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Originally Posted by Bakebfr480
I read somewhere where Col. Charlie Askins carried a model 29 44 magnum. Also, read his account of killing a Viet Cong with the same revolver.
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Yes- would've been an early pre-29 .44. I may be mistaken but IIRC he claims that he was the first to "field test" the gun on a human target in his autobiography in 1955-56 while stationed in SE Asia...needless to say it appears to have worked just fine.