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I shoot 44-40 and like to have them sized at .427 or .428. Supply is getting low.  As  nobody local sells these bullets and shipping  is getting high I'm thinking in this direction. I buy locally bullets for my 44 special and magnum and they are sized to .430.  If I bought a sizer press and die can I size these down to use in my 44-40?   I guess I should look and compare where  the crimp groove is. to check the overall length.  

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Are you sure your .44-40s are .427".  Are they originals, or replicas, if replicas, how early are they?  I only have one, a modern replica of a Colt Lightning and it takes .429-.430" bullets, it doesn't stabilize .427 very well...   Shoots 'em fine, but accuracy isn't the greatest.  "Like" and "work best" are not synonymous.

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I sized .314 bullets down to .311 for 7.62x39mm for years, no issues, and like was mentioned before, you can do that with powder coated as well - helps lube the slide, as it were. 

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