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I regularly carry a S&W 329PD 44 Magnum revolver with a 2.5 inch barrel. I carry it with 200 grain Winchester SilverTip 44 Special rounds. Does this count?
My revolver is the Alaska Backpacker 4 series. Very similar to the Night Guard series. It's stainless steel cylinder is not black, and the sights are adjustable, but otherwise, the same.
I'm sure I'm giving up some velocity with the short barrel, but it sure is convient to carry.
From time to time I have carried a S&W 696.
A bit on the heavy side but so is the S&W 681 I have lugged around under a jacket in the Winter. Florida is not the climate for big revolvers and concealed carry.
I have a friend who often carries a S&W 296 (pretty much same size) with a couple shot loads and regular JHP's while stomping the foothills of NW Colorado. He onetime walked into several hundred rattlesnakes in the spring (they were sunning, but slow and groggy due to the cool temps). He delicately stepped out of them and later commented he could not have carried enough ammo to fight them off if it had come to that. He likes the .44 Special for its size and weight, and power, for hikes. PS: I somethimes carry a Ruger Sheriff's .44 Special as a CCW.
I carried a S&W M296 Airweight for close to ten years. Liked it a lot. Especially with the 200 grain DPX all copper bullets.
Too many of the bad guys like to wear vests now. Things like .44 Special and even my much loved .45 ACP just won't go through them. So I started carrying an HK P2000 LEM in .357 SIG instead. 12 +1 with an extra mag. Nobody can say for sure what would have happened if they had been in a certain Colorado movie theater but I would have had a better chance with the HK than with the .44 Special. That's just the facts!
Sometimes - Rossi Model 720 It is a 5 shot K-frame size gun in stainless steel with a 3 inch barrel.
I spent most of my life shooting 38/357 revolvers but have gotten to like this 44 Special.
My CCW was my 296, an enclosed hammer 19.7 oz Al/Ti 5-shot .44 Special, in an OWB holster. I didn't like that form of carry - and Robert Mika make me a pocket holster for it and one for a 642, too, even though I wouldn't get a 642 for some time. The 296 carries well in about 75% of my pants front pockets. I finally bought a 642 2/07 - it will pocket carry in any of my pants pockets - a definite 24/7 EDC.
My ammo of choice for the 296 was the 200gr Gold Dot from CCI Blazer - until one split it's case in my 696 - now I carry that bullet loaded in new Starline brass loaded by Georgia Arms - actually costing the same as the Al-cased Blazers. I replace one with a first up 240gr LSWC when woods walking. The Gold Dots thoroughly destroy a 2L pop bottle full of water - and I have chronoed them at 804-808 fps from the 2.5" 296. The 642 carries +P 158 gr LSWHPs.
Here they are holstered:
The 396NG is a tad heavier than the 296 or original 396. May be welcomed - the 296 has a decent recoil!
I too am a .44sp fan as I carry a 2" taurus in my side panel of my truck and a Ruger SBH cut down to 4.5" when out in the field. It is a lot more fun than a .44mag, but I load for them also for hunting.
Jim
I do like that really good use of the 'clip' for a reload for your .44.
But a company [ no I dont even know who owns it ] called TUFF makes a 'quick strip' for the .44/.45/410 and they do well even with a 45-70 round for convenient carry of all aforementioned rounds.
I was stuck using only Bianchi speed strips in 38/357 until this came available.
I got them a few years back,but I do believe they are still available.
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