Just picked one up and was wanting to shoot some 305 hard cast UW for this. I have seen articles that state the smith would not handle heavy loads. Can someone help me out ? Will the smith handle them ?
MT10mm, Intercooler sent me a Buffalo Bore 44Mag for pull down and the BB loading did have a specific warning not to use in the S&W pistols. They were developed for the heavier revolvers...
Buffalo Bore Info and Warning!
Heavy .44 Magnum +P+ Ammo - 340 gr. L.F.N. - G.C. (1,478 fps/M.E. 1,649 ft. lbs.) - 20 Round Box
NEW HEAVY 44 MAGNUM +P+
This new load is designed ONLY for certain firearms. They are as follows; Ruger Red Hawk, Ruger Super Red Hawk, Ruger Super Blackhawk or Vaquero, Freedom Arms Model 83, Taurus Raging Bull, Colt Anaconda and Dan Wesson Revolvers. Suitable rifles include T/C Encore, "modified" Marlin 1894 (see next paragraph), Winchester 1894, any rifle with a falling block action and the Handi Rifle. We get hundreds of emails asking if this load can be fired in S&W revolvers or some firearm other than what is in the above list. The answer is NO.
Underwood's 44 Remington Magnum +P+ 340 Grain Lead Flat Nose Gas Check has this warning as well.
Muzzle Velocity: 1425 fps
Muzzle Energy: 1533 ft. lbs
ATTENTION:This new load is designed ONLY for certain firearms. They are as follows; Ruger Red Hawk, Ruger Super Red Hawk, Ruger Super Blackhawk or Vaquero, Freedom Arms Model 83, Taurus Raging Bull, Colt Anaconda and Dan Wesson Revolvers. Suitable rifles include T/C Encore, Marlin 1894, Winchester 1894, any rifle with a falling block action and the Handi Rifle.
The Underwood 44 Remington Magnum 305 Grain Lead Long Flat Nose Gas Check (Does Not have the Warning)
Muzzle Velocity: 1325 fps
Muzzle Energy: 1189 ft. lbs.
Ammo without the Warning should be OK in the S&W
By the way, the S&W was designed around the 240 grain bullets, my Mod. 29 has shown exceptional accuracy with the 240gr bullets and my Lyman Devastator cast 260gr HP with gas check.
Great info! Thanks
Thanks, I wasn't aware of this and appreciate the info as well. I recently picked up a 629 Classic 5" full lug and haven't ventured beyond Black Hills 240gr yet. I imagine the heavier Underwood loads would really be a handful. I can shoot a wheel of .44mag first and then 10mm seems pretty tame afterwards.
Here is a picture of the S&W Mod 29 and some of my cast RCBS 240 Silhouette and Lyman 260 Devastator HP.
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Thanks for sharing
Very nice - no lock, unlike mine. And 8+ inches of barrel almost makes those projs look kinda small although we know they ain't.
Thought I would share too
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I have the 6.5 inch version.
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Id the opportunity to pick up a 5" a while back. I should have.
Some nice looking stainless pistols! Someday I may add a 610 to my 10mm collection, I only wish they would have made it in the 8 3/8" Target configuration. I only wish the stainless guns were available back when I was in the market 1978-79, Yes I was hooked by the Dirty Harry movies of the time period. My local guy had the nickel 8 3/8" in the wooden display box in stock, and I jumped on the bandwagon. I have taken a deer at 180 yards through the heart and lungs with that shiny beast...
I load those bullets with 16.2 grains of Blue Dot which run 1370-1400 fps. In my prime, I could hit a quarter at 100 yards as it sits. I have loaded with more Blue Dot but settled on this load for best accuracy from my gun! 8)
That is fine shooting & nothing like confidence to back it up.
I'm a wheel gun newcomer but am really enjoying it - right now more so than my plastic guns and AR builds. Long as we're showing, here's my recently acquired 629 and 686...
And yes a 610 is now high on the list!
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Everyone should own a .357 and .44 wheel gun :D
I have been looking for a 610 too. I know a guy in town who has a 5" and I have him close to giving in to me :)