329PD // Beyond the Side-plate // Secrets Inside S&W's Heavy Hitter
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- Опубликовано: 22 окт 2024
- Opening up the 329PD to check it over and we found a very interesting addition to the N-frame's action!
Very impressive!
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Surprisingly good vid. Very informative. I live in a "10rd" State too, so you make a good point for the sixgun's validity. A Glock is more or less a tool, but a wheelgun is a beautiful piece of art IMHO.
It is actually a 329PD 44 magnum. Changed the titanium cylinder out for a fluted S&W stainless steel cylinder. Love mine.
One factor in lightweight magnums that nothing in the inherent design of this revolver can address, is the fact that lesser weight guns move more, and accelerate more quickly in recoil, which can lead to bullet-pull issues in ammo that isn't properly crimped.
S&W's customer service makes owning and shooting the 328pd practical. Blast shield replacement every 1000 rounds or so, carry up fix when the ejection star gets too buggered up, etc. My first frame was replaced after 3500 rounds of full power 44mag. My second frame has 1000+ rounds and is doing well. Will be needing to have the blast shield replaced in the next 500rnds - this one has lasted longer.
Still the best hiking 44mag available IMO.
You should produce a video based on your experience with it.
Added a 500 S&W Hogue sorbethane padded rubber grip to mine. Had it quad ported by Mag-Na-Port and they polished the MIM trigger and hammer for me too.
Could you tell a significant difference in less felt recoil after Magna-Porting?
@@kevcom82 yes I can and if you get it done you will Thank Me!!!
I just picked one up
Mag-Na-Port also EDM’ed aka Electrical Discharge Machined a vertical line in the V notch junction point of the rear adjustable sight blade and filled it with white. Front sight is a MePro tritium big dot to line up with the white vertical line rear sight blade.
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Have shot a 329PD at the range enough to get the sights adjusted and learn the trigger. Loved the look of the wood grips, but dang that smarted when shooting 240 gr full power ammunition. Tried VZ grips, which looked great but maybe felt worse. Found that factory X-frame grips were decent. It is still a 25-ounce 44 magnum, so it is always gonna be right there on recoil. A 360PD shooting 158gr American Eagle .357 magnum ammunition is so much worse than the 329PD.
@@nhwnhw02 I have told so many that the 340 / 360 in 357 is so much worse that the 329. You are the first person to share that sentiment.
@@unclehangfire Much worse! Didn't notice much difference with 38 special +P. Currently carry it with Federal 357 HST. )
I have it’s little brother a 520 7 shot 357mag, love it!!!
You might recall that the original X-frame had a problem with the cylinder unlocking and rotating backwards upon firing such that when you cocked the hammer to shoot again you got the empty chamber under the firing pin. I think this was the bolt unlocking and not the entire cylinder so I'm not sure about the additional slider inside of the 329. I've seen videos of the X-frames being fired where it would shoot the first time and not the second time. But back to the 329, I've seen those fire and engage the hammer lock under recoil. If you were using it for dangerous animal protection you would want to have your safety mechanism checked out.
Also you can notice that the rebound slide under the hammer blocks it from reaching the firing pin when the trigger isn't pulled. However I believe with sufficient force applied to the hammer the stud that the hammer pivots on could fail and allow the hammer to impact the firing pin hence the additional sliding hammer block mechanism.
The cylinder will rotate backwards with certain loads - occasionally. Very much load dependent. The hammer rebounds, unlocks the cylinder, and the ritational torque moves the frame under the cylinder. I have pictures of this in my blog.
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Mitch, have you got much trigger time with your 329PD? I purchased mine about 12 years ago and it has been on a lot of extended outdoor adventures with me over the years. The gun has held up well with only very minor signs of wear even with heavy use. I carry mine in a Galco high ride belt holster with snap closure. I usually carry stout 44 spcl handloads in it unless I'm in bear country, then heavy 44 mag loads. The only complaint I have about the gun is it seems to have more occurrences of unburned powder under the ejection star than any other 44 mag revolvers I own. And this is immediately apparent when the cylinder won't close. Then out comes the nylon brush and a few quick swipes under the ejection start and back in business. The revolver has extremely tight cylinder fitment/lockup which makes the gun feel high precision, but conversely makes the gun not tolerate even a single flake of unburned powder under the star.
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Probably need to increase the cylinder gap a bit - easy to do.
How bout some range videos with all the Scandium? Got a few myself, I've found that they are a little like one owner dogs they behave for you different than someone else. Mine are sighted in for me and no one else.
I just got one second hand. After a few cylinders of 44mag the mainsping jumps out of the rotating Dohickie. Any thoughts?
Do you know if the S&W R8 also has that block?
I agree the 340PD is a nice revolver. You must have 340PD on your mind, this is just not it
My what a big 340PD you have
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Hi Mitch, why did Smith go with the floating firing pin instead of the firing pin on the hammer like they used to be. Sure you have a hammer block on the new design, but technically if dropped hard enough, couldn't the firing pin float even with a spring behind it. Where as the old style with the firing pin on the hammer, the block is still between the hammer and the frame but u don't have the floating firing pin design. I would think the older design is technically more safe.
The firing pin isn’t long enough or heavy enough to properly collapse a primer anvil on its own. The spring weight is high enough to maintain a drop-safe action.
There would be a point which dropped high enough at the right position ~may~ successfully ignite a live cartridge however the math (not done by me) would suggest a free fall from skyscraper height; and as we all know guns are allowed in the big cities so thats impossible.
@@unclehangfire Makes sense thanks
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When the hammer is down on my 329PD, I can hear a rattling sound if I tilt from front to back. I wondering if that is the rebound block. The rattling sound goes away when the hammer is cocked. Is this sound normal?
It is the floating plate in the transfer bar system used in the revolver.
I've got a 5.5 inch Ruger Redhawk in .44 magnum, great gun but kinda heavy, it'll handle the buffalo bore bear load all day, not sure about this alloy smith.
The model 329PD can handle the 320 grain WFNGC Double Tap 44 magnum load and Garrett Cartridges of Texas makes a special load for 4 inch revolvers with a 44 magnum 310 grain Hammer Head gas check clad bullet at 1000 fps. Both are good loads for the 329PD.
Ruger added single action transfer bar in 1973
The redhawk is a tank which will handle just about any load known to reloading manuals
The 329 is a backpacking handgun designed for some shooting and lots of carrying