How much difference in weight is the mountain gun? I carried K frames models 65 and 66 in law enforcement and those are still baseline weights that I can carry on a hip. The mountain gun barrel appeals to me just for the weight and the look. In stainless, it makes a very nice looking package for any use, back country or wherever.
Love my 1911s, including 10mm, and love the N frames, the 44s are comforting. And I love the big Rugers, but once they get over 40-45 ounces, they become a boat anchor. Then weight matters.
How much do they weigh? The new model 66 with the 4.25 inch barrel is 36.9 ounces. The 686 is 40.3.
It only matters to people who actually carry them outside I suppose but the whole concept of the Mountain in Mountain gun was a 3-4 ounce savings in weight. When the exclusives came in, I thinks sometimes the looks took over and function and practicality sometimes did not matter, seems to me. So, if there is still a few ounces shaved off it matters to us purists. If you have carried an N frame on the hip very far in the mountains you understand about the big gun pulling your pants down, so you go to a shoulder holster or a smaller gun. Mountains, pose problems, such as sometimes such as slinging your rifle and using your hands and arms to climb, a large handgun is not good, unless it is fairly light. That is why you see those scandium guns that are seldom fired but there just in case. Yes, I have faced a bear at 6 feet, it matters. The skinny barrel on the Mountain guns seems like a good compromise in any caliber.
Love my 1911s, including 10mm, and love the N frames, the 44s are comforting. And I love the big Rugers, but once they get over 40-45 ounces, they become a boat anchor. Then weight matters.
How much do they weigh? The new model 66 with the 4.25 inch barrel is 36.9 ounces. The 686 is 40.3.
It only matters to people who actually carry them outside I suppose but the whole concept of the Mountain in Mountain gun was a 3-4 ounce savings in weight. When the exclusives came in, I thinks sometimes the looks took over and function and practicality sometimes did not matter, seems to me. So, if there is still a few ounces shaved off it matters to us purists. If you have carried an N frame on the hip very far in the mountains you understand about the big gun pulling your pants down, so you go to a shoulder holster or a smaller gun. Mountains, pose problems, such as sometimes such as slinging your rifle and using your hands and arms to climb, a large handgun is not good, unless it is fairly light. That is why you see those scandium guns that are seldom fired but there just in case. Yes, I have faced a bear at 6 feet, it matters. The skinny barrel on the Mountain guns seems like a good compromise in any caliber.
