Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Handguns Heavy buffalo bore ammo in smith and Wesson ,K,L and N frame ?

I have one of the early 629 "Classics" with full lug barrel. Don't recall if it is a 629-2 or 629-3, but S&W confirmed for me it has the endurance package.

If we're talking heavy non-expanding bullets, WFN, LFN, or whatever, 1200 to 1300 fps may give your best penetration anyway, and super-hot loads don't buy much.

I would not shoot any hot loads in a .45 ACP, or .45 Colt N frame. The .41 mag, or .357 Mag in the N frame, that's a different story. Or shooting expanding bullets, then I want the things to expand as much as feasible, while still having sufficient penetration.

"I would not shoot any hot loads in a .45 ACP, or .45 Colt N frame."

I know where you are coming from, but on the other hand Clark reams the 625's for the .460 Rowland! If this was inadvisable or had caused problems I would think he would have ceased doing it (total assumption on my part as I know him not at all... thinking down the lines of liability avoidance... as there is a long list of things my local gunsmith will not do). But try sending one of these back to S&W for warranty repair and I would bet it would not be covered.

Jerry