The 44 caliber in these Army & Navy revolvers is nothing compared to cartridge 44 caliber. I've been shooting a brass framed Army for a couple years and can't tell that there is any loss of integrity to the framework. I did do an action job on it to smooth it out and that was really worth the effort.

I think its important to note that these new revolvers seem to be of very good quality when compared to some of the earlier products, and, I'm sure, like everything else, the cheap ones are cheap for a reason.