Ouch!! .44 mag's hurt.

[PA Reb]

Because a 900 fps 240 grain .44 caliber bullet will go completely through two human beings and thats all you need for self defense? Because a 240 grain 750 fps will knock a bowling pin 10 feet through the air at a BP match, and will make a nice clean hole in a target at 25 yards right where you point it. Because some of us reload and can tailor the round to the gun, and we like to shoot 100 rounds in a 2 hour session at the range, without beating up the joints in our hand.

Next time you have one of theose womper stompers in you gun take off your hearing protector and fire one round down range, then see how long it takes to get the sights back on target and fire another, then go for a third one, and ask your self if thats what you want to fire in your living room at an intruder at dark o thirty.

This is America, and you are free to choose what ammo you want to shoot in your .44 and so are we.

Hey Wyatt, you missed my point entirely. I could really care less what you or anyone else chose to fire in your revolvers and I can pretty much guarantee you a .44 magnum isn't going to go off in my living room. Your senseless rant about firing magnums without hearing protection is also pretty much ridiculous and laughable in my opinion. Furthermore, I don't know why you decided to throw in the self defense statement either. Read what I said again but this time, don't go jumping to conclusions.

By the way Mr. Wilson, that's one beautiful revolver you have there!

 

[goldenlight]

Aside from saving huge money, reloading is almost mandatory for a short barrel 44 magnum.

I have a 3" 629, and I have some ammunition loaded specifically for that revolver. Heavier than 44 Specials. Lighter than '44 magnums'.

They are juuusst right. I use the same load in my 3" Model 24-3, as well.

44 Special factory ammunition is loaded way light, due to the 'old' 44 Specials that it might be used in.

44 Special is another caliber is is damn near mandatory to reload for.

 

[Nick B]

I load mine with 10.5 gr of HS-6 with a 260 gr lead, large meplat bullet and it gets excellent groups at about 950 fps. It don't get any better. that's a 30 shot group, btw(just kiddin')

What make of mould did that bullet drop from ?

 

[NE450No2]

As others have stated a short light 44 mag is going to be a handful with full power loads.

I can say that a 325 Night Guard in 45 ACP, is very controlable with full power 230gr loads...

So, with your short 44 Mag [very nice gun by the way], I would start with some good 44 Specials, and work up to the Speer 200gr short barrel load.
I use the Speer load in my 4" 44 Mag Mountain Gun for Urban Carry.

Main thing is, pick a load you can shoot good. As long as you load duplicates a 45 ACP, ie 185gr at 950fps, up to a 230gr at 830fps, you are good to go.

For field use in bear country I would stretch it to at least a 240gr hard cast SWC at around 1000 fps.

 

[SuperMan]

The Speer .44 Magnum 200 grain Short Barrel Load is what I use in my 629 Mountain Gun and several of my friends use in their 329PDs. The velocity is 1080 from a 4" and because Speer used their .44 Special bullet it expands EVERY time.

A friend who was going to carry a Thunder Ranch .44 dumped it in favor of a 629 3" PC gun because all the .44 Special ammo he tried would not expand....

Bob

 

[ralph7]

well, i just thought my .44 mag recoiled hard

in my ruger alaskan, until i shot my other alaskan in 454 casull.

six rounds and my wrist hurt enough to make me stop.
i found my tolerance level with this little cannon.

 

[petemacmahon]

44 spl scores!

http://i373.photobucket.com/albums/oo176/petemacmahon/hunting/Thanksgiving_2008037-1.jpg

 

[Palmetto Sharpshooter]

The one in the front did the same thing to me after 250 rounds and with Jerry Miculek grip.

 

[Fishslayer]

I was gonna make some snide remark about having somebody hold yer purse...

...then I saw the picture of the revolver and the stocks on it!

Made my hand sting just looking at it.

Handsome revolver but I think I would probably be sticking to specials in that little guy myself.

 

[Badquaker]

Gun by S&W
Grips by Marquis De Sade

 

[The Big Ox]

I could have made a grip out of a Nerf Football, and those .44 Magnum rounds still would have hurt. That's why I only shoot .44 Special out of my 629...

 

[team sidewinder]

You are a better man than me to be shooting full house mag. loads in that short barrel thing. It must still be burning gunpowder 12inches from the end of that short barrel. No wonder it stings.

 

[TACC1]

John,
Those are really great pics of a great gun. That said, I had
always wanted a 44 Mag. Finally got one. Started with 44 Spl and then to my rifle rounds, 44 Mag, 240gr. Hard to believe that the
recoil was so pleasant. It came with Pachmayr Presentation grips.
Lots of surface area there to spread out the recoil.
Converesely, I've got a .380 pistol that causes me more pain
than anything I've ever shot. Save those beautiful grips you've
got for show time, and go out and enjoy shooting again. There's
just something special in the report and muzzle-blast of a 44 Mag!
JMHO, TACC1.

 

[vytoland]

wood grips + snub nose revolver + .44 magnum cartridge = pain in the hand

 

[dewey]

I find 240 SWCs over 9.5 to 10 grains of Unique are very accuarte out of 2-4 inch Smiths. IIRC, from a M29 3 inch they ran 1020, but not real pleasant to shoot more than 100 or so. Lucky for me I boght 5 boxes of Blazers back when they were $18 and still have they them-dan

 

[kcub]

I have a 4" Colt Anaconda that I found myself wishing it was a .41 (which is the same thing I found myself wishing with previously owned model 29's).

I have found one commercial load that recoils noticeably less than all others; the CCI Blazer.

Widener's Reloading and Shooting Supply INC

 

[Eph6:16]

I could have made a grip out of a Nerf Football, and those .44 Magnum rounds still would have hurt. That's why I only shoot .44 Special out of my 629...

Don't complain, the other side hurts worse.

 

[catcus-jack]

Its that damn lock causing the recoil to be amplified get rid of the lock and you will be able to shoot howitzer rounds from that pistol with no problems!!!

 

[smithnframe]

What did you expect?

 

[luckybaer]

Oh come on guys, its a .44 magnum and they're meant to growl especially if it happens to have a snubby barrel on it. I can't for the life of me understand why people buy .44 magnums and then shoot .44 specials though it or buy a .357 magnum and then shoot .38s through it. You know the old saying, "if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen!"

LOL. I have a 686 and a 629 and I've shot 50 rounds of .38 special and 50 rounds of .44 special out of them respectively - just out of curiosity. I shoot only the .357 and .44 magnums out of them now. I might use .38 special in the future because I am amazed at how little recoil the round produced when fired from the 686 (6" barrel). But yeah... I didn't buy those two monsters to shoot the special rounds. There ain't much special about them when compared to the big magnums. Plus, I shoot just as well with the magnums as I do with the specials, so there really isn't a reason for me to shoot specials.