Recent content by Brad Cayton

I just tried my 69 as you asked but with an empty cylinder. It does look up just before the hammer falls. My 5 shot 642 cylinder locks up a little quicker than the 69. Those are the only 5 shot Smiths I have

My 4" throats are .429

Fish4bass, I'm a WV hillbilly too. I picked up a 4",Ruger SP101 and packed it for a while as my woods/bumming gun and liked it but my 4", 69 gets carried when I'm out and about since I got it. I carry a shooter when I bushhog for coyotes and other targets of opportunity and the 69 with a cast...

I like the 44 special and have 4 of em. I don't shoot them much since I got a 4" 69. Like fortyshooter, I shoot 9 grains of unique under my cast 429421 in it. It's a good woods/walking around load. The 69's is the most accurate revolver I own and carries very well. It's even sweeter after I put...

The bantams worked fine for me. Probably want a little more grip if I was shooting magnums but my specials in the 69 work great with them. Thanks again fellas

Thanks again fellas. I put a set of hogue bantams on the 69 last night. They have the feel I'm looking for and I'll shoot it later today to see how it goes with my specials. I'm running the Skeeter load and it pushes the Keith bullet a tad over 900 fps in the Smith.

Thanks for the suggestions

Thanks Bobby. I'll check those out

Hello, I have a model 69. I have 3, 44 magnums and I use the 69 as a nice packing 44 special basically. I have shot a few magnums out of it but I will shoot specials 99 percent of the time in it. I didn't care for the factory grips and put a set of Altamont grips on it. They are too big for...