So......Who loves BIG BORE Snubbies?

[rwsmith]

I could give everybody a 'like'.....

I could give everybody here a 'like' or I could just say in general:

"OO-O-O-O-O-O-O......AAAAAAHHHH"

 

[LOBO]

29-4, 3"

 

[CWH44300]

Count me in
LH 629-1

 

[Paul105]

I have two 3" + L Frame .44 specials - a 396 and a 696. Recently picked up a 2 1/2" Ruger Super Redhawk Alaskan in .480 Ruger. Thought it would make a great backup while bow hunting elk in grizzly country. It weighs 42.8 oz unloaded and 50.2 oz loaded with six 400gr JFPs. For a big ol' ugly thing, it is surprisingly "totable" -- carried it around one day while walking the dogs and forgot I had it on me. It is also reasonably easy shooting -- 385gr to 412gr at at 1,050 and 1,030 fps respectively.

Gun and first six shots checking POI at 9 yards.

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Loaded cartridge and 385gr powder coated HP -- you can actually put lipstick on a pig.
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Business end of 385gr bullet:
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Twenty five yard group shot (rested) while chronographing (upper group). Adjusted windage right and shot the lower right group offhand at 12 yards -- pulled the first one a little low and left.
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[ladder13]

Two 3 inch 624's with it's big brother

625-3

696

 

[GWK4667]

My snubbies are not collectors items by any means but they have been used as back up while on duty as well as concealed carry.
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They have also be used as training pistols - - - the model 19 and the model 66 are heavy enough for new shooters that while using 38 cal wad cutters they eat the recoil and help build confidence ( good muscle memory ) in the students.

The model 60 ( 1 5/8" barrel ) was a back-up when we carried Model 10s with 4" barrels as a primary weapon, then the sheriff's dept. went to a model 66-1 with a 4" barrel as primary so carried the model 66 snubby ( 2" barrel ) as back-up.
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The Indiana State police carried model 19s with 6" barrels as primary for several years and when they went semi auto I bought a friends weapons ( both model 19s one with 6" and one with 2" )
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As you can see all of them have been put to good use! All have preformed flawlessly!

I would post the pair of Model 66s but the 4" was stolen I will pay a reward for recovery of it Model 66-1 serial # 9K5090

Sorry I can't get the top picture oriented correct but I have tried for an hour and I give up. It is correct on Photobucket but rotates when shown here!

 

[SAFireman]

How about another Jovino?

This one is the EFFECTOR model, made from a 629 with a 6" barrel. It sure is easier to carry like this....

 

[CWH44300]

This one is the EFFECTOR model, made from a 629 with a 6" barrel. It sure is easier to carry like this....

Beautiful sixgun!

 

[SAFireman]

Beautiful sixgun!

Thanks bud! ....now if I could just find one in 41 Magnum

 

[CWH44300]

Thanks bud! ....now if I could just find one in 41 Magnum

The hunt is half the fun, I've been years looking for a 4" no dash and look what I scored yesterday! You'll get one partner, keep toe' n the bush and one will pop up out'a know where. I got an idea you know which bush's to kick

 

[K31]

29-4, 3"

Yeah man! I like that blued steel and unfluted cylinder!

 

[pss]

my Smith family
500 mag snub,629 pc snub

 

[SLT223]

Yeah man! I like that blued steel and unfluted cylinder!

What rear sight is on that? I've seen those a couple times, and never stopped to ask...now I need to know

 

[SLT223]

Here are a few of my Big Bore snubbies that have been cut down by unknown gunsmiths over the years, except for the Jovino in the middle.
The bottom 2 are 45 Long Colt and the rest are 45 APC

Whoa! Who's that at the bottom? Can we get some info on that piece? Definitely caught my eye.

 

[Snapping Twig]

Custom made 629-2

Here's a couple 624ND's

45 Colt, short barrel & bird's head grip.
Old school concealed carry.

 

[RobertJ.]

I only have two snubbies that begin with a "4". One is a Ruger Super Redhawk with a trimmed barrel, and gets carried a lot, but this is really the more interesting of the two, a Colt New Service from 1916. It originally was a .455 Ely, but sometime before my acquiring of it, was re-chambered to .45 Colt.

It's pure coincidence that once upon a time, back before I realized people like me better sober, my beer of choice was Colt .45!

 

[ElToro]

Triple lock

 

[helmal]

Although not a real snubby, she is still short enough for me



Kind regards,
Phil

 

[crsides]

Had this one a couple weeks and not fired it yet. I did find a part box of Hornady 180gr factory loads that may get first nod.
629 no dash, most likely a MagnaPort shortening on both ends, action job, polished trigger for right hander, rounded hammer spur, and of course magnaported. Working on the grips.

Charlie

 

[dotdsd334]

Added this guy today...

625-7 45LC

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