Backpacker33
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Single action vs double action
Some years ago I wanted a .500 Linebaugh and asked Hamilton Bowen about building on a Blackhawk frame. He said the double-actions are stronger than the single actions, excepting such as the Freedom Arms artillery.
John Taffin said the Colt Anaconda .44 would handle any load the Rugers would handle. There was a succession of articles on the .45-Colt Anaconda. Colt allegedly said the gun was not heat treated to the level of the .44, something S&W allegedly said about the 29 .44 vs. the 25 in 45-Colt. I have since read articles by people who claimed to have tested the hardness of both the S&W 29/629 and Colt Anaconda .45-Colt, and found no difference from the .44 models.
After S&W told me their scandium frame 329 will handly any hunting load the 29/629 will handle, I don't worry about stout loads in my 625 Mountain Gun, say at approximately +P levels such as by Corbon. Never have worried about the Anaconda after reading John Taffin's loads for it.
I used to know a retired airline pilot who lived on the Salmon River in Alaska. He took a Mossberg pump with slugs and buckshot. Like someone else on this forum, he said that you either have enough time to get away, or just enough time to decide which part of your anatomy you'll feed to the bear first. He felt he could swing that Mossber, thumb off the safety and start shooting fast enough. The stories he tells of brown bears stalking him curl my hair.
-Backpacker
Some years ago I wanted a .500 Linebaugh and asked Hamilton Bowen about building on a Blackhawk frame. He said the double-actions are stronger than the single actions, excepting such as the Freedom Arms artillery.
John Taffin said the Colt Anaconda .44 would handle any load the Rugers would handle. There was a succession of articles on the .45-Colt Anaconda. Colt allegedly said the gun was not heat treated to the level of the .44, something S&W allegedly said about the 29 .44 vs. the 25 in 45-Colt. I have since read articles by people who claimed to have tested the hardness of both the S&W 29/629 and Colt Anaconda .45-Colt, and found no difference from the .44 models.
After S&W told me their scandium frame 329 will handly any hunting load the 29/629 will handle, I don't worry about stout loads in my 625 Mountain Gun, say at approximately +P levels such as by Corbon. Never have worried about the Anaconda after reading John Taffin's loads for it.
I used to know a retired airline pilot who lived on the Salmon River in Alaska. He took a Mossberg pump with slugs and buckshot. Like someone else on this forum, he said that you either have enough time to get away, or just enough time to decide which part of your anatomy you'll feed to the bear first. He felt he could swing that Mossber, thumb off the safety and start shooting fast enough. The stories he tells of brown bears stalking him curl my hair.
-Backpacker