P. Plainsman
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That's my experience so far. Some of my .357 guns will shoot like a flaming residence with .38 Special, but produce inferior, though still respectable groups when I switch to various .357 Mag. ammo.
I had assumed this was just a matter of recoil adversion on my part. But then I got my 4" S&W 629, a .44 Magnum revolver that weighs no more than most of my .357s. I put a Hogue wooden stock on it too; while the grip is comfortable, this isn't a gun that babies the shooter under magnum recoil. My thumb usually shows some bruising the day after a .44 Mag range session.
Yet the gun shoots great with .44 Mag, offhanded at 15 to 25 yards. In fact it gives better offhand groups with the magnums than it does with most .44 Special ammo, save for the mild-loaded, accurate Black Hills .44 Special FPL cowboy round.
I also remember a session about a year and a half ago with a range rental .44 Magnum Super Redhawk -- I was a pretty green shooter at the time, intimidated by the magnum recoil, yet, again, when I was able to control my flinch the gun gave (for me, at that time) good groups.
Do folks find the .44 Mag to be a generally more accurate cartridge than the .357?
I had assumed this was just a matter of recoil adversion on my part. But then I got my 4" S&W 629, a .44 Magnum revolver that weighs no more than most of my .357s. I put a Hogue wooden stock on it too; while the grip is comfortable, this isn't a gun that babies the shooter under magnum recoil. My thumb usually shows some bruising the day after a .44 Mag range session.
Yet the gun shoots great with .44 Mag, offhanded at 15 to 25 yards. In fact it gives better offhand groups with the magnums than it does with most .44 Special ammo, save for the mild-loaded, accurate Black Hills .44 Special FPL cowboy round.
I also remember a session about a year and a half ago with a range rental .44 Magnum Super Redhawk -- I was a pretty green shooter at the time, intimidated by the magnum recoil, yet, again, when I was able to control my flinch the gun gave (for me, at that time) good groups.
Do folks find the .44 Mag to be a generally more accurate cartridge than the .357?
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