.41 Magnum; it is like 10mm Auto, but for adults with taste and class.

[Miami_JBT]

The S&W Model 57 and 58 are the best kept secrets. The .41 Magnum was the first real heavy duty cartridge that I cut my teeth on as a young pup and I still love it to this day. It is what 10mm Auto fans wished they had. Something of class, sophistication, culture, and grit. It was a cartridge invented and designed for one thing and one thing only. STOPPING BAD GUYS.

More so, it was designed by two men that actually grew up on the rough and tumble side of the 20th Century. A time period where the tranquility of modernity didn't permeate to the frontiers of America. An era where the gun was stillthe way of life.

Elmer Keith, the father of the Magnum Cartridge and Bill Jordan, the literal blueprint for the stereotypical gun fighter. Saw the issues facing both the .357 Magnum and the .44 Magnum. Both agreed that a .41 diameter cartridge chucking a 210 grain lead semiwadcutter to about 1,150 ft/s was ideal for general purposes.

The S&W N-Frame was more than capable. Its heft and stout made shooting the .41 Magnum to be an easy affair like .38 Special from a K-Frame.

A number of agencies adopted it. The police departments of San Antonio and Amarillo in Texas used the .41 Magnum in the Model 58 with great success. Along with San Francisco PD, yes, that San Francisco agency. They used the .41 Magnum while on the big screen, a certain plainclothes detective used a Model 29 loaded with .44 Special.

As I said, I grew up shooting the cartridge. First out of a flat-top Ruger Blackhawk and then the Model 57 you see here. I occasionally carry the Model 58 and do so because I know if push comes to shove, six rounds of .41 Magnum will settle most issues.

 

[rubiranch]

One of my favorite shooters.

I have two S&W M&P 45s, no reason for a 10mm.

 

[scott1970]

I'm not an either or shooter. I enjoy both calibers immensely.

 

[oldman10mm]

I enjoy both.

 

[rubiranch]

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I wish I had an old box or two of .41 Magnums just for the nostalgia.




I have this box but its empty. I sold my nice 6" M57.




My M58 and all of this reloading stuff came as a package deal about 4 years ago for $400.




I bought 250 new from LAX Ammunition before prices skyrocketed.




Then I bought 500 new brass casings.







A close friend loaded 400 rounds for me.




And then last year for Christmas my friend bought another 100 bullets and loaded the rest of my new brass for me.

So for now I'm set.

 

[RCL-09]

IMO the .41 Mag. is the best revolver cartridge available while the 10mm is the best pistol cartridge available.

 

[Hair Trigger]

I have two S&W M&P 45s, no reason for a 10mm.

There's always a reason for a 10mm. The fact you don't have one is reason enough to get one. Just don't get one made of plastic.
I've got more handguns with 4 as the first digit in the caliber than I have of any other. I count the 10mm among them, since its "little brother" is a .40S&W. My other passion (than revolvers) is 1911's.

 

[WCCPHD]

There is always room for a 10MM. It answers the question of .45 vs 9MM (said with tongue firmly in my cheek). Its also the best round for bear. I do have a .41 Model 58, but don't own a .41 round. Not because I don't like it, its because my Nickel 58 appears unfired from the factory and I can't bear to fire it.

I do like my 10MM's.







But, the Model 58 ain't nothing to sneeze at.

 

[CH4]

.44 mag, it's what the .41 mag wants to be when it grows up and for pansies who can't handle a .44 mag.

 

[Miami_JBT]

.44 mag, it's what the .41 mag wants to be when it grows up and for pansies who can't handle a .44 mag.

I laugh in your general direction.

I also have a a nickel plated 6" Model 29.

Like the .41 Magnum more still!

 

[Critch]

I'm a big fan of the .41 Magnum, have been for many years..I also really love revolvers...I have a Dan Wesson 1911 10mm Razorback, a really nice pistol. I had a Glock 20, but it just didn't blow my kilt up so I sold it and bought the Dan Wesson.

I remember seeing cops in Wyoming when I was stationed out there in the early 1970s carrying 41's, as best I remember they were S&W's.

If I can find one of those Model 58's I'll buy it...it's an addiction.

Took my new S&W Model 57 out just an hour or so ago and shot eighteen 41 Specials through it that I reloaded...the loads were not stout and I guess I don't see the real point in them. With Trail Boss powder it's easy to load light and and enjoy shooting the pistol. I bought 100 .41 Special pieces of brass...I will continue to use them till I don't think they are safe.

 

[RCL-09]

.44 mag, it's what the .41 mag wants to be when it grows up and for pansies who can't handle a .44 mag.

You mean the .429 magnum....

At least the .41 is really a .41 and not a poser.

 

[rubiranch]

.44 mag, it's what the .41 mag wants to be when it grows up and for pansies who can't handle a .44 mag.

I have one of those too.

 

[rubiranch]

I'm a big fan of the .41 Magnum, have been for many years..I also really love revolvers...I have a Dan Wesson 1911 10mm Razorback, a really nice pistol. I had a Glock 20, but it just didn't blow my kilt up so I sold it and bought the Dan Wesson.

I remember seeing cops in Wyoming when I was stationed out there in the early 1970s carrying 41's, as best I remember they were S&W's.

If I can find one of those Model 58's I'll buy it...it's an addiction.

Took my new S&W Model 57 out just an hour or so ago and shot eighteen 41 Specials through it that I reloaded...the loads were not stout and I guess I don't see the real point in them. With Trail Boss powder it's easy to load light and and enjoy shooting the pistol. I bought 100 .41 Special pieces of brass...I will continue to use them till I don't think they are safe.

Full Magnum loads are the Big Bang Theory of the gun world.

I've never fired a .38 in any of my .357s and I never have and never will shoot .44 Specials with my M29-2.

I like the big bang I get from them.

 

[oldman10mm]

Just because I have 10mm and 41M doesn't mean I stop shooting my 629s'.
Mountain Gun and 3" unfluted.

 

[heeter3]

What a great line for a thread starter.

 

[Aemsl69]

3" .41 Magnum is the best magnum.

 

[Drm50]

Most of us with old 29s have reserved manners and allow the 41mag fans to beat their gums.

 

[Miami_JBT]

 

[gdogs]

You can put me firmly in the "likes both" category.