Thread: 5-screw 44 Magnum barrel shortened?
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Old 06-16-2018, 12:35 PM
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There was a great load for 4" .44s that I used to shoot a few years ago when I had a 629 Mountain Gun...the Speer .44 Magnum 200 grain Gold Dot Short Barrel load. Used the .44 Special 200 grain Gold Dot deep HP bullet at 1080 fps. Bullet expanded every time and recoil was mild. If one reloads the data is in the Speer #14 reloading manual...
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I bought a bunch of the .44 special Blazer load with the Gold Dot a few years ago, and have that in my 296 and my 629-(4, I think) MG. Almost tempted to do my retired qual with it on Tuesday, although my usual revolver for that is my 66 with PR Master Action job and gold bead sight.
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