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I have one of those "special" birthdays coming up :) and this big hoss found its way into my stable yesterday: It's a S&W 6-1/2" 629 Classic DX (.44 magnum), model 629-4, manufactured in 1994. This revolver was in the original box, extremely clean, and shows just the faintest hint of a turn...

At our local club's Bullseye 900 match last week, I struggled to a 701 shooting .38 specials from my 6" S&W 686. I had changed out the main spring and trigger rebound spring in the revolver to make the action nice and light, and I had a LOT of light primer strikes (like 10-12) in 60 rounds of...

The Hodgdon web site specifically calls for small pistol magnum primers for .357 mag loads using H110, but does not mention magnum primers for .44 mag. Are the large pistol primers enough to reliably ignite H-110 in .44 mag or do they also need magnum primers? Any difference in primer...

I've been looking around the 'Net for what others have found as far as which primers are harder/softer than others, and have found the following rankings (from softest to hardest). I would be interested in what those here have observed or (even better) measured: Federal Magtech Winchester...

I needed some soft Federal primers, and noticed they are $10 off per thousand (still $28 though). Free shipping for $150 or more through 8/31.

I've been shooting Bullseye matches for a while and would like to know if it's permissible to load an extra round in either the magazine or cylinder in case you have a misfire/misfeed and have time to clear and squeeze off the extra round in either Timed or Rapid Fire. I realize that the...

It was great to see the "revolver guy" fare very well in last night's challenge conducted with a Glock 34. I'm sure his DA experience with revolvers served him very well as he dropped one deflector after the other. What is the purpose of the slot in the top of the Glock 34 slide? I thought...

I just bought my first .44 magnum, a S&W 629-4 Classic DX with 6.5" barrel, and would like to get some recommended loads from y'all. One constraint... I have a good supply of Unique, Titegroup and H110 powders so I'd like try those first before branching out. I'm looking for both very accurate...

I'm in the market for a 629-4 or later .44 magnum and am looking at a 629-4 now that appears to have a Patridge front sight rather than the red ramp I have seen on others. Did they come from the factory with a variety of sight options or has the sight been replaced?

Thinking about one of these, I think my wife and daughter would enjoy the 85% size and 16 oz. weight. Read a magazine review saying it shot 1" groups at 25 yards. Can't find much feedback - nothing here, on Gunbroker or at Bud's either. Does anyone have one? Like or dislike it? Is it even...

Just got back home from 2 weeks at my recently purchased vacation/distant future retirement home in rural NW Pennsylvania. The property included a total of 10.5 acres, including 7 acres of pretty mature forest. At the edge of our back field (we own another 100 yards+ of woods behind) I found...

My iron-sighted K-22 was working well today and I scored 784 (previous best 762). Slow fire continues to improve slowly (avg. of 78 per round). I found that the timed (90.3) and rapid fire (93.0) segments (which I shoot all DA) were even better with a reduced power Wolff main spring, and I had...

I was pleased to see and read a very nice article by John Marshall in the latest Dillon catalog (page 40 at http://www.bridleandbit.net/ebooks/bluepress/bluepressjuly11/july11/object_files/main.swf). Yes, I really do read the articles ;) My 98-year old Colt Vest Pocket .25 Auto is a very nice...

Does anyone know the power rating of the standard spring in my 686-4? I replaced mine tonight with a 14 lb spring, the Wolff kit I drew from has "reduced power" springs ranging from 12 to 16 lb.

This morning I used my old S&W K-22 and K-38 revolvers (Models 17-5 and 14-1 to be exact) at our local 900 point NRA bullseye match (there's a second centerfire match the first Saturday of the month) and scored 762 and 750 points, respectively. My previous bests were 742 with the K-22 and 703...

I'd like to try some in my revolver.

Glad to see they are starting to see the light and not letting what is PC dictate their actions. http://money.cnn.com/2011/04/28/news/companies/walmart_guns/index.htm

When I had the .25 ACP vest pocket pistol to the range a couple of months ago, my son and I had light primer strikes on approx. 25% of the rounds we fired. I ordered a new mainspring from Numrich and that appears to have done the trick nicely, no issues today at all during today's range trip...

I'm a semi-serious bullseye shooter (3 times a month) without a lot of time or opportunity to get to a range for practice in between matches. I didn't get to shoot this past weekend and I'm having withdrawal symptoms. :( Question - does anyone practice with air pistols away from the range and...

I bought a new rear sight blade with a white outline to replace the blued sight on my Model 17. Alas, what I received is the correct part, but I'm very disappointed with the quality of the white outline. It's off-center and the white is dull and not as visible as it ought to be (lots of gaps)...