.41 remington magnum popularity???

[keithherrington]

My take

l like it so much I had Bowen customize a Model 58 for me into the configuration I've always believed S&W should have made.





That's a new old stock Model 57 barrel shortened to 4" and with the rib recontoured to look like the original 58 rib.
Keith

 

[Bush Pilot]

What timing....today I took delivery of a Marlin 1894 CCL in .41 Mag. I already cast and load for my S&W .41s, but I've been after a rifle for several years now.

Without a doubt the .41 Magnum is my favorite handgun caliber. I carry it regularly, and I shoot it about every time I hit the range.

Nice job, you've got one of the rare ones. That is the one the Marlin collectors really try to find. You'll have to post a picture.

 

[rwsmith]

I asked this question...

I asked this question a ways back and was SUPER SURPRISED at the number of people saying it was their cartridge of choice. Not that they HAD one, but they used it the most. Hunters seem to especially like them.

 

[Handgunner50]

My second revolver to own was a 657 no dash 4" I purchased IIRC in 1989. I got it because at the time it was the caliber to have if you didn't want to experience the recoil of the 44. I carried it for years as a backup when deer hunting. Like others have said the ammo got expensive so it sat in the gun safe for years before I was able to start reloading for it. I much prefer it to the 44 mag. Very accurate and a lot of fun to shoot. Now it is part of the expanded "Smith" family. If the .41 was produced again in a 3" I would probably get one in spite of the lock.

 

[Kilibreaux]

The model 57 .41 Magnum will forever be an "also ran" to the model 29. The original idea was to introduce a .41 caliber POLICE cartridge that had the bullet size, weight, and energy to be more effective than the .38 Colt/S&W/S&W Spl.
Much like the 10mm today, the .41 Magnum in "magnum" loads was viewed as neither "feast nor fowl." Who that wants the power of a .44 Magnum is going to "settle" for the .41 Magnum? At the same time, the larger size and bulk of .41 caliber revolvers such as the model 58 failed to attract consumer interest in the "police" power level loadings.

Is the .41 Magnum a great round? Absolutely. Is it almost as good as the .44 Magnum...again, absolutely! But MOST people seem to hover around the .38 Spl +P as their recoil, size, "comfort zone."

The 10mm was introduced as essentially the .41 magnum of autopistols" and died a swift death despite a brief recognition as the FBI's chosen cartridge...because the guns were too large, and kicked a bit too much.

Just as the .41 Magnum "revived" as a field/hunting round chambered in full-framed guns, so too the 10mm has returned from the dead as the heir apparent in the autoloading world.

 

[BigBill]

There are shooters who don't like the recoil on the 357 mag so the 38 spec and 38 spec +p fills there need. On the other had there are 357 mag owners who want more power than the 357 mag but don't like the recoil of the 44 mag this is where the 41 mag nitch comes into play.

I believe there are more 41 mag owners than most estimated. My LGS told me the shipment of the 41 mag ammO was the first shipment they have seen in two years. I think if the 41 ammO was not available there just
Maybe more 41 mag owners than we think out there.