I went outside my front door and saw a dozen dogwood trees. I'm going to guess my uncle down in Florida won't have the same tree count. My point is that in my area, the largest local gun shop doesn't stock .41. I know they could get it. I'm sure they can order it just like Midway. They just dont stock it right now. It doesn't sell, I assume. I no longer see them with GAP, or .327 magnum, or .32 h&r, or 7.62x25 tok. They had those at one time, but now they don't.
Walmart obviously doesn't carry any of those, the local Dick's doesn't, nor does the Academy Sports. None of those places that sell handguns has ever had a .41 revolver under the glass to handle either in this area. I don't know of anyone in my group of shooting peers who even owns one.
So while I understand it's available in great numbers, for me, in this area of about 150,000 people, it is extinct for all practical purposes. Now all of those places have 10mm. Heck, the LGS even has a couple boxes of .357 SIG stocked with the pistol ammo, and a Barrett hanging on the wall behind the counter for sale with cartridges available to feed it.
I think .41 is a fine round. Part of the reason why I know those places dont have the .41 on the shelves is because THR got me interested in guns chambered in it and I was curious as to what it would cost to feed. I'd love to see more guns chambered in it, but I barely see .44 special on the shelves here.
So for me, if I were buy a wheelgun that shot a hot flat shooter of a round, the 10mm would make more sense than a .41. I'm not disputing that the .41 curbstomps the 10mm. Just saying that in my relative reality, it is effectively extinct until it becomes a popular hunting round or drops in price to be cost effective to play with. I get that it's a reloaders round, but I would like to pop off a box of factory stuff before I rolled up my sleeves to try making it on my own.