Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Handguns The best 44 mag revolver ever? ??

Best is very subjective.

For me, a nicely blued Model 29, with a 5" barrel, endurance package, interchangable front sight,pre-lock sample, such as the incredibly awesome 5" Classic/Classic DX is as close to a factory issued "Best" as I am likely to encounter.








For pure Classic, a pinned and recessed 5" Model 29, like the ones shipped to Chicago back in the day, and more or less re-created here is an excpetional piece as well, without the full underlug barrel:

Middle gun:




If a Redhawk could be built with a 5" barrel, and an action as light and smooth as a S&W, then that would probably take top shelf. It just has not happened yet.

i'm a big fan of the mountain gun. mine is a later 29-8 with the lock, etc but it really shoots and handles like a dream. and i can pack it all day in a chest holster and barely know its there.

A pic of the 29.

http://rs19.pbsrc.com/albums/b184/DWCalls/100_0439.jpg?w=480&h=480&fit=clip

Mackay, that middle gun is sweet.

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I had a 329PD for backpack carry but changed to a Mountain Gun because the recoil on the 329PD hurt. Love to shoot and carry the Mountain Gun!

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The best ever? This one -- okay, it's a custom, but it's my favorite .44 Mag.

DROOOOLLLLLLL!

One measly part breaks/malfunctions easily when subjected to 445 recoil. The gun was repaired by CZ, but its a real crappy design with that large of a cylinder bolt.

The entire rest of the gun is a tank.

Wow, that's nice! How heavy are those slugs?

Thanks!

They are 340 grains -- Buffalo Bore's +P+ offerings.

That's a 29-2 that was an 8&3/8ths" gun, which is perfect gunsmithing material. Narrowed and smoothed target trigger, and interchangeable front sight.

It is the gun that Smith probably could have sold a boatload of, if they wanted to.

It makes me happy just fondling it!

Again, talking personal preferences here, but for my needs, this is the most consistently accurate .44 mag I have ever had. Not much worried about its strength, either.

Am I allowed to opine here despite my low post count?

Well, here it goes:

That is a great revolver! Lot's of bang for the buck. I have a Bisley Hunter as well in .44 Mag that is very accurate that has accounted for a few animals. You can do a lot worse!

Actually, that just INCREASED your all-important post count!

Bought the Bisley "used" from a guy who said the guy he got it from said it kicked harder than any hand gun he'd ever shot. Don't think my seller even fired it. Doesn't seem to kick any more than any other .44 in it's weight and barrel length class to me, although I admit to not being experienced enough (or having enough posts) to see any appreciable difference with the Bisley grip?

Awesome piece!!

Any revolver with the name Freedom Arms engraved on the side. There are Rugers or BFR's that sometimes are "just as accurate. But none can match the build quality or accuracy (on average) built into every Freedom Arms. The quality of the actions are second to none.
Expensive yes, but quality always is.

I love Freedoms as much as the next guy, but I will put BFRs up against them any and every day of the week with regards to accuracy. They build 'em well with match-grade barrels. Fit and finish and aesthetics it's no contest as FA hands-down wins, but accuracy...... Have some box-stock Rugers that will get it done on the range as well as any higher end guns. Times have changed IMHO.

Grew up shooting Ruger SA.
Have had a few SBH and a couple of 3 screws (one was crazy accurate but looked pretty rough).
Had Smith 629's............4" reg probably the most fun, but for general usage the 6" the better choice. Prefer -3 and older, but keep bullets to 240 gr and lighter (180's kill deer fine).
Don't care for DW or Anacondas.

So an older Smith, or wait for it..........a Ruger SRH.

Hate the grip on a SRH, and they seem rather crude, but dang in a 9.5" do they shoot (at least the one I had). Not a fan of scoped rigs (but my eyes may mandate it very soon).

I used one iron sighted one season. Wouldn't mind getting another and trying to refine it..........but haven't come across anything at a decent price.

Thought about a Redhawk with Anaconda bbl on it.....handled a new RH and about puked. Hate the lockwork, feel/leverage......just not my thing.

Dunno if I can stomach another SRH.......after having shot Smith for a few years.

Only thing I did to my Smiths was smooth the edge of the factory triggers.

Tried 300 grainers in my first one, a 4" -1. Got it used. 2 cylinders and the pivot broke. Smith fixed it rather quickly, cost me $5 to ship back then. Great customer service, and only time I needed it. My 8 3/8" and couple 6" never had a prob (240 gr and lighter only).

Have not tried a Freedom Arms. LGS has one,but it's .454