B!ngoFuelUSN
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I was looking for some informed perspective on two different revolvers.
I've been planning on buying a short barreled .44mag for some time. In part for a bit of range excitement, in part for a woods/backpack gun and to have the option of keeping it in my flight bag when setting out somewhere less than urban.
I'm a S&W guy so want to keep it in family and already own a 627 PC short barreled (2 5/8") N-Frame.
I'm looking at the 629 PC 2 5/8" barrel and an (older) Trail Boss which has a 3" barrel and comes magna ported from the factory. BTW, I like the idea of magna porting for such a short beast gun but I've not been able to find out how that affects ballistic performance. Everything I read says bullet speeds are affected 'not very much', or 'hardly at all if at all', but I've never seen any numbers. Does anyone actually have the data?
Any opinions here? Has anyone fired one or both?
Thx,
B
I've been planning on buying a short barreled .44mag for some time. In part for a bit of range excitement, in part for a woods/backpack gun and to have the option of keeping it in my flight bag when setting out somewhere less than urban.
I'm a S&W guy so want to keep it in family and already own a 627 PC short barreled (2 5/8") N-Frame.
I'm looking at the 629 PC 2 5/8" barrel and an (older) Trail Boss which has a 3" barrel and comes magna ported from the factory. BTW, I like the idea of magna porting for such a short beast gun but I've not been able to find out how that affects ballistic performance. Everything I read says bullet speeds are affected 'not very much', or 'hardly at all if at all', but I've never seen any numbers. Does anyone actually have the data?
Any opinions here? Has anyone fired one or both?
Thx,
B