I understand why the O.P. wants a 44 Russian chambered rifle. I would like to have a '66 chambered in 44 Colt to match my Conversion revolvers. It would be fun to have a rifle that you can load on Sunday and shoot all week. However two things stand in the way.
First is reliability of the gun. I know the shorter 44 Colt can be fired in 44 Special handguns with no problems but I have not found enough information as to how well they will feed in a unaltered 44 Special Henry or Yellowboy. The longer lifter and shorter round does not seem like a good combination.
Second is $$$. Uberti rifles are not cheap anymore. A 44 Special may be even more due to demand. Then finding a good gunsmith that would be willing to tackle the project. The barrel would need to be set back for a shorter chamber, lifter modified and then timing issues.
I have a AR build on the desk to occupy my money for a while.
Traditionally, the .45Colt. Compare a 250gr at 950fps vs a 200gr at about the same velocity (handgun velocities). Nowadays, it's a wash as most .44-40's are setup for .430" bullets and you can load a 240gr at the same velocity. That is, as long as we're talking about standard pressure loads.
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