Have two friends with them... Have shot both target and full loads from them and except for the S&W 342 AirLite .357 Magnum I can not think of a more miscible gun to shoot with full loads.

That said for personal protection I use the Speer .44 Magnum 200 grain Gold Dot HP Short Barrel Load from a 629 Mountain Gun and it is not bad to shoot in the 329. 10.0 grains of Winchester 231 behind a 200 grain jacketed or lead bullet for practice duplicates the load at 1080 fps.

I had the .41 version of the 329..the 357. Had both the PD and the NG. Sold them both as I just didn't like the thought of having to ship the gun back when the flashgap protector goes. That and I could outshoot the 357 with a Taurus Titanium Tracker which is smaller, lighter and completely titanium just didn't need to keep it...

Here's a very good read on the 329...

https://sites.google.com/site/hobbyhintstricksideas/Home/s-w-329pd-info

Bob

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