29-2 .41 Magnum

[luvsmiths]

I wonder what the guy at the factory who test fired it was thinking. Maybe he wasn't thinking.

I would imagine that "the guy at the factory" is test firing a whole lot of whatever caliber this winds up being, and isn't handed a whole pile of different caliber guns to testfire, with a mountain of different caliber ammo to take his pick of.
So- "the guy at the factory" didn't need to think. He just needed to fire his test guns with what ammo was supplied for that particular run of test firing.

And a 44 Mag wouldn't fit into a 41 mag cylinder.

 

[murphydog]

I would imagine that "the guy at the factory" is test firing a whole lot of whatever caliber this winds up being, and isn't handed a whole pile of different caliber guns to testfire, with a mountain of different caliber ammo to take his pick of.
So- "the guy at the factory" didn't need to think. He just needed to fire his test guns with what ammo was supplied for that particular run of test firing.

And a 44 Mag wouldn't fit into a 41 mag cylinder.

Exactly! And same question from the early original post - does a .44 Magnum fully chamber? If so, mystery solved.

 

[hkcavalier]

A .44 Mag cylinder and a .41 Mag barrel would be a deathtrap and certainly caught by the factory. In this Schrodinger's Cat of a thread, the OP either has a .44 Magnum with an incorrectly marked barrel or a .41 Magnum with a mis-stamped frame. I've been on this board for over 10 years and never seen an incorrectly marked barrel mentioned, so I'm putting my $0.00 on the latter scenario.

 

[ken158]

Agree with hkcavalier - mismarked frame for a model 57. We have seen this happen a lot.

 

[Doc44]

A 44 Magnum round will not chamber in a 41 Magnum cylinder. I am sure the revolver is a 41 Magnum or Model 57 mis stamped as a 29-2 as this, and the reverse have happened.

Bill

 

[Retired W4]

A .41 load will flop around in the cylinder, a .44 will not

44 cylinder for sure. Still, the barrel markings are grounds for caution. I'm sure the bore .430 but I would still check

 

[bglboyz]

i've shot this numberous times, only using .41 ammo. I was just trying to find information on it, When i look up m29, it shows its a .44 . when i look up .41 it shows its a m57. I contacted S&W, they could'nt tell me if it left as a .41 or a .44. It was just a little confusing for me.I greatly appreciate all the feedback.

 

[A10]

If you have fired .41 rounds through the gun and there was no bulging of the cases (and you hit your target, since .41 is a true .410 bore and .44 is a .429 bore) then I'm with Doc44 that your frame was mis-stamped. maybe intended to be a .44 but an order for .41s came through....who knows?