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That new M69 is attractive, even more so since they've announced a 2-3/4 inch barreled version. I've lamented for such a thing on the K or L frame for some time, ever since the demise of the 5-shot .44SPL on the L frame, the 696. Now we've got the M69, and had I not the attachment to my 629 Mtn Revolver, I'd run out and buy the new 5 shot.
My Mtn Revolver is early issue, there is not any inscription on the barrel regards "MTn gun". I use either a Bianchi #8 holster or an Aircrew shoulder rig, and a single speed loader pouch of unknown make. Despite sound reasons to use factory ammo for SD, my load for that gun is a GP reload, a 240 or 250 gr LSWC running at 850+ fps, ie, sort of .44spl +P. I do not routinely carry this revolver for SD, it's a woods roamer, but along the way, should I need to stop or whatever, it obviously goes into the SD role with the ammo that was in it. I experimented with some .44 spl factory ammo, the W-WSilvertips and the Federal LSWCHP, but swappping ammo back and forth between the gun and the loader was tedious, and in the end, just went with the heavy GP slug.