Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Handguns .44 special GP100 conversion?

The old Bulldog .44s from the 1980s were excellent little guns. A 19 ounce, five shot, .44 Special. I had one back then. Sold it a few years later because I needed the money. Sure wish I'd kept it.

I have a 28oz SS Taurus mod 415 2 1/2" ported in .41mag. The cylinder is too short for some of the heavy .41mag loads, but the Fed 250gr Cast Cores work fine in it. I carry it and sleep with it in any bear country. I'm thinking about trying some of the new .41 Specials in it for vehicle carry. I'm another one of those guys that let an old Charter Arms Bulldog Pug .44 Special get away too cheap. It was sweet and I carried it with regular ammo and hand loaded birdshot.

Hawkeye, how about that little Win Mod 06 .22 hammer pump rifle that I sold for $25 to buy my $115 NIB Rem 1100 shotgun? When you are buying a home and have a baby on $42 a week, you do what you gotta do. Life is good.

Just did a little digging on the 696 and found out that it was in production from about '97 until 2002. Pretty short lived. I don't hold out much hope of finding one.

Every once in a while you see them for sale on the internet, but for a lot more than Blue Book.

Those are nice. Used to have and like I usually do, I end up getting rid of the good ones. Don't know how old this is. Worth a try.
http://www.fsguns.com/used/?action=detail&indx=3959

Relative to what folks are asking on gunbroker that's a good price for one. I've seen people wanting to get $800 'cause it's "rare!"

Was really tickled when S&W announced these and then was so disappointed when I saw it had a 3" barrel. I know, I know, it's the kind of silly thing no one in their right mind really loses any sleep over, but I sat up night after night wishing they had put a 4" barrel on these.

Apparently it sold already. Not listed among the S&W revolvers they have for sale.

Jim, I can appreciate your worries over a 3" versus a 4" barrel. It's what I want in a mid frame .44 special too.
Maybe it's because my mind is conditioned to think, 3" barrel means slightly oversized hideout gun and 4" barrel means trail/holster gun.