The sights are excellent.Īt three pounds clean, the trigger leaves nothing to be desired. It shoots flat over distance and is easier to hit with at 100 yards than most revolvers. This is an accurate revolver that will place five Hornady 210-grain XTP loads into 2.5 inches at 25 yards. 41 is a well-used and well-worn Ruger Blackhawk with a 6.5-inch barrel. 44 Magnum, with most loads.įiring bullseye fashion, the Ruger is controllable and accurate. 41 shoots flat at long range and offers excellent penetration. 41 Magnum is a fine outdoors cartridge, with very little in the way of demerit compared to the. In a blunder, several agencies issued the 210-grain JSP for training and scared recruits-male and female alike-to tremors! The heavy frame S&W is much slower on the draw than a K frame revolver. It was offered with two loads-a full-power, jacketed, hunting load at about 1,300 fps and a 210-grain lead SWC at 890 fps. Very few agencies, primarily in Texas and California, adopted the. The M57 is often seen the M58 is far less common. The M58 is a heavy barrel, fixed-sight revolver, chambered for the. The Smith and Wesson M57 is a deluxe revolver identical in appearance to the. 38 Special 158-grain RNL was among the most worthless of service cartridges, we had good alternatives as early as 1950. For some reason, a large number of writers and Smith and Wesson executives felt that agencies not adopting the obvious solution-a big bore revolver-would adopt the. Demand was so low they were discontinued in the 1960s. This load proved excellent in both wound potential and penetration with little left to be desired. 38 Special cartridge cases, involved a cast 150-grain lead SWC hollow point over enough #2400 powder for 1,200 fps. The Smith and Wesson Combat Magnum is a K frame revolver that chambers the powerful. 41 Magnum, in both bullets and loaded Vortex ammunition. This is a heavy-duty fixed sight revolver.īarnes offers an all-copper hollowpoint for the. Frankly, I have always been amazed at the history of the. Others wanted a big bore revolver that would offer good wound ballistics without Magnum recoil and penetration. 44 Magnum was too much and some wanted more than the. The idea was to offer American Police a superior revolver. The revolver went into production in 1964. 41 is the result of hard campaigning by Elmer Keith ‘The Dean of American Handgunners’ at the 1963 NRA show. I think the ammunition shortage of a few years ago really hurt the. There are but a fraction of factory loads available for the. 41 Magnum is a grand cartridge, but it is definitely a specialist or handloaders cartridge if the greatest versatility is to be enjoyed. 44 with 300-grain bullets, but this is difficult to prove. 41 has greater penetration with heavy 220-grain bullets than the. 44 Magnum.įiring from a solid rest, the Ruger. 41 Magnum has a shorter history than most handgun cartridges coming along almost 30 years after the. 41 Magnum with proper handloads will jolt a 210-grain Hornady XTP bullet to 1,400 fps. They are more efficient with the heaviest loads. 41 Magnum.Ī revolver cartridge is designed for a heavy crimp and headspaces on the cartridge rim. I can see the popularity of the 10mm in a double-action revolver intended for personal defense, but not at the expense of the. I understand the popularity of revolvers chambered for readily available self-loading cartridges. I have noted lately that even single-action revolvers are chambered for a relative upstart-the 10mm Auto. This is understandable in some ways, but the cartridge is just too good to die. Yet, it seems to be almost on its last leg, and far down the list in popularity compared to the. Perhaps, it is one of the best revolver cartridges ever designed. 41 Magnum is a useful, powerful, accurate, and well-balanced cartridge.
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