It's pretty but it's also ridiculous with the eight inch barrel. I would have liked to have gotten the six inch but after the "Dirty Harry" movie came out, you couldn't find them. The revolver was sent out to Michigan to get Magna-ported.
It's pretty but it's also ridiculous with the eight inch barrel. I would have liked to have gotten the six inch but after the "Dirty Harry" movie came out, you couldn't find them. The revolver was sent out to Michigan to get Magna-ported.
When each new 'Dirty Harry' movie would come out I was guaranteed to be able to purchase a lot of 44 Mags for cheap.
All the ads ran the same: "S&W Model 29 44 Mag for sale. Shot 6 times. Box of ammo less 6 shells. $250 OBO."
At least I can brag that I live 20 minutes away from Magna-Port. When I brought in my S&W 629, things were slow, so they did it while I was given the quick tour of the shop.
There was no way I was going to shoot the .44 before Magna-porting and some squishy Pachmayer grips. When that was done, I went to the indoor range with a box of full-house loads. Recoil was rough, but the revolver was very controllable with no muzzle "whip". No problemo, I thought.
As I was packing up, I noticed blood on two fingers of my shooting hand. I hadn't seen or felt it, but the recoil caused the fingers to rub against each other as I held the weapon. After 50 rounds, the skin was rubbed off, and they started bleeding.
My wrist started to pay the price the next morning, and was sore for a week. I'm still debating whether to rent the S&W .500 Mag at the range long enough to see how many rounds I can tolerate with my carpal tunnel syndrome.
I love N-frames, and have a nickel 57, and blue 25. I always thought .45ACP was a very logical round for a revolver.
This is my Model 25, along with my pet Model 63. The 63 is a J-frame square butt model, but my dad made grips for it that gave it the same grip size as a standard K-frame.
