Memorable,Thanks!

 

Don't get much better!!

 

.44 Special's the only one I've consistently kept though I did happily let a New Frontier .44 go.

The cartridge just seems to me like what an SAA wanted all along.

 

Love it….itll do just about what the magnum will do in a package about 20% less weight and bulk…..also, as most of us buy with the intent to sell at one point in our lives, that caliber gun, while maybe not the most popular, the small group who like it will dig deep.

killed my biggest buck (out of around 30) with a 4” 1950 Target….pictured…..The Shooting Master has an extra cylinder & crane for the 44-40

 

I agree the .44 Special has many virtues. One of my favorites is that I cast and load one bullet exclusively.... the 429421. I can push it fast or slow and still get great results in any of my Specials.

 

3 big bands to grab the lands - can't hardly go wrong.
That bullet or a wadcutter in a magnum case just about covers it for me too.

 

Smith and Wesson second model .44 Hand Ejector. Made in 1922 it was sent back to the factory in 1925, probably for the barrel shortening (4 7/8”) which appears to be factory done. The grips are jigged bone.

 

I too, use the 429421 and the Saeco 260 grain. Like the 44-40, the 44 Spl. has varying throat and groove diameters…..I have multiple boxes of 44 Spls. with the same load but sizing diameters that run from .427, .429, .430, and .431. The Colt S.M. has .427 diameters for both cylinders.

 

Of all my SAA and all my different guns and cals., I like shooting My .44 Spls. the most. For all the reasons you guys have mentioned.

 

This .44 Special third model was carried along the border in a law enforcement holster for twenty years.

 

This .44 Special third model was carried along the boarder in a law enforcement holster for twenty years. View attachment 985732

Very nice….that gun is hard to find, even harder with the short barrel…..kinda looks like the gun that that famous pre FBI guy named Jelly Bean carried.

 

When I was a kid in the late 70's and early 80's, the only thing that made me want to go to the grocery store with my parents was the magazine rack. That's where I discovered the .44 Special in the pages of Shooting Times and Guns and Ammo.
I read stories and articles from all of the great gun writers on the .44 Special and it made an impression on me.
For the last 30 years I have been hunting down guns with the magic roll mark. I thought I would share a few examples.

Did the gun on the far left come from Gunbroker by chance? I saw one just like it on there years ago and wished I would have picked it up.

 

Yes, I bought it off of Gunbroker maybe 6-7 years ago. I was kind of nervous about what I was getting but thought I would take a chance. It came out of Idaho and whoever build it did it right. They used a 1958 gun and added original early 2nd Gen .44 Special cylinder and barrel. It times perfectly, locks up super tight and has zero end shake. The front sight is an original Kings with S&W rear sight, Kings didn't do the work but I sure wish I know who did.

 

Col Richard Malcolm Cutts II, USMC’s Smith and Wesson Triplelock. The gun is nickel plated with Mother of Pearl grips and is in .44 Smith and Wesson Special caliber with a 6.5” barrel. The pistol was originally shipped to a New York distributor in January 1911. The .44 Special was likely carried by Col Cutts in Cuba (1912), Dominican Republic (1923-24), Nicaragua (1926) and Haiti (1930). He died in 1934.

 

 

Normally the full blue doesn't catch my eye but that top SAA in full blue with ivory is cats meow!!

 

Best regards,

 

When I was a kid in the late 70's and early 80's, the only thing that made me want to go to the grocery store with my parents was the magazine rack. That's where I discovered the .44 Special in the pages of Shooting Times and Guns and Ammo.
I read stories and articles from all of the great gun writers on the .44 Special and it made an impression on me.
For the last 30 years I have been hunting down guns with the magic roll mark. I thought I would share a few examples.

You must've been reading a lot of Skeeter Skelton. He wrote for Shooting Times and was a big proponent of the .44 Spcl. I was carrying a S&W M-66 back then and I asked my Chief if I could carry a .44 Spcl. He said good luck if you could find one - which I couldn't. Probably for the best, as the N frames were a bit big for my hand anyway. It's probably the best caliber that I never owned.
Thank you for starting a most interesting thread!

 

Great. Period.

 

Here’s another .44 Special of mine. Shipped to Texas in 1956.

 

Love that one!

Best regards,

 

A few more that I have accumulated over the years.

 

Hard to think of a better all-around, do-it-all caliber. Easy to reload, from soft target to whack-em hard loads. My favorite is a 5.5" New Frontier I've had for about ten years. Never had a bad day with that Colt.

 

Might as well add a pic...my fav and another for backup.

 

Maybe not my fav, but definitely an enjoyable SA 44 spec. to own and shoot.
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Well, you can never have enough .44 Specials. Early 1920‘s Smith and Wesson Hand Ejector 2nd Model .44. Special. Barrel cut to three inches in the past and MOP added.

 

Reconciler - not only do you have some great .44 Specials but your pic taking and composition are some of the best I've seen online.

 

Thank you!!

 

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