Show your BIG BORE 44 Specials (no magnums)

[Arizonagunrunner]

Here is my favorite 44 special. Rossi 720 fixed sight. I changed the bobbed hammer to one with a spur. I carry this an awful lot as a ccw. Smooth, crisp and accurate. I roll my own, so shooting this is not an issue.
Carry Blazer Glod Dots as defense. If I am not carrying my Speed Six, this is the one on my side. Best gun Rossi ever made.

 

[Arizonagunrunner]

and this is my other 44. Taurus 431. I love this weapon.

 

[mnrivrat]

My favorite revolver as well. K- Frame size with a 5 shot cylinder. Stainloess and pleasant to shoot. Rossi made these right.

 

[Driftwood Johnson]

OK.

Model 624.






455 Hand Ejector, 2nd Model, shipped to Canada in 1916. Returned to S&W and converted to 44 Special at some point.






44 Hand Ejector, 2nd Model, shipped February, 1921.





44 Hand Ejector 3rd Model, shipped 1929. Refinished by somebody other than S&W.






Another very funky refinished 44 Hand Ejector 3rd Model with real stag grips.





A really nice 44 Hand Ejector, 4th Model of 1950 Target. Shipped December, 1955.






Model 24-3, shipped March 1984.







Last but not least, Bisley Colt, made in 1908. Don't know what caliber it was when it left the factory, I really ought to letter it. Converted to 44 Special at some point.






Still looking for one of my Grail guns, a Triple Lock. Haven't found one yet that I can afford.

 

[tomrkba]

S&W Model 24 with 3" barrel and Ahrends stocks.

 

[SharpsDressedMan]

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[pendennis]

Here are mine:

 

[cwmoss]

Here is my 44 spl, a Heritage model 24.
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[CraigC]

I don't have near enough!

Custom Ruger mid-frame flat-top by Jim Stroh:


USFA Pre-war:

S&W 24-3:


Let this Uberti get away from me a couple years ago, need a replacement:

 

[aarondhgraham]

I just bought my first last weekend,,,

I just bought my first .44 Special handgun last weekend,,,
It's a Charter Arms Bulldog with a 3" barrel.

I saw it several weeks ago in The Evil Pawn Shop,,,
The decision to buy it was for two reasons,,,
I own two boxes of .44 special ammo,,,
He only wanted @298.00 for it.

Nice shooter that kills at both ends.

Aarond

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[CH47gunner]

S&W M624nd 3" LHS

 

[TennJed]

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Nice grips. Do you mind me asking where you got them? I have seen a seller on eBay that makes ones very similar to the top engraved ones

 

[lowercase]

My vintage Charter Arms Bulldog 3". My LGS actually called me out of the blue when they got this one in a trade, because they knew I was wanting one. I cleaned it up and replaced its Pachmayr grips with some correct wood stocks that I was lucky enough to find on eBay.

My current generation Charter Arms Bulldog Pug 2.5" with "old school" NOS stocks.

 

[tipoc]

Triple Lock from 1915. 5" barrel. Factory nickel.









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[tipoc]

M624 3" barrel produced in 1986.







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[tipoc]

Colt New Service 7.5" barrel. From about 1940.









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[tipoc]

S&W 396 3.2" barrel. About 2003-04.







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[tipoc]

Lowercase,

How do you like the Bulldog. I keep an eye out for them. But I've never shot one. How do they hold up?

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[19-3Ben]

Tipoc- that 396 is fer'serious sweet. What a beaut, and I can see it would actually be a practical carry gun as well.

 

[lowercase]

Lowercase,

How do you like the Bulldog. I keep an eye out for them. But I've never shot one. How do they hold up?

tipoc

Both of them (vintage and new) are holding up fine. I use the stainless one as a carry gun and love it. If you get one, look it over carefully to make sure you get a good one. Also, if the store has more than one, try the triggers out so you can get a decent trigger. The triggers on these guns vary from gun to gun and can be anywhere from gritty to decent. The trigger on my stainless one is surprisingly nice. The trigger on my vintage one is okay.

Other than that, don't run hot loads through them because the guns are lightly constructed and won't last long. I run 200-grain Blazer Gold Dots in mine and she does just fine. I also like to practice with 240-grain cowboy action rounds because they are so light in recoil.

 

[tipoc]

Thanks.

 

[CraigC]

Love t hat New Service!

Got me another .44Spl this afternoon, a 5½" Ruger Bisley flat-top.

 

[SharpsDressedMan]

TennJed, the grip on mine are mesquite, but were carved by Kirk Ratajesak, a longtime stock carver on the west coast. I bought the plain grips awhile ago on ebay; same with the smooth myrtle grips on the Sheriff's Model. The woman on ebay that sells carved grips is much more economical, but then her stuff is not as deep relief as the ones on my Ruger. I like her work, and consider her stuff a real bargain. Here is a set of carved grips from her for a Beretta 92FS.

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[TennJed]

TennJed, the grip on mine are mesquite, but were carved by Kirk Ratajesak, a longtime stock carver on the west coast. I bought the plain grips awhile ago on ebay; same with the smooth myrtle grips on the Sheriff's Model. The woman on ebay that sells carved grips is much more economical, but then her stuff is not as deep relief as the ones on my Ruger. I like her work, and consider her stuff a real bargain. Here is a set of carved grips from her for a Beretta 92FS.

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Thanks, it is hard to tell details like relief from my phone. All those grips are very nice, you have great taste. I have thought about getting some from her.

I have bought several grips from Private Schultz, 41magnum (on Ruger forums), and bearpaw (on eBay) and have been pleased with all of them, but have a hankering for something different like the carved ones.

 

[Driftwood Johnson]

tipoc:

Very nice Triple Lock. I hope to find one, one of these days. How come you took the original grips off? Too much wear?

I like the New Service too. I particularly like that the barrel is marked for both 44 Russian and 44 Special.