S&W 629-4 Mountain Gun... a new favorite... pics...

[DHart]

I recently acquired this 629-4 Mountain Gun, my first MG. Nice weight and a great shooter. I don't shoot full house .44 mag loads in my revolvers (but I do in my lever rifles). In the revolvers, I much prefer "lite" .44 mag. loads. My defense load is ProLoad's 200 gr. Gold Dot which flies at about 1050 fps. My practice load is a "clone" of my defense load consisting of a 200 gr. RNFP powered by 12.5 gr. of HS-6 which also flies at about 1050 fps. This is an enjoyable and very comfortable loading to shoot from these revolvers... while full-house .44 magnum loads are just no fun for me from a handgun, these light loadings make a .44 mag revolver lots of fun to shoot without beating up the gun or the shooter. Here are some pics from this afternoon. Unfortunately, I really put the cart before the horse today and decided AFTER making the pics to refresh the finish with Scotchbite pads and a good Flitzing. Now the gun looks even better than in the pics! Unfortunately, the gun arrived wearing the all-too-common Hogue rubber grips (which I detest), but after putting my favorite type of grips on the gun... it really came into it's own... I love it!

 

[rick_reno]

Beautiful with those grips.

 

[DHart]

Thanks, Rick... I always get a good chuckle when I see your tag line!

 

[BluesBear]

AHHH one of the original Mountain Guns whith the firing pin in the correct location!

Congratulations.

 

[HSMITH]

Nice gun, and as usual fantastic pictures.

I had an early 629MG, was a good shooter.

 

[Curare]

DHart--does the ".44 Magnum" and "Mountain Gun" text come off with a light polish or is it roll marked?

 

[Bullet]

Looks great. I really like the older models. I wonder why anyone would buy new when you can buy an older gun like yours. I just bought a 629-1 and am planing to use the same defense load that you are.

 

[Onmilo]

I have a .45 Colt Mountain Gun.
That said I still consider the .44 Magnum Mountain Gun more practical and the .41 Magnum even more so, especially if you reload.

 

[RonJon]

You already saw this one in another thread, but...

...since we have established a special thread only for Mountain guns, here it is again (with a few extra views):

Ron

 

[DHart]

Curare... yes, the etched lettering was somewhat faint on mine when I got it and I'm going to do even more Flitz polishing of the gun (because I like the soft/bright look and feel after polishing) which may remove the etching entirely, but that's ok with me. I like this gun even more than I thought I would when I bought it. Gives my 3" 629 a real run for the money!