jeffrey
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I've only got one, so I guess it's my favorite: a 629-4 MG. But if someone would send me a 686 MG, I could make a more scientific study of the matter.
WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE MOUNTAIN GUN?
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625 SAC 1 of 500 in 45 ACP.
w1mnk
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I have mtn guns in .357/45acp/45LC/44 mag.. Like them all. No favorites.
Dale53
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This is certainly another that is not a "real" Mountain Gun but considering the practical criteria it should meet the standard:
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Doug M.
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625Smith, I'll be in Urbanastan early next month; please have that packed up and ready to go. 
I think the 45ACP is my personal favorite and I wish S&W would have made a bunch of them configured like that SAC. I am having a 629-4 (non-MG) converted to 45ACP for such use. I have a 686-5MG; it is pretty much the only "L" frame I would have other than my 296 because I hate the full lug barrels. The .41 is a heck of a round but I would need to take up reloading to make that a good choice and I simply cannot at this time.
I think the 45ACP is my personal favorite and I wish S&W would have made a bunch of them configured like that SAC. I am having a 629-4 (non-MG) converted to 45ACP for such use. I have a 686-5MG; it is pretty much the only "L" frame I would have other than my 296 because I hate the full lug barrels. The .41 is a heck of a round but I would need to take up reloading to make that a good choice and I simply cannot at this time.
Mine is not a true "Mountain Gun".....It started out as a 5" Model 625 in .45acp. I recently bought a 4" MG barrel from Midway and had that installed. It does not have the chamfered cylinder and the barrel does not have the MG name on it.
It is now an absolute joy to shoot and to carry.....
It is now an absolute joy to shoot and to carry.....
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Clean Break
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Label aside, it's hard for me to swallow a small game round (.45 acp) as much of a mountain gun. Clean Break.
Wow that looks great -- as in highly practical. The more I shoot .44 spl, the more I like it. What does your 396 Mountain Lite weigh? Isn't the cylinder titanium?
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It's very light, and by far my favorite woods carry gun. Scandium frame and titanium cylinder. You don't even know it's on your belt.
Munster
Clean Break[/QUOTE]
It's very light, and by far my favorite woods carry gun. Scandium frame and titanium cylinder. You don't even know it's on your belt.
Munster
Doug M.
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Properly loaded with a decent weight WC/SWC, or with certain JHPs, there is nothing in Washington that would be too big to use the .45 ACP on. With ball, of course it would be silly.
WFR
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.45 Colt
Old picture. It now wears the old-style cylinder release.
Old picture. It now wears the old-style cylinder release.
shooter1911
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My "Mountain Gun" is a 4" Model 624 (.44 Special). Of course, it is not cataloged as a Mountain Gun but it is to me...
Dale53
That's about as close as you are going to get to my 629-5
I stumbled into a 629-2 that was owned by a good friend, he didn't care for it and rarely fired it. I asked him what he wanted which I think was less than what he paid for it new, I couldn't turn it down, especially since I had been looking for a replacement for my 29-2 I had traded off.
I did not care for the pachmeyer stocks, all they do for me is turn my hands black. Most .44 magnum Smiths put alot of pressure on the web of my hand, unlike Ruger single action .44s that have a nice roll at the muzzle. I got used to it with my 29-2 and target stocks made all the difference in the world. After a trip to the range and discovering the way this 4" .44 recoils with heavy magnum loads the first thing I did was get ahold of one of the great stock makers and ask if he could make me a set of square butt target stocks to fit a round butt frame, he made my day by telling me he would be glad to. The second thing I did was send the pistol off to Mag-na-port for a quad trapazoid port job which will take a good 20-25% off the felt recoil and should make it much more pleasant and accurate with full on magnum loads.
I was tempted awhile back when a guy was selling a 4" 625 with dies and alot of brass, bullets, etc. I wouldn't turn my nose up on a 625 in .45 LC, you can load that up for anything on the continent just like the .44, the nice thing about the .44 is downloading .44 special for "plinking", I love to shoot .44 plinker rounds.
I did not care for the pachmeyer stocks, all they do for me is turn my hands black. Most .44 magnum Smiths put alot of pressure on the web of my hand, unlike Ruger single action .44s that have a nice roll at the muzzle. I got used to it with my 29-2 and target stocks made all the difference in the world. After a trip to the range and discovering the way this 4" .44 recoils with heavy magnum loads the first thing I did was get ahold of one of the great stock makers and ask if he could make me a set of square butt target stocks to fit a round butt frame, he made my day by telling me he would be glad to. The second thing I did was send the pistol off to Mag-na-port for a quad trapazoid port job which will take a good 20-25% off the felt recoil and should make it much more pleasant and accurate with full on magnum loads.
I was tempted awhile back when a guy was selling a 4" 625 with dies and alot of brass, bullets, etc. I wouldn't turn my nose up on a 625 in .45 LC, you can load that up for anything on the continent just like the .44, the nice thing about the .44 is downloading .44 special for "plinking", I love to shoot .44 plinker rounds.
Here's mine:
I live in NW Montana, griz territory, and every August I spend a fair amount of time in the nearby mountains and foothills picking huckleberries. This is a bit of a load to carry, but not too bad in a hip holster on a very stout belt, and the weight is a certain form of comfort.
I live in NW Montana, griz territory, and every August I spend a fair amount of time in the nearby mountains and foothills picking huckleberries. This is a bit of a load to carry, but not too bad in a hip holster on a very stout belt, and the weight is a certain form of comfort.
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