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how about a 44 magnum show
I like to look at the 357's , 38's and 22's has much as the next guy - but what really gets me going are 44 mag's - its my favorite caliber - that 629 thread has got some wicked guns in it - but I was wondering if anybody wanted to show all their 44's any brand any flavor - while the smiths are my weakness I have a few others and I know alot of you do too - do you guys wanna show'em - I'll start but first let me apologize for my ****** pics, sorry
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sorry but I didnt have room for my favorites
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I have three. The first is an early 29-2 with a 4" barrel. No box or papers. Dates around 1967.
Second is a 29-2 nickel with 6" barrel. Has the blue box, presentation box, and big cardboard box that contained everything. Tools and papers included.
Lastly is a 1973 6 1/2" blued version. Have presentation box, tools, and owners manual. This is my Dirty Harry gun.
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real nice guns , thanks to all
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Havent mastered pics yet either. This is the first nice gun Ive bought, Im finding out I dont like safe queens. Im always worried about scuffin it up when I shoot it. I like shooters better.
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My only .44 Magnum was an early Ruger Redhawk (7 1/2") that I bought in '84 that I got to take with me when I got orders to Alaska. I already had a Marlin .44 lever gun and the two made a great pair. The Sitka deer in SE Alaska are rather small and either one (if you had the handgun skill ) was potent medicine. Somewhere along the line I got rid of both of them, which, of course in my old man wisdom I now regret.
I won't leave you without some kind of picture, though. Here is a .44 Magnum being fired from a handgun. Thanks to some kind of super duper photography, we get to see the actual bullet shortly after it exited the tube.
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I don't have the photo skills to do the guns justice , but here are my trio ..............
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some (most) of you might not have seen this one its fast becoming a favorite - we cut the tape on the shipping carton about a month ago - thanks to a fourm member and all around great guy, I would not have gotten a chance at this one - thanks Bob
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I love the concept of the fixed sighted 629 snub .44 magnum Seabago!
Would even love it more if it was in .45 LC (to reduce weight due to bigger holes.)
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Top to bottom, 6-1/2" 629-4 Classic, 6" 629-1 and 5" 629-4 Classic DX.
Our son hunts with the 6-1/2" one, the 629-1 is my "shooter" and the DX is my hunting revolver.
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Here's mine
29-2 with 6 inch barrel
29-2 nickel with 6.5 inch barrel
629 no dash 4 inch
29-2 nickel 6 inch
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I have a 29-2 4 inch, 29-2 8 3/8 inch, and a 629 no dash 8 3/8 inch also
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Some 29's & one 629.
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The snubs seem under represented so here is a pair of Lew Horton
Models 24 and 29 RB's.
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2 5/8" 629 fixed sight guns...
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Thanks Deaf... These were supposed to be part of a 1,000 gun run for Camfour in 1998 as I recall. To be built in three groups of a little over 300 each. Two years later, the first bunch hadn't sold, so Camfour dropped the prices substantially. I grabbed up two of them. One is still unfired. With 240 grain Federal American Eagle loads they will sure get your attention. I guess that's why they shipped with huge Hogue stocks which seems rather silly to me. I put the k-frame round butt Magnas on these two just for the photo to show how small the grip frames really are..
These days I'd rather shoot a 4" gun with a square butt.
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Here are 12 from each month of 1956, the first year of production.
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My -4 with its favorite 280 grain BearTooths.
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I reached my goal last year of having 44 .44 Magnums. Sorry about the ****** pics. Here are some of them.
And a couple of 29-2 four inchers
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The .44 Magnum is my favorite "heavy". It'll shoot through a large whitetail deer end for end at 100 yards and is still manageable. Some great silhouette scores have been shoot with this caliber.
My first one was a used Super Black Hawk that I traded for. .44 Magnums of any persuasion were scarce at the time (back in the late fifties or early sixties). This shows some signs of holster use but is a terrific shooter. I added Pachmayr grips so I could shoot this with some comfort.
My favorite deer hunting revolver is my early Model 29 with 8 3/8" barrel. There were no available scope mounts when I had this one done. I located a local precision machine shop, bought blank Kimber bases (the original Kimber Rifle Com) and used Kimber rings. I wanted an elegant solution with the scope mounted between the sights (better balance for two handed shooting). I can remove the scope and use the iron sights in inclement weather if necessary. I also had two of my shooting buddie's revolvers treated the same:
My bad weather gun (stainless) is an early Ruger Red Hawk:
Here is a recent acquisition, a S&W Performance Center "Light Hunter". It has a proper scope mount (mounts the scope between the sights) with an excellent recoil lug for the mount (actually sunk into the barrel rib):
Here is a Ruger 50th Anniversary Flattop Anniversary .44 magnum. I added Pachmayr grips (this is a requirement for me with heavy recoiling handguns) and then gave this to my son-in-law. Hopefully, he'll take an Elk with it next hunting season (he, my daughter, and grand kids live in Utah). It was only test fired and it IS a shooter. I also had a trigger job done:
Of course, everyone needs a 4" .44 Magnum for those woods rambling trips, unfortunately, I don't have a picture of this one.
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My only two.29-2 4"and 629-4 classic 6-1/2".Bought the 629 new in 1995 or 96 and the 29-2 used no box or papers about 9 years ago.They both shoot a lot better than I do.
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44MAG SHOW
Dan Wesson, Monson, vintage. 2x scope with a B-square mount.
this was my deer gun till i bought my S&W 500.
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This is.......
the only one I have at the moment, November 4th, 1957
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Dale53, hows that new PC gun shoot, I've been looking at one of those to use for this falls freezer filler
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A flattop like Dale53's that I chopped and added a Bisley hammer to before ever firing a shot
Not yet molested 3 screw
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Chopped OM Super
A LNIB Super that became a donor gun and sold off after GF and hammer swap with a 45 Colt. There have been many of these around here
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Totally agree. This is a fantastic thread with some sensational guns.
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I have to agree, this is a great thread with so much diversity!
I had no idea there were so many cool looking Rugars, just a brand I am not familiar with having spent so much time and energy on the Smiths over the years.
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That is JUST like the one that lives under my pillow. I love these guns. If you can whack up the nerve to let fly with full power Remington .44 Mags this huge blue flame jumps about a foot out of the barrel and it thunders like a cannon. Excellent guns. Too bad S&W doesn't make them regularly.
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My trio of 29s. They're all shooters:
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Sorry I don't have a pic with just the .44mag.
Top is a .357/9mm Convertable and bottom is a .44mag Super Blackhawk Hunter.
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Here are my only two currently...5" Ruger Redhawk and 629-4 MG
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M16....forty four 44s is a very cool number...makes me wonder how many 357s you have?
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A 5" Classic, my favorite .44 shooter:
I don't think I've seen a picture of a MagnaClassic yet:
And finally the hodgepodge of all four of mine:
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My 629-6's... gripped for .44 Russians to my mild/wimpy Magnums:
The 6"-er regripped and scoped for 'real' Magnums:
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