I'm looking to get another revolver and want something bigger in size. Both my others are L frames so i'm looking at the 629 classic 5"(44) and the x-large 460V. I'm swaying towards the 460 because you can shoot the 3 diff. rounds from it. I'm sure the 460s are expensive but figure the 45 long colts must be better in price. It's also pretty mean looking w/ the compensator. I want a 5" also since my others are a 2 1/2" model 386 and a 4" 686, any thoughts or reasons to stay away from one or the other

I have both and enjoy both. Two totally different guns and both are quite capable of doing what they were intended for. Only con of the .460 for those that don't reload is ammo price and availability. Contrary to what many believe, Hornady factory 200 grainers are about the same price as .45 Colt, but both are generally more than .44mag.

It depends on what you plan to use it for . . . and if those plans involve toting a big, heavy roscoe on your person through the mountains out west or the hot, humid swamps of the Okefenokee Swamp down South!

The main thing for me is that if I have to pull my revolver to shoot something while hunting, I do NOT want to be surprised if the gun doesn't shoot.

This would be fatal in a charge by a Grizzly bear . . . or an attack by a two-legged predator you surprised in his hidden forest pot patch . . . AND a real tragedy if a 200 class trophy buck passed by too!

Thus, I'd have to rule out the 460 revolvers, as well as the 629 revolvers too made after the switch to the damn internal lock in 2002. Too many reports documented in the past on this forum and others where folks had the little flag rise to "half-mast" and see their revolver lock up like a stone in half-cock.

Nawwww . . . I want to be able to count on my revolvers to ALWAYS go bang! Some here say it doesn't matter. Many of us say it DOES.

That all being said . . . I like the lighter weight of the N frames . . . plus you never feel the recoil anyway during a hunt or a fight. Plus, for my needs, my 6" Model 29-5 has always gotten the job done for me in the woods for many years now . . . and the 29-5 model has the same endurance package given to today's 629 revolvers . . . basically a gorgeous 629 without the damn weep-hole on the left side.

I guess I'm saying . . . don't rule out a fine USED 629 (or any Model 29 from the -5 forward) without the lock. You'll save money too! Here's my 39-5 with the longer bolt lock up slots on the side of the cylinder (longer to the front of the turn ring) of some of the M29-4 and all newer (29-5 & forward Model 29 revolvers with the "Endurance Package"), including all the 629s ever made too:



T.

I have 2 of the 460's a BFR and Smith and like them a lot but I would advise you to reload so you can get the most out of them.