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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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The trio
6.5" 29 No dash 1962, 4" 29-2 1976, 6.5" 29-2 1978
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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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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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2 5/8" 629 fixed sight guns...
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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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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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29-2 4" one of my favorites!
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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
629 no dash 6 inch
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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What a great thread.
I can't tell you how many of these I have searched the past couple of years.
I like the other calibers also but spend the majority of my time fiddling with the .44 Magnum. Whether it be reloading, cleaning, shooting, buying or selling, you name it, the majority of my 'gun' time is spent with the .44 Magnum.
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Nice! Who is the maker of the LSWC gas check bullet in the photo?
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Here are 12 from each month of 1956, the first year of production.
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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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Totally agree. This is a fantastic thread with some sensational guns.
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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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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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I am not a particular fan of ported guns. However, there is no doubt that it reduces muzzle rise and makes this a more pleasant outfit. It shoots as expected (I can keep most shots on a playing card at 100 yards from a rest).
My standard practice load is a home cast 250 gr Keith bullet (Mihec clone of the H&G #503 ahead of 23.0 grs of H110. My hunting load is 24.0 grs of H110. I have taken several head of corn fed whitetail deer with these loads.
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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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Chopped Redhawk
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and this beholder thinks you have turned this Redhawk into an incredibly handsome sidearm. All you need, and nothing you don't!
Great thread, everyone.
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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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Couple more .44's here -
629-4 3"
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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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