Panzerschwein
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Those 720s were well thought of.
Some say the best Rossi revolver ever made.
Some say the best Rossi revolver ever made.
Supposedly a Lipsey's 2.75" S&W 69 is in the works.
No surprise that a more compact L-frame (696) would be your favorite. That's some big iron you carry. Is that open carry or concealed?Well, my favorite carry gun is my 3" 44sp S&W 696. At least it is on Monday's, Wednesday's & Friday's.
Tuesday & Thursday belong to the 3" 45LC S&W 625-7.
Saturadays are reserved for a Gary Reeder 3.75" rebuild of an Accu Sport, 5.5" Ruger 45LC
Sunday's usually find me wearing a nice 4" 45LC S&W Mountain Gun.
Joining the rotation, from time to time:
3.5" Ruger Blackhawk 45LC
3.5" Uberti El Patron 45LC
A couple of 624s and 24s (all 3 inch) and 1 3" 629.
I admit it, I get/got carried away but, you know, you can't take it with you.
Truthfully, the 696 & 625-7 are the ones most often carried, with the 696 carried most often.
(I just ordered a 3" 45acp Kimber Ultra Carry HD. I hope the 696 and 625-7 don't get jealous.
I forgot to mention, the 696 were twins!!! I have two of them.
--Nashtn--
I am privileged to own both a 696 and a vintage Taurus 441. Not using them often though, since moving up to six rounds for carry in a 41 Special custom GP100. The 44 Special is shot more often out of a NMBH Flat Top 4".Man I wish I would have bought two 696s when they only $400 apiece. Who knew? At least I got one and it's not going anywhere until I reach room temperature........ The 696 was one of the BEST ideas S&W ever had. Sadly the ammo industry would not support the caliber - there were still too many OLD guns floating around that would not handle ANY high performance ammo. But if you handload - it just doesn't get any better in a snub revolver. I also wish I had grabbed a couple of the Taurus .44 Spl. snubs back when I could buy them at dealer cost. Those were very nice CCW guns and were very affordable. The Taurus guns of the 90s were nothing like what they currently put out.
That is concealed carry, about 3 inches right of my gig line, in a cheapo Uncle Mike's IWB. I've got a bunch of expensive, leather IWBs and none are as usefull or comfortable as UMs.No surprise that a more compact L-frame (696) would be your favorite. That's some big iron you carry. Is that open carry or concealed?