Mild weather, 70 degrees, overcast, a little humid.

From 10 ft away with ProChrono. Gun is a Ruger GP-100 .44 Special 3 1/16 inch barrel.

5 rnds ea.

.44 Russian HSM Cowboy 200 gr LFP

High 778 fps
Low 771 fps
Average 767
Extreme Spread 29 fps

.44 Russian Ultramax 200 gr LFN

H. 786
L. 771
Avg. 779
ES. 15

.44 Special Winchester Silvertip 200 gr JHP

H. 725
L. 630
Avg. 700
ES. 95

Yea, slow! Light recoil, low flash/blast. Shot two into mud. Both expanded bigly. One the jacket was about to come off the core.

.44 Special Federal SWCLHP 200 gr Personal Defense

H. 829
L. 796
Avg. 817
ES. 33

Good amount of muzzle flash and noise with this one.

.44 Special Georgia Arms Gold Dot JHP 200 gr

H. 876
L. 853
Avg. 866
ES. 23

Had felt it was a moderated amount of flash, blast, and recoil. That made me think it was about 800 fps. An average of 866 fps was a nice surprise.

.44 Spl. "Not for Charter Arms" Underwood 255 gr "Keith Load" hard-cast big meplat SWC

H. 969
L. 953
Avg. 963
ES. 16