Reeder Custom Guns - Anyone toy with the S&W model 69 .44?

It looks like a fantastic .44 Special. In this day of 21-shot plastic wonders, it looks quite formidable!

L-frame 5-shot .44 mag.!

I have one and primarily shoot these 185 Grain WC @ 850-900 FPS. Great hiking and back up hunting revolver. Have not tried any full power stuff!! [image]

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full house .44 Mags was not the original mission plan for this platform. I can almost feel that sting.

We worked up a very hot .41 Magnum 265 gr. hunting load for the Ruger 7-1/2" scoped hunter model. They were running about 1450 fps. I tried exactly THREE out of my 3" M657 with the combat wood grips. I'd had enough.

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on which Handloader magazine had info he wrote on loading for the m-69. Still have to put something together..... [image]

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I’ve shot full house 44mag, 240gr over 24gr h110. Velocity is just at 1300. Certainly have to hang on to it though! Usually, I shoot 9.5gr of LONGSHOT with the same bullet for just under 1000. I like it very much.

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Full bore 44 Magnum is ruff in one of the new L frame guns. After talking to Taffin I ordered one of the new L frame model 69s. I ran some hot factory loads and they were not pleasant at all. Taffin was right. The L frame model 69 should have been a 44 Special gun.

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He wasn't too impressed. He said it should have been a 44 Special. In 44 mag it is not any fun shooting. I thought the same after shooting a cylinder full.

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years in many forms. several yrs ago I switched over to 44 special loads and find that, they will handle anything I wish to shoot anymore LOL So all my 44 mags now shoot 44 special

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Anyone toy with the S&W model 69 .44?

Model 69

I think we are old enough to know that

Picked one up and wrote to Brian Pierce

Have had one for a bunch of years, 4.25”. I like it a lot

But that is an N frame, isn't it? The model 69 is L frame

I was talking with Taffin right after he got the model 69 in

44 mags are wonderful, I've shot one for 60