One thing I’ve noticed is that my loads lose 50 to 100 feet per second out of the shorter barrels, though that probably won’t make a lot of difference to anything I shoot within, say, 100 to 150 yards. A couple of years ago, I swapped out the alloy ejector rod housing on my 45/8-inch Ruger for one made from steel. They’re lighter, they can ride on my hip in a truck, and they’re more concealable. While I prefer the longer barrel for precision shooting and hunting, in recent years I’ve opted for shorter-barrel versions. One bullet went clear through and the other was a perfect mushroom recovered just under the hide on the exit side. Of the two deer I killed with a 6.5-inch Blackhawk single action, the muley was the more memorable. 41 Short, so the original cartridge has remained the same since birth. But while the latter round led to the development of the. If that sounds like a similar story to that of the 10mm Auto, it is. It was originally intended as a law-enforcement caliber, but it proved to be a bit much for some lawmen, especially those of smaller stature, to handle. 41 Magnum, along with a man named Bill Jordan. Keith is largely recognized as having been primarily responsible for the. I’VE OWNED RUGER BLACKHAWKS and two S&W Model 57s, the first of those being a 6-inch version I’ve shot a few times in the annual Elmer Keith long-range handgun shoot just south of Spokane.
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With a belt full of cartridges, one can do a bit of shooting with a pair of double-action magnums. When I acquired that 4-inch S&W last July, it came with four boxes of factory BVAC (Bitterroot Valley Ammunition) loaded with 210-grain semiwads. There are plenty of factory loads available, including Winchester Silvertips, and JHPs from Remington, Federal and other manufacturers. Thanks to updated reloading data in the Speer, Nosler and Hodgdon manuals, I’ve been able to tinker with the cartridge over the past couple of years, and especially since last summer when I bought a little-used and nearly new-inbox 1980s vintage Smith & Wesson Model 57 in. In addition, Barnes offers a 180-grain solid-copper hollowpoint, and Sierra has two pills, a 170-grainer and 210-grain bullet, both hollowpoints. There are several good bullet choices in the 200- to 220-grain field, and I’ve had great results with the 210-grain XTP from Hornady, the 210-grain Nosler JHP, and the 200- and 220-grain halfjacketed semi-wadcutter projectiles and a 210-grain Gold Dot JHP from Speer. My two favorites are Hodgdon’s H110 and Alliant 2400. Thanks to modern powder research, there are more than a few propellants that make this round sizzle. Hodgdon’s H110 is a favorite propellant among handloaders for the. Veteran gunwriter Dick Metcalf and the late Bob Milek also wrote often about this caliber, and I always figured that this trio of wordsmiths were on to something. Last year, I visited my friend Jim Zumbo at his place in Wyoming, and the former hunting editor for Outdoor Life magazine had a Ruger Blackhawk in. And a lot of guys who have been around the block a few times have come to the same conclusion I did more than 30 years ago: It’s a damned fine cartridge. I like to think the really smart handgunners prefer this to the everybody’s-got-to-have-one. 41 Magnum for personal protection, killed a couple of deer with it, shot long-range targets (it’s a favorite among silhouette shooters) and had it in the backcountry as a utility gun. 41-caliber Magnum seems to ebb and flow, but those who have stuck with it make it as versatile a choice as its siblings. 44 Magnum can do, and it is a real survivor.
But the truth is, it just might be the best of a pretty good bunch.
41 Remington Magnum has been unfairly overshadowed since hitting the American landscape back in 1964. 357 Magnum (with a bigger bore), and shooting flatter (to a slight degree) with less recoil than the. 41 Magnum, including this vintage S&W Model 57 with a 4-inch barrel. 41 Remains A Preferred Caliber For The Discerning And Serious Shooter STORY AND PHOTOGRAPHS BY DAVE WORKMAN Author Dave Workman is a devotee of the.
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