I'm not trying to dissuade you from your decision. Whatever you want to carry is your business. But I'm wondering, have you thought about how heavy a typical 44 mag revolver is?
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I'm not trying to dissuade you from your decision. Whatever you want to carry is your business. But I'm wondering, have you thought about how heavy a typical 44 mag revolver is?
I owned a 629 Classic with a 6 inch barrel and was going to post my experience with such when I was younger and arguably stronger but figured I'd just give my advice about buying a quality firearm and not how follow up shots become more difficult as the round count goes up. The 44 special is a practice round but there are a few expensive specialty rounds that are suitable for self defense. As far as my preference goes I prefer a 3 or 4 inch 357 magnum because it's effective and follow up shots with full bore loads are more manageable. That's my experience and it may differ from other's experience.
Saw a lot of neophytes as well as experienced shooters show up at the metallic silhouette matches with newly purchased Ruger SBH and S&W 29/629 .44s. Most went thru a full cylinder or three without dropping a single 50yd chicken.
There were lots of stories of folks who saw Dirty Harry and had to have a .44 , no matter the cost. S&W Mod.29s were selling for 2-3x MSRP. These were soon for sale with a partial box of ammo. That's how I got my SBH.
The new S&W classic line of revolvers is pretty good. The 4 inch model 29 should suit your purposes well. That one weighs around 40 ounces. (not much heavier than a government model 1911). With the model 29, I would keep the loads to 240 gr. factory magnums and no more. The N-frame is not the best platform to be cranking away with the heavy stuff. If weight doesn't bother you, a 4.25 inch Ruger Redhawk in .44 magnum should handle the stout 300 gr. +P+ stuff offered by the boutique ammo companies just fine. The Redhawks with the 4 inch tubes are heavy suckers: like, 47 ounces or so.
Who cares if it is too heavy, not concealable or just down right impracticable..........
The mere chance you could do this one day makes up for all of the negatives. And then some........ I know this will give everyone a slightly "tingly" feeling inside!
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I know you memorized the lines and know exactly what he was saying. Probably even thought if it before you read this.
https://youtu.be/sVc66aCmJZ8
For reference, here's video of a poor soul shooting my Tracker in 44 mag at the last group shoot. It's about the same size/weight as my GP 100, maybe even a little lighter. Shooting 240gr full power magnums.