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Here's a fun one to wrap your hands around 
my 2.5" 629 .44 mag
my 2.5" 629 .44 mag
ouch my S&W 44 mag hurts
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I once owned a Model 29 back in the 1970's. I shot less than two boxes of "full-house" magnum loads through it and decided then to sell the gun. The checkered grips didn't help matters either. I suppose I could have gotten used to the recoil or changed grips, but I don't think I would ever have described shooting it as being a "pleasure." I was not a reloader at the time, so what hurt even more than the recoil was the cost of ammo.
It is not too bad on the first shot. It gets worse with subsequent shots.
I think the most painful 44 Magnum I owned was an FIE Hombre in 44 Magnum a very light pistol. This was a German made copy of a SAA. Having a bomb go off in your hands must be similiar experience to shooting one of these things.
I don't like recoil and I cannot maintain accuracy shooting a 44 Mag. I shoot the things last, and when the flinch is at a peak, I go home.
I guess I am a wimp.
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Shouldn't hurt. Try Pachmyr Decelerators and perhaps padded shooting gloves but you shouldn't need the latter.
And unless your hands are particularly small, boney or not well padded, you really shouldn't need the decelerators either if it is a 6" stainless gun. I shoot a 3" with wood grips, no issue.
And unless your hands are particularly small, boney or not well padded, you really shouldn't need the decelerators either if it is a 6" stainless gun. I shoot a 3" with wood grips, no issue.
Lots of good opinions here.
My interest in a 44 mag is that I like to fish and hike up in Yellowstone and Montana. The places I fish are frequented by Grizzly. My plan is to have 2 cans of pepper spray and a large handgun(44 mag) in a shoulder holster. I've fired the 44 mag through the Ruger Blackhawk when I first started shooting handguns and it was a serious whoopin' that tore my right thumb several times. I didn't have any technique to use so it came with inexperience. I was hoping something else could make a difference in the high country but me thinks it's either a 2 3/4-3" slug shotty or a 44mag. I'm leaning towards the 44 and will start trying some that my friends have. I advised a good friend who lived in Glacier and often traveled to Anchorage to drop the 45acp and get a 44mag or 12ga which he carried for years-and he followed my advice 2 years ago. That was the time he happened across a momma grizz and 2 pups. He had to unleash 3 rounds and reload to discourage the teddy bears but I think he was better served with this caliber.
I just don't know how I'm gonna fare as a lightweight 5'6"/ 155lbder. I usually put about 5000-7000 rounds downrange of 45acp and 40sw yearly but going to a revolver is a somewhat foreign experience. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
My interest in a 44 mag is that I like to fish and hike up in Yellowstone and Montana. The places I fish are frequented by Grizzly. My plan is to have 2 cans of pepper spray and a large handgun(44 mag) in a shoulder holster. I've fired the 44 mag through the Ruger Blackhawk when I first started shooting handguns and it was a serious whoopin' that tore my right thumb several times. I didn't have any technique to use so it came with inexperience. I was hoping something else could make a difference in the high country but me thinks it's either a 2 3/4-3" slug shotty or a 44mag. I'm leaning towards the 44 and will start trying some that my friends have. I advised a good friend who lived in Glacier and often traveled to Anchorage to drop the 45acp and get a 44mag or 12ga which he carried for years-and he followed my advice 2 years ago. That was the time he happened across a momma grizz and 2 pups. He had to unleash 3 rounds and reload to discourage the teddy bears but I think he was better served with this caliber.
I just don't know how I'm gonna fare as a lightweight 5'6"/ 155lbder. I usually put about 5000-7000 rounds downrange of 45acp and 40sw yearly but going to a revolver is a somewhat foreign experience. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
Well, if you are looking to protect yourself from grizzlies in Yellowstone or Glacier....the shotgun is probably illegal (National Park) as is the 44 (until next month?) But the 44 will be a lot easier to keep discreetly hidden.
If you have a real need to protect yourself in that situation, I don't think you will notice the recoil, nor the noise.
(Of course there is always the old joke about filing off the front sight of a handgun....)
Ken
If you have a real need to protect yourself in that situation, I don't think you will notice the recoil, nor the noise.
(Of course there is always the old joke about filing off the front sight of a handgun....)
Ken
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