A gun shop owner I used to know had one, and loved it. I asked him why on earth he owned it, and he told me, for when my wife and I go hiking, it’s for the bears.
We live in Arizona. There are *no* bears of significant size in our mountains, and haven’t been for at least a century when the last grizzly in Arizona was killed. We have very few small black bears left, quite a few mountain lions, and an occasional transient jaguar. All of them are timid around people.
I just looked at him and said, well, that will probably work if you can shoot it more than once.
I can’t imagine shooting it at all.
I think @GJM has a pair on ice. They were replaced by the USP .45 loaded with Super, and he seems to believe as I remember his last writings that Lehigh bullets in 9mm are likely to be as useful as the .45.
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Not another dime.
The 329 is tolerable with .44 Extra Special loads. That would be a 240-250 grain bullet running 1000FPS ish. By tolerable I mean a person could run a few cylinders through, with the right grips, and probably not hurt themselves too bad.
A .429 bullet that weighs 240-250 grains going 1000 FPS is nothing to sneeze at. Unfortunately that's pretty much a hand loading only proposition.
I've fired a J-frame in .357 with full boat magnums, and a 329 with full boat magnums. I really don't know which is worth, but I'm not doing it again.
I was into 10mm Auto before it sold out and went mainstream, but these days I'm here for the revolver and epidemiology information.
https://www.buffalobore.com/index.ph...uct_list&c=215
They have a similar .45 colt that has killed a lot of deer for me. It'll go through both shoulders of 200lbs + deer or stem to stern. Unfortunately I know deer are a far cry from predators but Ive been told by others that the same load will go through both shoulders of elk as well.
Its a pretty mild load. My .45acp load is only 60fps away from it.
LL - check your PM's. I have found something you might like.
That's pretty much what I was thinking. If I were to own a 329, it would be a 44 Special dedicated pistol; a lightweight N frame capable of launching 200gr-250gr bullets (WC, SWC, HPs, all copper bullets etc.. -all offered by outfits like Buffalo Bore or Underwood)) at 950-1050fps has a lot to commend it, but not as a 44 Magnum.
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I was into 10mm Auto before it sold out and went mainstream, but these days I'm here for the revolver and epidemiology information.