New Smith&Wesson Revolver

American Handgunner | TEXASPROUD

[TEXASPROUD]

For all of the old farts out there that know a good revolver can settle a social fracas as well as a pistol, I got good news. Smith&Wesson is going to reintroduce the Model of 1950 .44 Military to be known as the Thunder Ranch Special Model 21-4. This will be a blued N-Frame, round butt, skinny barreled, fixed sight, .44 Special. I currently have an old Model of 1926 .44 Special, as well as an adjustable sight 6 1/2" Model 24 and a 4" Model 624 .44 Special. This retro model will bring us back to a simpler time, and for those from the Southwest, give an opportunity to own one of the more popular guns used by Southwest Peace Officers. I know the .44 Maggie can do more, has ammo interchangability, has more power etc., but for those more relaxed times you'll be able to slip on a hand tooled(basetweave) El Paso Saddelry Tom Three Persons holster, belt, and slide ammo carrier. Buffalo Bore bullets makes a .44 Special load that sends a 250 Keith bullet at 1000 fps from a 4" barrel @ SAAMI pressures. An ideal companion for the woods, the desert, or the jungles of New Jersey.(something for Mr.Benchley @ DU) The gun will be a standard item, not from the custom shop, so it should be affordable. I know there are better weapons out there for us to get to our rifles, but I for one am looking forward to acquiring one of these. Keep your powder dry. TP

[happydogdesign]

(psssssssssssst...it's just a joke)

[Jasper]

""The expression "The whole nine yards" has nothing to do with football.""

I've always wondered where that expression came from. My dad "crewed" on F-51's (so designated after the army aircorps became the USAF in 1947) and is quite fond of that expression.

[Jasper]

Try a 10mm, you won't be sorry. It's a highly versatile, and compact round that stows well in a semi-automatic pistol.

I own a Glock 20C for hunting, and a Glock 29 for concealed carry. I like them alot.

[kitchen]

I used to frequent a shop long ago where the 'smith made Contender barrels in .458 American. That's a straight taper H&H case cut off at 2" length. The only ballistic info I have is for a 24 inch barrel and claims a 405 grain bullet at 2100 fps for about 4,000 fp ME. Sort of a +P+ .45/70. Of course the contender barrels were 8 and 10 inches so some experimenting with powders would be required. I thought the guy was nuts, but over the years I've kicked myself for not grabbing one. Jeez, today you can't even find a .454 Casull barrel for the Contender.

[Vision]

What did you think of S&W when they were the first to cave into the Clinton administrations strong arming? Remember that?

When Clinton knew they broke S&W, it emboldened them.

[Myrddin]

I still want a Contender frame. I'd be tickled with a barrel for .223 and one for .308 or 7.62X51 NATO. Midway just offered .204 Ruger barrels recently. I'm more interested in commonly available calibers when it comes to shooting a Contender. Military surplus if possible.

[A Jovial Cad]

You're absolutely right. My grandfather, a WW II U.S. Army Air Corps. Veteran (Pacific Theatre, 42-45), told me this years ago when I made some off-handed comment about the "whole nine yards."

[HiTech RedNeck]

That is a funky looking 'pistol'

[kitchen]

Since the Encore frame came out the Contender barrel selection has really dropped off. Try scouting around E. Arthur Brown for TC parts. The catalog has a much larger chamber listing than the website, BTW. There's usually a good supply of older Contender barrels at gun shows too.

.308 and .30-'06 are only available in the Encore I believe. Really, other than cartridge compatibility, you'd have a hard time getting anything out of either of those that you couldn't get from a .30 Herrett. Even a .30-30 doesn't give you much more than leftover powder. I'm not allergic to wildcats but there is something in being able to just load factory brass.

[MileHi]

I thought the revolver you mentioned might be similar to the old S&W Military and Police model. I see it is th .22 Jet, which is an interesting little round.

[Dead Corpse]

Glocks don't fit my hands very well. They feel awkward. I've got very large hands so it takes a really big set of grips on a gun to get a comfortable handle on a pistol.

The singular most comfortable feeling gun I've ever picked up was the .44 Desert Eagle. Like it was molded to my hand.

[Tijeras_Slim]

I didn't think about the noise... I find .22 Mags out of my Mod 48 to be more annoying than .38's or .45's.

As far as the "problem" it may be one of those things that get going around and is finally accepted as gospel although it was mentioned in a 1965 Shooting book I have by Col. Cooper.

[joesnuffy]

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Caliber : 10mm

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[joesnuffy]

I've got large 'mutthooks' to...found a good deal on Gen 2 (no finger grooves) G-20s (10mm) from CDNN bought excellent quality used traded in cop guns....shot very little carried alot....

Dropped a Jarvis 6" barrel in 'er and some Trijicon sites...shoots great

Without those dang grooves fits my hand much better......Robar and a few other companies offer grip reductions and or finger groove removal...

The reductions change the angle of the grip making it a better fit for larger and smaller hands

The 10mm loaded up to Mike McNett's standards (Double Tap Ammo)...approaches that of .41 magnum...given 15 round second ammendment mags....this is a nice combo

Mike is also loading Bear Tooths......another neat bullet to hunt with...

imo

[George W. Bush]

Have we forgiven Smith & Wesson?

Obviously, some people have forgiven them.

I think it started when the then-owners who signed the agreement sold the company and then the new company brought out that hand-cannon. Not this one, an earlier .50 caliber, I think.

I'm not going to buy one. But I won't condemn those who think the situation is now different enough to ease up on the boycott. After all, we won.

[OKSooner]

Bookmark...

[Wheelgun Junkie]

Take another look. The pics aren't quite the same....

[Zavien Doombringer]

a bit late, aren't ya?