Making that and similar bullets is an easy one step process. I swage a 148 grain 38 WC made from pure lead and it makes a satisfactory bullet. The case is a shortened 44 Russian round with a light for caliber bullet. It is a very low powered round used in small handguns for close quarters self-defense. 44 caliber round used by the British was the 44 Bulldog, which came out in 1880. 45 rounds, power goes from seriously anemic to quite powerful. Be that as it may, we will stick with the handguns that shoot the. 446 or something very close so that would make them a 44. They, among others, have a bullet diameter of. If you want to be totally inclusive about real 44 caliber rounds then you would be discussing rounds such as the 11 mm Mauser and 11 mm Gras. Maybe it is sexier to say 44 as opposed to 42. 430 which makes them an actual 42 or 43 calibers but for some reason they are referred to as 44’s. Actually, most of them have a bullet diameter of.