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tjm,
Quite a telling data point!
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Cool thread....I just picked one of these up in .45 colt and am amazed at the accuracy - at 25yds I was putting the bullets in one ragged hole (factory 250 lead). Are they all this accurate? If so I may want to find one in .41 magnum (my favorite handgun caliber), but until then this .45 will do just nicely  Also any recommendations for loads for the .45 in this gun - I do not have a ton of experience with this cartridge or this handgun - I will mostly carry it while hunting whitetails and blackbear. Thanks in advanced! PennDog
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...yes, they are all that accurate... This was in 2004, DA at 50'. The one out was the first shot and aiming point for the others.. ![[Linked Image]](http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b77/RJM52/SMITH-WESSON/Pict0138.jpg) The round butt combined with the slim barrel just give MGs a balance like no other..at least to me. Now a question...why do the .44s bring so little money compared to the rest of the calibers? A -2 Mountain Revolver in mint condition with a beautiful bead blasted finish just sold for $789.00 with just one bid... Most any of the 629 MG line hardly bring $900...some exceptions but not many... That .41 above sold for $1400, just about as high as I've seen one go. As to .45 Colt loads...I've never gotten into the caliber either. If I was going to have a caliber other than .41 it would be .45 ACP first and .44 second... Depending on what you want for velocity and what you have for powder a 250-280 Keith or LBT with 9-10 grain of Unique will get about 1000 fps...about all one needs in a .45 for most shooting. Bob
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I don't hunt any mountains so I carry my S&W 25-7 5" 45 Colt.
By the way, in case you missed it, Jeremiah was a bullfrog.
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They could call it a moon gun and it still wouldn't matter, the slim barrel and round but makes it handle better than any other I've tried.
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This thread makes me want to cry - trading off my 625 for something I thought I had to have rates up there with one of the dumbest things I've ever done. 
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Thanks Bob for the information....I can't wait to try some loads out when it gets warmer here and see what this revolver will do - hopefully something like your .41 does?!!! A 250-270 grain lead bullets at 950-1000 fps is where I would like to be so we will see. Don't want to get rid of that .41 do ya  , since it does not shoot very well (they were not ALL in the SAME hole)  PennDog
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They do handle and shoot as good as a handgun can feel. After a trigger tuning by a great smith like Alex Hamilton it becomes astonishing!
Add Crimson trace grips, and there is nothing it cannot comfortably handle. With the bonus of being nice to carry
www.huntingadventures.netAre you living your life, or just paying bills until you die? When you hit the pearly gates I want to be there just to see the massive pile of dead 5hit at your feet. ( John Peyton)
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My .45 MG is in need of new grips.....just because I like the thought of CT grips and like the looks of the JM grips on RJM's. Anyone try the VZs on a MG yet? George
�Out of every one hundred men, ten shouldn't even be there, eighty are just targets, nine are the real fighters, and we are lucky to have them, for they make the battle. Ah, but the one, one is a warrior, and he will bring the others back.�
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your MG IS DA' [bleep] GEORGE
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Brother, you can't even begin to guess how many offers I've got....
She deserves a better set of grips.
George
�Out of every one hundred men, ten shouldn't even be there, eighty are just targets, nine are the real fighters, and we are lucky to have them, for they make the battle. Ah, but the one, one is a warrior, and he will bring the others back.�
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....George...like these.... ![[Linked Image]](http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b77/RJM52/SMITH-WESSON/SW657MG.jpg) Bob
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