624 and 24-3 at the range today

[71vette]

Did some reload testing today as I only had a half day of work. Broke out the 624 4 inch and my Lew Horton 24-3 3 inch. I’ve had both for years but had never fired the 24. I think it had been fired before I got it, but the sights weren’t even close. I got them dialed in pretty close today.

I went through about 50 rounds of 210gr BNWC’s over HP-38 and tested 10 rounds of 200gr RNFP’s over 700x. Both revolvers shot very well. The 624 is kinda the “easy button”. When I got it, the previous owner had shot it a decent amount and it had developed push-off. I sent it to the “Mother Ship” and the Performance Center worked on it. It came back with a very nice trigger pull!

Anyway, here they are in all their dirty glory!

 

[75Vette]

I have a soft spot for dirty gun pics. Thanks for sharing. I had the pleasure of dirtying up a couple today as well.



(BTW, you have great taste in cars)

 

[jcs266]

I love the .44 Special, what a classic. My 624 is one of my most-carried handguns (Simply Rugged pancake IWB). It's a joy to shoot and I actually end up liking it's SB more than the RB versions.

 

[CH4]

Nice pair!
I don’t have a 624, yet, but I have these 44 spls:

 

[SGT ROCK 11B]

For the 44 Special I always had my best accuracy with a 240 grain LSWC over 6 grains of Unique Powder and Federal LPP.

 

[71vette]

For the 44 Special I always had my best accuracy with a 240 grain LSWC over 6 grains of Unique Powder and Federal LPP.

My normal 44 Special “Outdoorsman” load is a variation of the Skeeter load. 7.5 grains of Herco with a coated 240 grain SWC.

240gr Acme SWC “+P”
7.5gr Herco, 1.47” COAL, Win LP

8.8” Contender: 972fps
4” 624: 899fps
3” 629-6: 850fps

It’s a very accurate load and doesn’t beat up me or the gun. I really love the 624. I keep thinking about a new Mountain Gun in 44, but then think I’d just carry it with my 44 Special loads anyway……

 

[Mike LaNier]

I'm with you, 71vette; I have an early .44 Mag "Mountain Gun" and to my knowledge it has never been fired with a Magnum load... the previous owner was a .44 Special' fan, as am I; more or less inherently accurate, one of those things where the engineering has good karma...kind of like the 327 c.i. Chevy motor, for example.