.44 special compared to .44 magnum
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.44 Special = pussycat
.44 Magnum = tiger
The difference is NIGHT AND DAY! The S&W M629 Classic in .44 Mag with 5" or 6.5" barrel is my all time favorite pistol. But they can be habit forming. I am up to four now. Most of the time I shoot handloads with 250 gr bullet at 1100 fps (about midway between Special and full power mag loads).
Try it. You'll like it (if the pistol is not too small).
LB
.44 Magnum = tiger
The difference is NIGHT AND DAY! The S&W M629 Classic in .44 Mag with 5" or 6.5" barrel is my all time favorite pistol. But they can be habit forming. I am up to four now. Most of the time I shoot handloads with 250 gr bullet at 1100 fps (about midway between Special and full power mag loads).
Try it. You'll like it (if the pistol is not too small).
LB
double0757
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I have a 629 6.5", I can shoot all day with 44spl. I enjoy that caliber, it is also what I have for home defence. The 200gr bullet on 44 spl travel at about 900-1000fps the same bullet in 44mag can travel at about 1500-1800fps depending on how hot the round is. 44mag is for hunting (good round for it). However I can't finish a box of 44mag at the shooting range. My hand trembles after two or three cilinders of it.
I was concidering buying (not sure of the model) S&W .44 mag 4" Scadium to go fishing in bear country. Has any body shut it with full boat 44mag yet? How is it? I use to take my 629 for that, but after carring the 340pd for a while I can only dream how much more pleasent would be to carry .44mag in scadium!
And how much more recoil? 
Double O
I was concidering buying (not sure of the model) S&W .44 mag 4" Scadium to go fishing in bear country. Has any body shut it with full boat 44mag yet? How is it? I use to take my 629 for that, but after carring the 340pd for a while I can only dream how much more pleasent would be to carry .44mag in scadium!
And how much more recoil? Double O
My whitetail deer hunting gun is the S&W 629. The Hornady 240 grain hunting rounds are WOW! I think the reason they come 20 to a box is because 20 is all one cares to handle. I've fired special handloads and they are calmer, but I'm having a hard time finding specials in the stores. If and when I do, they ain't cheap. Oh, one thing that helps with the magnum loads is a padded shooters glove. I even wear a weightlifters wrist band. Maybe it's whimpy, but it helps.
Just so you know, you can use .44 Specials in .44 Magnum guns. I'd personally go with a .44 Magnum S&W 629 and shoot mostly .44 Specials through it. Oh, wait, I did!! 
If you don't reload, this is a good place to start if you like to shoot the .44s plenty. Factory .44 Specials are big $$. Factory .44 Mags are only moderate $. .44 Special is way more pleasant to shoot. I reload and will tell you there is nothing more satisfying than spending a day at the range with a couple of buckets of .44 Special ammo just going "pop, pop, pop" until your arm is tired of holding the gun up. Consider that 100 .44 Spec only costs around $8 to load, and you get the point.
Oh, and for a revolver, a 4" 629 Mountain Gun would be hard to beat, though a standard contour barrel of same length would be fine. Mine is a 6" 629, half-lug, and while it is great to shoot, it doesn't let you forget it is there out in the woods.
If you don't reload, this is a good place to start if you like to shoot the .44s plenty. Factory .44 Specials are big $$. Factory .44 Mags are only moderate $. .44 Special is way more pleasant to shoot. I reload and will tell you there is nothing more satisfying than spending a day at the range with a couple of buckets of .44 Special ammo just going "pop, pop, pop" until your arm is tired of holding the gun up. Consider that 100 .44 Spec only costs around $8 to load, and you get the point.
Oh, and for a revolver, a 4" 629 Mountain Gun would be hard to beat, though a standard contour barrel of same length would be fine. Mine is a 6" 629, half-lug, and while it is great to shoot, it doesn't let you forget it is there out in the woods.
iplaypearldrums
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44s
i bought a 44 mag,629ss,4"bbl, from a woman that "used it to chase off gators " when she walked her dog, even though it was too urban an area for that, but near "the hood",lol, anyway i thought it would be good for the boat,if i got bothered,in the gulf, it'd be good for hull damage
i bought a 44 mag,629ss,4"bbl, from a woman that "used it to chase off gators " when she walked her dog, even though it was too urban an area for that, but near "the hood",lol, anyway i thought it would be good for the boat,if i got bothered,in the gulf, it'd be good for hull damage