an unusual first handgun
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Hotwheels81
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- South of GP
oooooooo shiney toy!
you picked a decent first hand cannon...
you picked a decent first hand cannon...
peter2772000
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- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Smart man! She's purdy...
unstableryan
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- Beautiful Okanagan Valley
for handguns, I've only fired a .22 auto (can't remember which), a cz75 9mm and a ruger super black hawk .44 mag and guess which I would buy of the three 
i've shot commando size 1911 in the past and i thought the recoil was kinda week.the first time i've ever shot a shotgun, i loaded it with 8 rounds of slugs and rapid fired it down range. so i thought i can take recoils pretty well. but then this IS a powerful gun, so we'll see. shouldnt be a problem.
next gun im gonna buy will be a spring field GI. little cheaper to shoot than the magnum and easier on the hard. i read some where that shooting a revolver is a good practice for aiming a pistol. it kicks harder and the trigger pull is long and heavy, so i could learn to aim and shoot instead of shooting faster than i could aim with a semi auto.
next gun im gonna buy will be a spring field GI. little cheaper to shoot than the magnum and easier on the hard. i read some where that shooting a revolver is a good practice for aiming a pistol. it kicks harder and the trigger pull is long and heavy, so i could learn to aim and shoot instead of shooting faster than i could aim with a semi auto.
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- Location
- Sudbury, On
Very beautiful gun, I must say.
vagrantviking
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- Southern Alberta
Nice gun! And I really like the lighting in your pics too - very ###y!
+1 on saving the brass and reloading if you can. Full power loads can be a little tiring and reloading will give you all kinds of options as well as letting you shoot a lot more for the same $$.
+1 on saving the brass and reloading if you can. Full power loads can be a little tiring and reloading will give you all kinds of options as well as letting you shoot a lot more for the same $$.
.44 Magnum
More importantly you picked a quality revolver for your first handgun. Congratulations!
A .44 Magnum is not necessarily a bad or unusual choice for a first handgun. Yes, factory fodder is on the stiff side. But quickly one can get set up to load for it and thereby have a very wide range of shooting options. When I had wheelguns in .44 many hundreds of light lead target loads went down the pipes. The .44 Mag is a very versatile & accurate cartridge.
NAA.
More importantly you picked a quality revolver for your first handgun. Congratulations!
A .44 Magnum is not necessarily a bad or unusual choice for a first handgun. Yes, factory fodder is on the stiff side. But quickly one can get set up to load for it and thereby have a very wide range of shooting options. When I had wheelguns in .44 many hundreds of light lead target loads went down the pipes. The .44 Mag is a very versatile & accurate cartridge.
NAA.
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First handgun? I certainly hope you have thousands of rounds with easier to shoot handguns under your belt, because if you don't, I don't think the M29 was the wisest choice. Wait 'till you fire up some of those 180 grainers and you'll see what I mean.
you can load the 44 mag down to 44 special using hand loads- use 44 mag cases so you don't get the "crud" ring in the cylinder- you can then build the load as you see fit, aquiring controllability along the way- when i got into revolvers, i got a redhawk right off the button, and loaded it light to begin with-
