Ouch!! .44 mag's hurt.

[John wilson]

I had only shot with .44 specials with my new .44 P.C.
Shot em all day long...no problem. No gloves.
Picked up box of American Eagle 50 rounds 240 gr. .44 mag shells.
Wearing gloves and after I was done the top layer of skin on my thump had disappeared.
Ouch...hello .44 special cowboy rounds!

 

[woodsltc]

That's why you can find so many "used" 44 mag revolvers that have hardly been fired.

Don

 

[Newark Devil]

Beatiful gun! I too shot 44 specials and transitioned to 240 grain mags for the first time as well.

I can't say I lost skin on my thumb but boy did those bullets feel powerful.

I wonder what the Garrett 310 mags feel like.

 

[TAKJR]

Put on some rubber Hogue grips and buy .44 magnum ammunition specifically made for shorter barrels and you may be surprised that shooting your .44 isn't bad after all!

TAKJR

 

[StatesRightist]

Put on some rubber Hogue grips and buy .44 magnum ammunition specifically made for shorter barrels and you may be surprised that shooting your .44 isn't bad after all!

TAKJR

2nd that, those grips are for looks, not shooting. Pachmayr recoil tamers or the S&W 500 grips off the website and problem solved.

 

[John wilson]

That's why you can find so many "used" 44 mag revolvers that have hardly been fired.

Don

I'll never sell, Don. I love this gun. It's art work to me. Almost beautiful.

 

[John wilson]

2nd that, those grips are for looks, not shooting. Pachmayr recoil tamers or the S&W 500 grips off the website and problem solved.

Ops...forgot to tell you guy I used the grips of of my .357.
Put them on the .44,fit was very good.
I wonder if the gloves had something to do with my skin going MIA.

 

[DETECTIVE1108]

Qualified with 50 rounds full power mag rounds on my 629-1 for duty use... Next day it was hard to open the door with my shooting hand. Guess I'm getting old, lol.

 

[jtcarm]

Ouchy mama! That thing could kill from both ends!

Let off a magnum from that gun towards an assailant at close range and you don't have to worry about hitting him, the flamethrower would do the job.

 

[CWH44300]

Its like a drug, at first 50 of them satisfy then you need 2 boxes then 3 then 4 then your scrounging lead pipe and wheel weights and sitting over a furnace to feed your new sixgun,then years go bye and you have more guns then you can shoot then your eyes start to go, then....well ....well, I don't know that's has far has Ive
made it. Congrats on your new sixgun and welcome to the club

 

[andyo5]

I get the same effect with .357 magnum service loads.
My advice is to learn to lift your thumb away from the grip when shooting these loads.
A high grip feels natural and is great for control, but with magnum loads it is hard on the 'web' area of your thumb.

 

[MAG-NUM]

Nice looking gun and great photos. I know what you mean John, hence my screen name. Have fun!

 

[silentflyer]

I like my .44 mags a bit heavier with longer barrels just for the lesser punishment of the hands, a few years and some stiff joints, and "normal" and pains is enough reason for me. The payback for the foolish decisons when I was younger..and "less wise"..

 

[Magnum-Krazy]

That's why you can find so many "used" 44 mag revolvers that have hardly been fired.

Don

Thats why I have so many .44 Magnums -------


Thats a super nice .44 John !
If you get tired of it, I can add it to my family, LOL !




Ernie

 

[John wilson]

Qualified with 50 rounds full power mag rounds on my 629-1 for duty use... Next day it was hard to open the door with my shooting hand. Guess I'm getting old, lol.

Me too sir.

 

[John wilson]

I get the same effect with .357 magnum service loads.
My advice is to learn to lift your thumb away from the grip when shooting these loads.
A high grip feels natural and is great for control, but with magnum loads it is hard on the 'web' area of your thumb.

Good advise.

 

[John wilson]

Thats why I have so many .44 Magnums -------


Thats a super nice .44 John !
If you get tired of it, I can add it to my family, LOL !




Ernie

Thanks Ernie!

 

[TAKJR]

It is important to tailor the gun to your specific needs. Since you spent tall-cash for the PC .44 in the first place, now buy Crimson Trace rubberized laser grips for it, then go with Winchester Silvertips in .44 magnum, or Speer's "short-barrel" .44 magnum load and you will be on the money.

I too, qualified with a full power magnum recently, but in .41 magnum, and the Crimson Trace laser grips I used delivered a "thump" in the hand, rather than a "whack" (as if you were hit in the hand by a 2X4). You have to psych yourself up that this is some serious hardware and you must concentrate. Help yourself (subconsciously) as much as you can and then "physically" by reducing the shock to your hand by not only adapting yourself to your new gun, but also accepting new grips and a 3/4 power .44 magnum load and you will come out on top.

And remember what the bad guy said in Magnum Force when he saw Dirty Harry with his Model 29 at the rear of his building (when Dirty Harry acted as backup in serving an arrest warrant)....."That ain't no cops gun, Frank!"

It can be....if you work on it.

TAKJR

 

[Deezil]

Owned a Distributor piece years ago, 1988 I believe, 629 .44 Mag, 2 1/2 barrel and round butt. Ball peen hammer to the palm, hurt like hell with the original wood grips, but MAN I loved that gun, cant for the life of me remember why I got rid of it, but then again, age does that to ya.....oh the regrets! Beautiful gun by the way!

 

[fyimo]

As short as I go with a 44 Magnum is 4 inches and I can barely handle that. When I was young I shoot a lot of 44 magnum but not so much anymore. That was out of a 6.5 inch Model 29-2 and I could shoot a 100 rounds no problem but not anymore at 68 as it starts to wear on me. Now I shoot more 44 special rounds through them.