I am a longtime 29-2 owner/shooter. Recently, at my club, there was an older fellow with a Mountain Gun. He was shoting mild reloads in it. He said the recoil with the factory loads was too much for him, and asked If I wanted to fire it. He said great, but all I have left here are factory loads. A box of 50 Winchester Silvertip 240gr, IIRC.
Put 6 downrange. Recoil was brisk but the gun was amazingly accurate. very consistent. End of the story. I shop up all his factory loads, and he thanked me for doing it, so it was a win-win situation.
Bottom line: If I didn't already have a 4" .44 Special I'd jump on an Mountain Gun.
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US Army '72-'95
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