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Posted: 7/30/2021 6:36:48 PM EDT
Put 50 midrange hand loads through my 624 tonight. Just enough push to let you know you’re shooting a big bore but not even close to punishing. I just shoot that gun so well. It’s a 4” that had to go back to the mothership because of push off. Trigger is NICE now. I’ve also got a Lew Horton 24-3 3” RB that isn’t NiB but damn close. Just an awesome cartridge and very nice to hand load for. I stupidly sold a 4.75” Ruger stainless Blackhawk in 44 Special and I wish I still had it.
The 624:  She’s much dirtier right now. I’ll take care of that later. |
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Posted: 7/30/2021 6:42:50 PM EDT
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I've always wanted one.
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Posted: 7/30/2021 6:47:23 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/30/2021 6:53:18 PM EDT
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21-4 my favorite 44 spc.
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Posted: 7/30/2021 7:03:57 PM EDT
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Love it.
My 5 inch 629 loves the magnums loaded down to special energy. |
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Posted: 7/30/2021 7:31:58 PM EDT
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I gotta take my 629 Mountain gun out and shoot it- Magnum and Specials.
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Posted: 7/30/2021 7:56:16 PM EDT
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Years ago I almost bought a 21-4 at a relative bargain. Instead I got a 22-4 at a fair market value.
I like 45ACP better.  20140914_094019 by Slick_Rick77, on Flickr
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Posted: 7/30/2021 8:53:43 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Years ago I almost bought a 21-4 at a relative bargain. Instead I got a 22-4 at a fair market value. I like 45ACP better. https://live.staticflickr.com/3903/15238744811_d41d1fd7a1_b.jpg20140914_094019 by Slick_Rick77, on Flickr Nice revolver. I’ve got a 325NG and a British proof marked Smith 1917. I need to shoot them more. |
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Posted: 7/30/2021 9:25:42 PM EDT
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Quoted: Put 50 midrange hand loads through my 624 tonight. Just enough push to let you know you’re shooting a big bore but not even close to punishing. I just shoot that gun so well. It’s a 4” that had to go back to the mothership because of push off. Trigger is NICE now. I’ve also got a Lew Horton 24-3 3” RB that isn’t NiB but damn close. Just an awesome cartridge and very nice to hand load for. I stupidly sold a 4.75” Ruger stainless Blackhawk in 44 Special and I wish I still had it. The 624: https://i.imgur.com/L6sn14m.jpg She’s much dirtier right now. I’ll take care of that later. Now thats pure sex right there!!! 
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Posted: 8/1/2021 10:53:16 PM EDT
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I don't shoot anything but standard .44 Specials in my M29-3. As the OP says, it has just enough thump to let you know it starts with 4 and no punishment while shooting it. Heartily agree.
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Posted: 8/2/2021 12:10:56 AM EDT
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Ruger Flattop in .44 Special. One of my favorites.
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Posted: 8/2/2021 1:56:56 AM EDT
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Me too, only mine's not the girly, shiny type.
 Old school!!!  
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Posted: 8/2/2021 2:03:24 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I don't shoot anything but standard .44 Specials in my M29-3. As the OP says, it has just enough thump to let you know it starts with 4 and no punishment while shooting it. Heartily agree. https://images2.imgbox.com/64/bc/s6VEBncN_o.jpg Damn, that's pretty! What grips? |
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Posted: 8/2/2021 3:06:03 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: 21-4 my favorite 44 spc. Not sure what dash number mine is. It’s from the classic series, nickel.  I also have a pair of Rossi 720s, a Ruger flat top Blackhawk, and a Uberti 1873 lever gun in 44 Special. It’s second only to the 44 Mag as my favorite caliber, I 90% of the time I download the 44 mag to 1000 FPS anyway. 
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Posted: 8/2/2021 8:28:02 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Damn, that's pretty! What grips? Culina smooth cokes in American holly. |
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Posted: 8/2/2021 9:00:51 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Culina smooth cokes in American holly. I've been on the fence about holly grips for my .44spl Bisley, you just pushed me over the edge. |
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Posted: 8/2/2021 10:31:11 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Not sure what dash number mine is. It’s from the classic series, nickel. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/33552/E1E409A6-2D01-48FA-892C-3FDF5A58911B-2037316.jpg I also have a pair of Rossi 720s, a Ruger flat top Blackhawk, and a Uberti 1873 lever gun in 44 Special. It’s second only to the 44 Mag as my favorite caliber, I 90% of the time I download the 44 mag to 1000 FPS anyway. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/33552/4A6120E8-DBF8-4EF9-BB75-EA3AAFD6C0A0-2037323.jpg I had an 1873 Cimarron Short Rifle in .44 Special and loved that rifle, but alas I let it go. Yours is a nice one, for sure. |
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Posted: 8/3/2021 12:31:40 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I had an 1873 Cimarron Short Rifle in .44 Special and loved that rifle, but alas I let it go. Yours is a nice one, for sure. Mine is the US Marshal IT (Indian Territory) version, 18 inch saddle ring carbine. I didn’t care about US Marshal stuff, but it is a great little levergun in the right caliber. Now I need to find some more round nose bullets, it doesn’t like to feed Keith bullets. I really need to get my ‘Smith to fix it where it does feed Keith bullets. |
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Posted: 8/3/2021 12:38:25 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Mine is the US Marshal IT (Indian Territory) version, 18 inch saddle ring carbine. I didn’t care about US Marshal stuff, but it is a great little levergun. Now I need to find some more round nose bullets, it doesn’t like to feed Keith bullets. I really need to get my ‘Smith to fix it where it does feed Keith bullets. I cast and loaded 255 gr. SWC's from an RCBS 44-250KT mold and these bullets feed pretty much flawlessly, BUT they're profile is a little different than most Keith type bullets.  This one came out of an unlucky buck. You can see the base of the front of the bullet is larger in diameter which makes a less pronounced shoulder than on most Keith bullets. |
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Posted: 8/3/2021 8:53:28 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I've been on the fence about holly grips for my .44spl Bisley, you just pushed me over the edge. Another little taste of Culina American holly on a nickel 13-1. 
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Posted: 8/3/2021 9:34:54 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Another little taste of Culina American holly on a nickel 13-1. https://images2.imgbox.com/82/a1/iTlMYZab_o.jpg Nice! |
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Posted: 8/4/2021 5:22:27 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I cast and loaded 255 gr. SWC's from an RCBS 44-250KT mold and these bullets feed pretty much flawlessly, BUT they're profile is a little different than most Keith type bullets. https://i.imgur.com/iw9xKN4m.jpg This one came out of an unlucky buck. You can see the base of the front of the bullet is larger in diameter which makes a less pronounced shoulder than on most Keith bullets. I had some handloads with a true Keith bullet, they wouldn’t feed at all without single loading them into the chamber. I had some others that were kind of a short nosed SWC, I could jiggle the lever and get them to feed. Then I tried some aluminum case blazer ammo with a jacketed bullet, these fed like butter but are scarce and expensive. |
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Posted: 8/4/2021 5:24:26 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Another little taste of Culina American holly on a nickel 13-1. https://images2.imgbox.com/82/a1/iTlMYZab_o.jpg Those are very nice! My 13 is a beater, well it looks like one, but it apparently wasn’t shot much. I’ve been on the fence about grips for my nickel model 21. I may give Jennifer a call and get some holly grips ordered. |
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Posted: 8/5/2021 9:16:07 AM EDT
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Place holder for S&W 696 pics
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Posted: 8/5/2021 9:31:21 AM EDT
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Posted: 8/5/2021 7:51:42 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Charter Arms Bulldog Pug for me: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/497148/Charter_Arms_Bulldog_Pug-1_JPG-2040627.JPG That looks painful…… |
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Posted: 8/5/2021 8:04:05 PM EDT
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The special is one of my favorite pistol cartridges.
A pair of early Smith’s, 4” and 6.5”. 
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Posted: 8/6/2021 1:25:11 AM EDT
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I only have two 44 Specials left. A Ruger Lipseys Blackhawk from a decade ago and one of the Smith M24's from the eighties. I had decided to keep more of my 44 Magnums when I'd been selling stuff off in recent years. However, I wished I'd have keep a few more of the M24's and M624's I owned as I really enjoy reloading and shooting the 44 Special as well. Its a very rewarding cartridge as it doesn't seem to take a lot of effort to achieve accurate loads
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Posted: 8/11/2021 11:50:49 AM EDT
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 Attached FileJust received this Top Break in 44spl. It is dead on...and really fun to shoot. Skeeter would be proud.... TexasAg |
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Posted: 8/11/2021 2:31:39 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Charter Arms Bulldog Pug for me: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/497148/Charter_Arms_Bulldog_Pug-1_JPG-2040627.JPG I've got an older Bulldog aka Son of Sam gun. |
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Posted: 8/11/2021 5:15:29 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: That looks painful…… It isn't though. I some times wish I had mine back. Now, if you load it like some did back in the 80s, it might be a little bit painful, but those kinds of loads are hard on that kind of a gun. Factory loads and reasonable handload duplications thereof actually work quite well. |
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Posted: 8/11/2021 5:23:12 PM EDT
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One of my faves
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Posted: 8/11/2021 6:06:10 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Love it. My 5 inch 629 loves the magnums loaded down to special energy. Mine, too. Best of both world’s and 5”. Ive heard size matters. |
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Posted: 8/11/2021 6:15:46 PM EDT
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Quoted:
Put 50 midrange hand loads through my 624 tonight. |
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Posted: 8/11/2021 6:38:11 PM EDT
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Used to have this:
 Then I got this:  And promptly sold the 624 Lew Horton. Neat gun, collectible, but just not as much utility as the first-gen Mountain Revolver (which is also collectible). .44 Special is a great round, but the option to use .44 Magnum (even if painful) is a nice feature. |
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Posted: 8/11/2021 7:11:08 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: What load and slugs? The factory .44spl I bought was as boring as shooting a .38, except for much more expense. At least I have the shells to re-stuff, but I want them to have some snap. Here's a good load. It gives me 955 fps out of my 4" GP 100 200 gr. Hornady XTP over 8.5 gr. Alliant Power Pistol |
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Posted: 8/11/2021 8:13:33 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: What load and slugs? The factory .44spl I bought was as boring as shooting a .38, except for much more expense. At least I have the shells to re-stuff, but I want them to have some snap. The old “Skeeter load” is @ 250 grain Keith bullet over 7.5 grains of Unique. |
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Posted: 8/11/2021 8:16:10 PM EDT
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My first love is a model 28 that a friend built for me about 45-50 years ago.(and , yes, I still have it.) he found a 6 inch .44 special barrel in the white and very rough, but marked. I gave him a smith model 28 and he bored the cylinder to .44 spects. cleaned up the barrel, did a trigger job on it, and reblued the whole thing. we put it in a Ransom rest at the range and it shot a 1 1/2 group at 50 yards. that was the only way to get a .44 special in those days. it will be the last gun of mine that I'll sell. I pour my own bullets and I'm using a round top, flat top 6 hole Lee mold now. and I powder coat my bullets. I load for about 900-1000 FPs OR there abouts. at my age I don't shoot any thing that hurts, the trigger still breaks at about 3.5 lb.s after all these years. I have replaced the firing pin(on the hammer) once(and no, I don't dry fire much at all.) but it is the gun I use to show friends that I can still shoot a revolver, the rest of them are for playing(well, not really,) thanks Garry Dean
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Posted: 8/12/2021 12:32:49 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The old “Skeeter load” is @ 250 grain Keith bullet over 7.5 grains of Unique. 
This is my Magnum which has now been double-Magnaported: 
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Posted: 8/12/2021 9:42:40 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: What load and slugs? The factory .44spl I bought was as boring as shooting a .38, except for much more expense. At least I have the shells to re-stuff, but I want them to have some snap. I’ve got about 300 210gr SWC bullets left over from 20+ years ago. I’m loading them with 5gr of HP-38. Enough juice to keep it interesting but not super heavy. I’ve also been loading ACME 240gr coated SWC’s over 7.5gr of Herco. I’m pretty deep on LPP’s so I’m loading a lot of 44 Special and 45 ACP at the moment. The HP-38 and Herco are ancient as well. I’ve got plenty of new stuff but I figured I’d use the old stuff. Still works fine. 25 year old Winchester LPP’s as well. For the record, Dillon 550 and RCBS dies. 44 Special is just such a sweet round to reload. |
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Posted: 8/13/2021 9:38:53 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I may still have a bit of Unique. Thanks! This is my Magnum which has now been double-Magnaported: https://i.imgur.com/jQjfV6a.jpg Universal would work just as well for that load. |
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Posted: 8/14/2021 9:31:52 AM EDT
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It's not as beautiful compared to the Smith & Wesson's shown, but this Charter 2000 Bulldog .44spl works just fine during it's once a year go to the range practice. Otherwise it just sits in my tv room inside it's Mika Holster.....
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Posted: 8/14/2021 9:52:47 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Universal would work just as well for that load. Unique and H110 have been my go tos for .44 mag since I started reloading. I lucked into a keg of universal last year and I'm looking forward to trying it out. Seems to ve very similar, but not as popular for some reason. |
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Posted: 8/14/2021 10:02:45 AM EDT
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As far as modern guns go, myS&W model 69 is a dream with 44 SPCL. Now that they make a shorty m69 you could have a pocket full of fun.
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Posted: 8/14/2021 10:31:46 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Unique and H110 have been my go tos for .44 mag since I started reloading. I lucked into a keg of universal last year and I'm looking forward to trying it out. Seems to ve very similar, but not as popular for some reason. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Universal would work just as well for that load. Unique and H110 have been my go tos for .44 mag since I started reloading. I lucked into a keg of universal last year and I'm looking forward to trying it out. Seems to ve very similar, but not as popular for some reason. I don’t know why it’s not as popular. Maybe because Unique has been around longer. Another reason is probably confusion about the name. It used to be called Universal Clays. Now it’s just Universal. The loading data is so close to Unique’s you might as well say they are interchangeable. Universal is just a tad quicker burning so most of the data shows the max loads a tenth or a grain or two less than Unique’s max loads. It meters a lot better than Unique which is why I switched. |
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Posted: 8/14/2021 10:32:46 AM EDT
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Got a 3" GP100.
There's just something about it. |
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Posted: 8/14/2021 11:08:20 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I don’t know why it’s not as popular. Maybe because Unique has been around longer. Another reason is probably confusion about the name. It used to be called Universal Clays. Now it’s just Universal. The loading data is so close to Unique’s you might as well say they are interchangeable. Universal is just a tad quicker burning so most of the data shows the max loads a tenth or a grain or two less than Unique’s max loads. It meters a lot better than Unique which is why I switched. I've heard that about metering. As soon as my bench is finished, that 650xl is gonna go "brrrrrrrr!" again. Lol |
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Posted: 8/15/2021 7:12:41 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/15/2021 7:55:53 PM EDT
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Freedom Arms M97 in .44 Special.
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Posted: 8/16/2021 8:26:49 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Freedom Arms M97 in .44 Special.https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/16145/BACBD55C-16DC-49B4-BE3B-D123AAF91A32_jpe-2054323.JPG I want one of those….. |
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Posted: 8/19/2021 11:50:31 AM EDT
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I used to have this, and stupidly sold it in '09. Stupid even though I made over 2x what I paid for it.
 Attached FileFound it's replacement in a pawn shop this spring. Not quite as pretty, but probably stronger.  Attached File |
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