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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: xd40lover on August 14, 2007, 04:53:12 PM
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i plan to buy a revolver in 44mag to go with my henry 44 mag . i have been looking at a ruger super blackhawk bisley hunter with a scope. i have not owned a ruger rev. before i buy please give me suggestion's on ruger and S.W. please don" t hold back. its very important to me what you guys think!!! i need to get this birthday present right . my brown eyed baby says WHAT? another gun? you do understand my married friends? thanks in advance, xd40
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Apples to Plums the S&W629PP is my Pin"Destroyer"Gun. I love it. The only thing Ruger has over smith is the longer cylinder if you wanted to handload long/superwieghts bullets which I do not. Some argue over the Rugers strength over the Smith and unless you plan to redline-charge every round then this is a silly point. I can not find the breaking point of a Smith with Factory loads or FFL reloaded Ammo. Serious! And the Smith customer service is hands down the KING!
Tex
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Rugers are bullet proof (no pun) I had a 29 and it was not good at all, shaved every shot, soon sold it. I would however give them another chance because I like the ergonomics over the ruger. The Taurus looks good and you still have the Colt. I would give the Taurus a hard look.
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S&W 629 hands down (and I LIKE Rugers). Shoots super accurate, great 'feel' and as strong as it needs to be.
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I gave my Son a Smith 629 to go with his Henry Big Boy 44 and he has good results using the same loads in both.
A single action may have a little more nostalgic feel as a companion gun to a lever gun but what the heck. ;D
As has been said, not all loads in 44 Magnum have to be hotrod loads to get good performance.
HBMan
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Bottom line is you are not going to go wrong with either gun. It really depends on if you want a single action or a double action more so than Smith vs. Ruger. I have owned both, and both are good guns.