod, replace with patch holder tip, pull clean cotton patches through the bore and chambers. Use patch wet with solvent to wipe the face of the cylinder, and inside the frame where the cylinder fits. Add one drop of oil to the extractor, wipe outside of gun with a clean cloth, lightly oiled. Contact Rossi Customer Service, get an owner's manual. A basic cleaning kit should be available at any gun shop, most sporting goods store, Walmarts, etc.
50-200 USD
Rossi and Taurus. Ruger also made a semi-auto .44 mag carbine.
A 44 MAG IS MEASURED IN thousandths OF AN INCH, .44 IS THE ACTUAL BORE, NOT METRIC
I do not own an 1894 but I have successfully loaded the 265gr for my .44 Rossi 65SRC and the results are very goodhttp://wsp44.wordpress.com/
You can fire a 44 mag out of a rifle in excess of a mile.
Yes. The 44 special is a bit shorter than the 44 magnum, so it will fit in the cylinder of the 44 mag. The reverse won't work, however. A 44 mag cannot be fired in a revolver chambered for the 44 special because the 44 mag is too long and won't fit in the cylinder of the 44 special.
Not marked AFAIK
44
44 magnum and 44 special.
50-175 USD
your colt is of modern manufacture period. it will take the 44 mag. cartridge 'IF' the barrel has 44 mag. written on it. Or, it could be a 44 special, also written, whereby you cannot use 44 Mag. cartridge. However, if it is a 44 mag. cartridge, then you can shoot modern 44 mag. cartridges OR 44 special cartridges............
Yes, and it is more comfortable to shoot than .44 Mag. Clean the cylinder chambers well after shooting to prevent carbon buildup ahead of the cartridges.