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There's very little a stoutly loaded, lead, .44 Special load can't do about as well as a full Magnum load. It's mainly a matter of flattened trajectory in the Magnums vs the Specials.

Yes an older 29 will shoot loose with full house mag loads but who cares?

-2 and older are beauties and shooting full house 44 mags is mostly stupid anyway. Especially in 2019.

The -3's catch a lot of schit but I have a 6" that will go 6 for 6 on milk jugs at a 100yds. It's a shootah.

I've had a six inch 29-2 for years. An article in Gun Digest a ways back suggested an 80-20 ratio of using mid range loads most of the time and full loads when really needed. Mas Ayoob wrote an article for American Handgunner called, I think, The 4 by 44, about four inch Smiths and stated he had three, one shooting, one just back from repair and one out for repair. I have lived by that 80-20, probably 90-10 for me, and my 29 is still tight. Arthritis keeps me from shooting it much now. My three screw Super Blackhawk, in the family since my late brother got it new, has never had anything but factory or equivalent loads and is tight even now.

With factory loads and now reloading data being powder puff loads compared to the older factory loads and reloading data I would figure the elderly M29's would last almost indefinitely with them.
Thousands and thousands of these cream puff loads shouldnt even begin to leave the faintness of faint use.
Much less the wearingness and tearingness of the hottness of the pressure-fullness of the young age loads.

Post a pic of your 29-2.

It is a miracle. An absolute miracle. I asked about the creampuff loads nowadays. As watered down as they are there shouldnt be any problem. They are watered down arent they?
Its a miracle and absolute miracle.

Post a pic of your 29-2.

I traded all my 44 Mags for a 380 Auto. With the downloaded creampuff 44 loads a 380 Auto is better.

Good effort.

But we can all see the truth.

I know I have. With the downloaded 44 Magnum i am going with the 380 Auto. If I could just get a 380 in a full size 1911 in 380 Auto life would be good.

Are you done attempting your nonsense?

I was just wondering why, with the watering down of the 44 Magnum ammo, plus all the loading data why an elderly M29 wouldnt last for an indefinite time. Wasnt that why the loads were watered down? Since I am not a ballistic expert i would like to know since ive never seen a 44 Magnum

So you don't own one? Is that what you're saying?

One what?

Look it up using Google and come to your own conclusions. Then come back to us with your findings siting link, paragraph and graphs depicting what you seek...😎

Yes, is the answer to your question. You’re a tool! 😎

I have many tools they come in handy when working on home projects.

Poor dufus can't afford one.

LMAO

I have bought many tool in my life. I just said I have many.

1957 vintage pre 29 4 screw: