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Hi I have a friend who is selling his 44 anaconda stlss 4".I've always wanted to get into handguns so now is my chance.But all I hear about is S&W or ruger's.Is the the anaconda a good 44?Fill me in Johnny........
 
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They won't stand up to a constant diet of full loads like a Ruger Redhawk will. OTH, they have a better trigger. If it was me, I would stick to target/mid-range loads with the occasional cylinder load of full power rounds.
 
Don't want to sneak in your deal, but if you don't have the 12(6), I do! Will be a pleasure for me to get it. I know I know, I have no right to go over the EE section , but who can blame me to try ??? :)

yves
 
It'll have to fit your hand properly. If you can't easily reach the trigger with no stress, it's ok. However, like Cerdan says, 4" revolvers require a permit you can't get.
 
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They won't stand up to a constant diet of full loads like a Ruger Redhawk will. OTH, they have a better trigger. If it was me, I would stick to target/mid-range loads with the occasional cylinder load of full power rounds.
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An Anaconda should be the equal of a Ruger Redhawk. Frame dimentions are quite close.

I think that you are confusing the Colt Anaconda with the Smith & Wesson 29/629

There are some chintzy things about the Colt though....:(
 
In Taffin's book Big Bore, he say that the Anaconda is not as tough as the redhawk, I think because of the cylinder lenght, you cant feed it with as much heavy load, like 300 or 325 as the redhawk

Yves
 
I don’t think that big issue is the strength. All of them will take safely any SAAMI load. The real issue is durability. S&W and Colt will get loose after steady diet of heavy loads. In that respect, Redhawk and Super Redhawk are way more durable. You must be silhouette shooter to fire several hundreds rounds a week to wear out one of them. And it will take some years to do that. In that respect, do not use on 44 S&W and Colt full power loads all the time, stick to moderate ones like 220-250 gr, up to 1200 fps, even 1000 fps is still more than enough for lot of fun. And brass will last much longer, especially Starline brand.
 
True, I took it as a "slip of the fingers". As for the durability, I shot silhouette for quite a while, full power loads, with S&W, Ruger and Dan Wesson 44s (Colt didn't make one back then) and Contenders. S&Ws are not designed for this type of use, and will shoot loose relatively quickly. Ruger Blackhawks are stronger, Redhawks are stronger yet, and the Super Redhawk takes that up a notch. I rank the DW big frame guns between the Redhawk and Super Redhawk. At this point in time, I've seen exactly one Anaconda with timing issues, and that one had them right out of the factory (and yes, I've seen guns from every revolver maker with "issues" at one time or another). FWIW - dan
 
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