A Pleasant .41 Mag Load With Vihtavuori N340.

gilgsn

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Hello.
Just a little experiment today with 210gr powder-coated bullets (MP 41 Hammer) and 7gr of N340.
I used regular large pistol primers from Fiocchi.
Nice to shoot and subsonic at 922fps. I'm going to adopt this as a practice load :)
Gil.
 
Gil, one of my most accurate loads in my super accurate 7½" FA model 97 is 7.3 gr of N340 under a powder coated 215 gr for about 1,000 fps.

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I have never payed much attention to the 41 MAG due to owning both 357 and 44 MAG handguns already. But the activity on here all the time gets me to thinking I might be missing out on something. Now you all have me thinking of buying into this caliber! Just what I need LOL.
 
I have never payed much attention to the 41 MAG due to owning both 357 and 44 MAG handguns already. But the activity on here all the time gets me to thinking I might be missing out on something. Now you all have me thinking of buying into this caliber! Just what I need LOL.
Great caliber! It does pretty much anything a .44 (.43) can do. It's enough power and more than .357. For reloaders it's ideal. The case capacity isn't too big as to hinder the development of light loads, and enough to push a 170-250gr pretty darn fast. That it fits in a medium frame like the FA97 or Blackhawk XR2 is the cherry on the cake. The .41 Mag needs to be talked about, a lot... It didn't get the publicity it deserves, and we need more guns chambered in it!
Gil.
 
Great caliber! It does pretty much anything a .44 (.43) can do. It's enough power and more than .357. For reloaders it's ideal. The case capacity isn't too big as to hinder the development of light loads, and enough to push a 170-250gr pretty darn fast. That it fits in a medium frame like the FA97 or Blackhawk XR2 is the cherry on the cake. The .41 Mag needs to be talked about, a lot... It didn't get the publicity it deserves, and we need more guns chambered in it!
Gil.
Ifn you could get ruger Marlin to release a 24" or a 16 inch lever gun I'd buy one. Henry refuses to make a color case hardened steel with a load gate like is proper...
 
I'd take a Rossi R92 in .41 any day!
Gil.
Not that it’s the best thing since Wonderbread or anything but, I never understood why Ruger never made a 77/41 carbine or a 77/32 carbine. They made Blackhawk revolvers in .41 and .32 magnum but not the 99-series levers or 77-series bolts. I think they missed an opportunity but, that’s just me.

Edit: it’s the 96-series. Typo’d it.
 
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would anybody actually spend $700 for a bolt action, short-throw, stainless/synthetic all-weather, 20” Ruger M77
You would be surprised how much people are willing to spend for something they want... In Europe, gun prices are double that of the United States. For example: Here in France a Ruger Blackhawk will set you back $1700. People buy them... Note that salaries in France are lower than in the U.S. and taxes, all included, approach 60%. Yet people buy guns at 2X the U.S. cost.
Gil.
 
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people are willing to spend for something they want
Bingo. I too would save and pony up the high price for a few guns, since I love shooting so much. And cost is relative, 40 years ago as a young married person with two young kids, the gun dollars didn't stretch very far at all. I can afford a great deal more 4 decades of working/saving/investing later. Fortunately my wife was of like mind with money. :)
 
You would be surprised how much people are willing to spend for something they want... In Europe, gun prices are double that of the United States. For example: Here in France a Ruger Blackhawk will set you back $1700. People buy them... Note that salaries in France are lower than in the U.S. and taxes, all included, approach 60%. Yet people buy guns at 2X the U.S. cost.
Gil.
I was perhaps being a bit tongue in cheek. 🤪

Actually, I had it easy. I had a few guns, mostly hunting handguns and a couple of military surplus range rifles, when one day in the mid-90’s I was inspired by the owner of a gun store I frequented. He was struggling with his bound book. I offered to help him convert his paper bound books to electronic in a format the ATF couldn’t legally refuse to accept. We consulted with a couple of lawyers and the senior ATF agent for the district. I worked for guns and ammo, literally, then spread the word to other stores with the original customers permission. Five years later my fifth 45-gun safe was stacked so full I couldn’t close it. I made enough money on other projects that I didn’t have to charge the gun store owners for the software. Then ATF adopted an official stance on electronic books and after that commercial products with liability protection and enhanced security came along. Our work was made obsolete. But I can see hints of it in current ebook products.

I got lucky enough to get ahead of the wave and enjoy the ride. Pure luck, no skills involved.
 
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