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Smith and Wesson Model 69?

I second the GP 100 10mm.

Ruger flattop 44 Special, Bisley or regular grip. 5.5” barrel.

I have a Ruger Bisley-gripped, 5.5 inch blued flattop 44 Special. It is very nice. . Need to fire lap out some thread/frame choke though.

I want to try one of those, the 2.75 inch gun is nice but the 4 inch barreled gun seems to balance better.

It is factory - save for the grips (Rowen Custom Grips).

Thanks!

Thank you!

I'm working up some .480 loads and will be chronographing them in this revolver and a 6 1/2-inch Bisley that I have. It'll be a few weeks.

Definitely not!

I do have a bunch of 10mm stuff. Tried the G20 & G29, but not a fan. Considered a 1911 platform though.

I always thought a Dan Wesson Razorback would be a good gun.

While I enjoy Glocks, I will wholeheartedly disagree with what was posted here. In fact my experience in shooting quite literally thousands of various semi auto handguns through the course of managing some programs backs that up.


Back on the topic of inaccurate factory revolvers...



That is 5 shots @ slightly over 100 yards. 300 grain XTPs from my red dot sighted Redhawk.




Target to truck:








That is 1.38"s for 5 rounds.

I suppose if you want to subtract the bullet diameter of .44 you get .94"s for 5 rounds.



Bearing in mind that most groups of the day were in the 3" range, but that has more to do with the human element, not mechanical accuracy.

I have yet to see a stock glock that will put 5 rounds into an inch at 100 yards.

or 50 yards

or even 25 yards.


and I have had my hands on plenty.

Amen brother!

I shot this group at 100 yards with a stock Super Redhawk in .454 Casull. I was shooting Federal 300 grain Swift A-frame loads. The SRH had an Ultradot 30 up top.



50 yards with a .480 Bisley shooting Buffalo Bore 275 grain factory loads.



50 yards with .454 Bisley shooting 300 grain Federal Swift A-frame loads:

Darn nice groups Whitworth1!

Thank you!

The S&W 69 .44 Mag is a nice compact gun to carry and mine shot well. I prefer the .480 Ruger Bisley to carry now. There is not much a 400 gr hard cast WFN at 1000 FPS won't kill and the recoil is mild

Those .480's are cool as schit.

For the eastern side of the USA is there any reason why a 480 is mo betta than a 44 mag? The bisley looks nice, I guess it out shoots the 69? I am now thinking the 4 inch 69 because Glock Doofdud likes the 2.75 inch gun. I just cannot see a 480 for me where I hunt

Yes, yes they are.

Whitworth,

Where did you get that Blackhawk scope mount?

I don't know what would require a .44 mag east of the Mississippi. Much less a .480.