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I Am a Retired US Army Special Forces NCO: Factory .44 Magnum Makes About 800 Foot-Pounds Out of a Ruger Super Blackhawk. Ruger Got There by Adding 8 Ounces of Steel to a Gun That Was Already Punishing, and Selling It for Less Than the Smith & Wesson.

Bill Ruger introduced the Blackhawk in 1955 as a .357 Magnum at $87.50. When Smith & Wesson and Remington produced the .44 Magnum a...