lee n. field
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I’ve got one.
It shoots well. Especially with target level .44Spl loads.
What I was thinking, "sounds like a great platform for .44 Special."
I’ve got one.
It shoots well. Especially with target level .44Spl loads.
.44 Special or .44 Special +P (at most) in .44 Magnum cases is all that gets run through mine.My thoughts exactly. I could be wrong, but I have to believe that more rounds of 44 Spcl. Get run through these than the magnum loads.
Probably. I sure do wish "marketing" would have felt it would sell well as a .41 Magnum though. I'd have bought one in .41 Magnum even faster than I bought the .44 Magnum one.marketing probably felt it would sell better as a .44 magnum.
Marketing probably had a bad taste in their mouths from the Model 696 debacle. Although the 696 was chambered for 44 Special it sounds like folks pushed the envelope on the 696 and ruined quite a few.I could see it as a .44 special, but marketing probably felt it would sell better as a .44 magnum.
I won't disagree, I'm not sure it is not a forlone hope. I'd be in in a heartbeat if S&W came out with a Model 69 chambered in 41 mag. It would be a good companion for my 8-3/8" Model 57.S&W please listen! We love the 69 44mag, but it needs to be paired with a L frame 41mag....
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Think about this for a second.Although the Model 69 is rated for 44 Magnum, I suspect like the Models 19/66, an Achilles heal will reveal itself if a steady diet of 44 Magnum loads are fired in the 69.
My LGS has an older model , the number escapes me, S&W in 44 Special. 4" nickel gun with an $1800 price tag. Seems the 69 would be a great alternative at 1/2 the price, and better quality than a Charter Arms Bulldog..44 Special or .44 Special +P (at most) in .44 Magnum cases is all that gets run through mine.
I'm not sure whether my Model 69 or my 74-year-old tendonitis filled right elbow would wear out first with a steady diet of full-house .44 Magnum loads.
I think that's a real good way of looking at it. That is, a Model 69 being a great 44 Special that could be used as a 44 Magnum if need be.My LGS has an older model , the number escapes me, S&W in 44 Special. 4" nickel gun with an $1800 price tag. Seems the 69 would be a great alternative at 1/2 the price, and better quality than a Charter Arms Bulldog.
A .357 is not a .44 and does not represent the same level of strain on the platform. Pressure is only part of the equation.Think about this for a second.
The M69 is an L frame - the same as the M686 - arguably one of the stronger .357 magnums.
If the L frame will stand up to the hottest .357 magnum loads ~ 35k psi, then a .44magnum ~ 36k psi - shouldn't deliver undue wear and tear.
At least not on the gun. The shooter on the other hand.....
Ha! "Sadistic" is a real good one-word description of the Model 69 stock grips as far as I'm concerned. I've never looked around for grips to replace them with though - I just avoid running very many full-house .44 Mag loads though mine.the stock grips it comes with are sadistic.