Received a U.M.C. cartridge today headstamped .44-40 which matched my chamber cast. Also in the first pic are 2 cases as made from 444 Marlin cut to 1.6 inches and full length sized in a 44-40 WCF die with no decapper in it. They have yet to be fire formed. The second pic is my Frank Wesson. The rea...

The original posting mentioned the reference found in a UMC Journal of 1888. I did some searching on this and found that it was in regards to some samples made up by UMC and sent to Spencer. Apparently that was the end of it and Spencer found no need to produce rifles for it. It turns out that I hav...