Looks like a winner. Starline sells brass for it. Their comments:
44 Russian, or .44 Smith and Wesson Russian, is basically a shortened 44 Special. It can be fired from guns chambered in .44 Special or .44 Magnum.
They’re looking in the wrong end of the telescope, the .44 Special is a lengthened .44 Russian.
.44 Russian is also why modern .44 ammo has a diameter of .429”. They replaced the heel based bullet of the .44 American with one that fit in the case.