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[2manband]

Nice,bur it will kick like a mile.

Ive been shooting 44 mag for a long time, albeit in full sized N frames and super blackhawks. Im sure this will recoil more, but it shouldnt be too much to practice with magnum loads on occasion. I would mostly shoot special loads or light magnum tho. I have a bunch of that stuff loaded up already.
Im sure its quite a flamethrower with a full load of slow burning powder like Win 296 or 2400.

I like that its a 44 mag you could actually carry while hiking. N frames are really to big to carry in anything other than an across-the-chest style hunting holster

 

[mongooz]

Ive been shooting 44 mag for a long time, albeit in full sized N frames and super blackhawks. Im sure this will recoil more, but it shouldnt be too much to practice with magnum loads on occasion. I would mostly shoot special loads or light magnum tho. I have a bunch of that stuff loaded up already.
Im sure its quite a flamethrower with a full load of slow burning powder like Win 296 or 2400.

I like that its a 44 mag you could actually carry while hiking. N frames are really to big to carry in anything other than an across-the-chest style hunting holster

with a less than 3 inch barrel, 296 or 2400 may be actually to0 slow. ww231?

edit: not if you're going to be using 260 gr. or 300 gr. bullets. but if you're going to use 180's, w 231 might do you better with that barrel.

 

[DFB]

Ive been shooting 44 mag for a long time, albeit in full sized N frames and super blackhawks. Im sure this will recoil more, but it shouldnt be too much to practice with magnum loads on occasion. I would mostly shoot special loads or light magnum tho. I have a bunch of that stuff loaded up already.
Im sure its quite a flamethrower with a full load of slow burning powder like Win 296 or 2400.

I like that its a 44 mag you could actually carry while hiking. N frames are really to big to carry in anything other than an across-the-chest style hunting holster

Noice,next you'll be sporting a .454 Casull.

Dirty Harry was wrong.

 

[Jbird]

The first pistol I ever shot was a Ruger single action .44 mag, looked like the Colt SAA except for the bigger modern front sight, 7" barrel. Despite the kick from the large round, I found I could hit just about anything I pointed it at.

The first year I was in the Air Force, me and a bunch of my friends all went up to Warrenton Virginia for Thanksgiving, where one of my friends father had a large house out in the country with a lot of land. I woke up the first day to a bunch of them shooting targets and whatnot from the deck out in the back yard. I get coffee and walk out on the deck, and they had a Mountain Dew can set up on a rotten tree branch about 20 yds. away and were blazing away at in and nobody was hitting it using all different kinds of hand guns. My friend Dan handed me his Ruger .44 mag and told me, "Here, maybe you can hit it. We've been trying for a good 20 minutes and nobody's hit it yet."

I'd never fired a pistol before, but shot plenty of .22 rifles and am a fairly decent, but not great, shot. Anyways, I took the .44, pointed it down range, cocked it, and blew the Mountain Dew can off the branch with my very first shot They had other targets set up too, so I emptied the rest of the pistol into those, plus another couple of cylinders after reloading. I found I hit most everything I aimed at with it, I rarely missed. It being a single action revolver surely made it much easier because of the trigger pull though. I've shot double-action revolvers since, had to qualify on a S&W snub-nosed .38 for the Air Force (had to shoot it double-action only, they would disqualify you if they saw you cocking the hammer first) and have shot a Taurus .357 mag 5 1/2" and while I was pretty good with them, cocking the hammer first makes it soooo much easier.

 

[wagdog]

As much as I love revolvers, I'm not a fan of the 44 mag.

Plus, I'm guessing that new S&W revolver has the internal lock, and Internet chatter tells me that self-inflicted lockup happens more often on guns w/heavy recoil.

 

[2manband]

I have shot the hell outta some S&W lock guns and they've all been flawless. I think the internet chatters arent being entirely objective about the lock......some haters gonna hate any mechanical safety device that didnt exist in the good old days when men were men and the only safety needed was between the ears. :jagoff:

 

[2manband]

The first pistol I ever shot was a Ruger single action .44 mag, looked like the Colt SAA except for the bigger modern front sight, 7" barrel. Despite the kick from the large round, I found I could hit just about anything I pointed it at.

The first year I was in the Air Force, me and a bunch of my friends all went up to Warrenton Virginia for Thanksgiving, where one of my friends father had a large house out in the country with a lot of land. I woke up the first day to a bunch of them shooting targets and whatnot from the deck out in the back yard. I get coffee and walk out on the deck, and they had a Mountain Dew can set up on a rotten tree branch about 20 yds. away and were blazing away at in and nobody was hitting it using all different kinds of hand guns. My friend Dan handed me his Ruger .44 mag and told me, "Here, maybe you can hit it. We've been trying for a good 20 minutes and nobody's hit it yet."

I'd never fired a pistol before, but shot plenty of .22 rifles and am a fairly decent, but not great, shot. Anyways, I took the .44, pointed it down range, cocked it, and blew the Mountain Dew can off the branch with my very first shot They had other targets set up too, so I emptied the rest of the pistol into those, plus another couple of cylinders after reloading. I found I hit most everything I aimed at with it, I rarely missed. It being a single action revolver surely made it much easier because of the trigger pull though. I've shot double-action revolvers since, had to qualify on a S&W snub-nosed .38 for the Air Force (had to shoot it double-action only, they would disqualify you if they saw you cocking the hammer first) and have shot a Taurus .357 mag 5 1/2" and while I was pretty good with them, cocking the hammer first makes it soooo much easier.

The 44 mag is inherently pretty accurate IMO. Cant think of another handgun cartridge that shoots better for me. Anything more makes me flinch, and anything less is just, well, less.

 

[2manband]

with a less than 3 inch barrel, 296 or 2400 may be actually to0 slow. ww231?

edit: not if you're going to be using 260 gr. or 300 gr. bullets. but if you're going to use 180's, w 231 might do you better with that barrel.

Thanks for the tip....If I get one of these ill def look into that. I was already thinking about a light bullet/fast powder kinda load to get the best performance in a short barrel.

 

[MonkeyZero]

Traded a long slide Glock 32 for this today. Sig P250 full size with the ACP. It is just stupid but I had to have it.

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[mongooz]

Traded a long slide Glock 32 for this today. Sig P250 full size with the ACP. It is just stupid but I had to have it.

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did you possibly buy that from this guy?

 

[DFB]

The 44 mag is inherently pretty accurate IMO. Cant think of another handgun cartridge that shoots better for me. Anything more makes me flinch, and anything less is just, well, less.

I think a .357 is accurate too.
I like that caliber over a ,44 Mag because I can get back on target quicker.
It will drop someone quickly too.

 

[mongooz]

I think a .357 is accurate too.
I like that caliber over a ,44 Mag because I can get back on target quicker.
It will drop someone quickly too.

one of my all time 'wish' pistols. i've shot a few (owned by friends) but never had the $$ to get one.

 

[DFB]

one of my all time 'wish' pistols. i've shot a few (owned by friends) but never had the $$ to get one.

The same here.
There is one at my local shop,but they want $3200 for it.
Then it can go out of timing

 

[mongooz]

The same here.
There is one at my local shop,but they want $3200 for ir it.
Then it can go out of timing

if you own one, either you can afford to have it tuned up, or you become a novice smith, or you never shoot full magnums in it.

 

[2manband]

I think a .357 is accurate too.
I like that caliber over a ,44 Mag because I can get back on target quicker.
It will drop someone quickly too.

Thats all true.
I probably wouldnt use either for carry or home defense tho because of over penetration concerns. A 44 mag is strictly a woods gun IMO.

 

[2manband]

one of my all time 'wish' pistols. i've shot a few (owned by friends) but never had the $$ to get one.

My pops has one of those that I stand to inherit someday. Its in great shape but not new/unfired. Ill probably shoot a box of ammo through it, clean it, and then put it away again.

If were talking accurate 357s you can actually afford to shoot, its hard to beat Dan Wessons.

 

[DFB]

Thats all true.
I probably wouldnt use either for carry or home defense tho because of over penetration concerns. A 44 mag is strictly a woods gun IMO.

Hell a.38 can over penetrate.

 

[mongooz]

My pops has one of those that I stand to inherit someday. Its in great shape but not new/unfired. Ill probably shoot a box of ammo through it, clean it, and then put it away again.

If were talking accurate 357s you can actually afford to shoot, its hard to beat Dan Wessons.

i've shot two of the Dan's. one in .357 and one in (pretty rare) .41 magnum. too bad they didn't REALLY take off. the whole multiple barrel length idea was a good one.

 

[2manband]

i've shot two of the Dan's. one in .357 and one in (pretty rare) .41 magnum. too bad they didn't REALLY take off. the whole multiple barrel length idea was a good one.

Funny how S&W is now doing 2-piece tensioned barrels...like 50 yrs after Dan Wesson tried to sell them on the idea

A more accurate design? Meh thanks but no thanks.
A design thats cheaper to produce? Well hot diggity!!!

 

[mongooz]

Funny how S&W is now doing 2-piece tensioned barrels...like 50 yrs after Dan Wesson tried to sell them on the idea

A more accurate design? Meh thanks but no thanks.
A design thats cheaper to produce? Well hot diggity!!!

the two Dan's that i've shot were quite accurate. but they came with a feeler gauge and when you changed barrels, you were supposed to make sure the barrel cylinder gap matched the feeler gauge. if not, don't expect great accuracy.