Is there any recoil difference between the 4” and 2.75”?
Is there any recoil difference between the 4” and 2.75”?
I have shot them side by side with the same ammo and my perception is that the 4.25" recoils slightly more than the 2.75". I attribute this to 100 fps +- more velocity of the longer bbl offsetting the 2 oz lighter weight of the shortie.Originally Posted by newyork
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Paul
Huh, interesting
The short barrel 69 looks like it would make a great fanny pack revolver. Here is mine -- I managed to fit L frame grips on it.
Last edited by GJM; 01-14-2022 at 07:58 PM.
Likes pretty much everything in every caliber.
Here are two more
2.5" S&W M329
and a 2.5" Taurus Titanium Tracker in .41 mag (Grizly 250gr WFN go 1,150 fps from this little fire breather).
Necrobump because I find myself desiring a .44 Special launcher and I've driven myself to analysis paralysis. I'm generally drawn to 4" revolvers but I am finding my 3" 686+ to be pleasant as well. How differently do the 4.25" and 2.75" M69s handle? Or is there really not enough difference to notice?
If I'm just shooting poofter loads (think Russian in a .44 Special case) for plinking fun and the Skeeter load as my top end, am I really giving up any significant performance with the shorter barrel?
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I, too, have a 5" 629 Classic (full lug) that is surprisingly accurate. When used to hunt boar(s) I'd carry it in a Bruce Nelson chest rig. Craig Spegel made a set of boot grips for the gun. It was one of those times when everything simply came together in a deeply satisfying way. Don't shoot it much anymore, but sometimes I sit and caress it and just remember.
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That looks more like a 329 Nightguard than a Model 69--Which would explain the less-than-perfect fit of the Hogue Bantam Grips--'Course, I've been wrong before--Just ask my WIFE!The short barrel 69 looks like it would make a great fanny pack revolver. Here is mine -- I managed to fit L frame grips on it.
It is a 329, sorry for my clunky writing -- needed a new paragraph.That looks more like a 329 Nightguard than a Model 69--Which would explain the less-than-perfect fit of the Hogue Bantam Grips--'Course, I've been wrong before--Just ask my WIFE!
Likes pretty much everything in every caliber.
No idea. The only .44 Special launcher I have is a 5.5” Ruger Bisley Blackhawk.
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