Went to gun store with buddy to get his shotgun, they had a like new 4.2''stainless Redhawk 41 mag. bought it 600.00. Handles recoil well, accurate its my Badboy. Covers Dirty Harry category to me. My buddy called it big paper weight.
The .41 mag is a very useful cartridge, but never really caught on. Ammo is sparse, but is out there. I bought the dies for my rock chucker the same week I purchased my 57, for that reason. I have found that the .41 is an enjoyable round to reload, as well. As with all my N frames, ammo can be loaded mild to wild. Thanks for another excellent video.
I think it didn't catch on because 1) when it came out, the semiauto started to become the norm for law enforcement. and 2) stouter guns and better ammunition increased the performance of the .357 Magnum. But it pretty much has become the favored chambering for the reloading revolver shooter.
been on the lookout for a model 57 for awhile. have a blackhawk .41 and when that thing speaks, everyone listens. great review and even better revolvers, man.
Elmer Keith. The John Browning of magnums 1935- 357 1955- 44 1964- 41 The S W mountain gun. The Yeti that needs to be in my collection. 👍🔥💪 Thanks. Always enjoy your videos good sir. 🇺🇸🦅🗽
Thank you for posting another really great video. Theres never to much I can learn about firearms. Unfortunately living in the UK my government doesnt trust us law abiding citizens to own handguns anymore only the police and criminals have them these days but whenever I watch your videos I'm taken back to a time when we were trusted and such a pleasure to own firearms such as these, I remember when I had to hand in my handguns for a pittance of compensation and they go to a furnace or pay to have them deactivated, wished i kept by Model 28 and 29, amognst many but had no use for a paperweight at that time. Still have my 12 gauge snd my 303 SMLE No 4 and a few other long guns. I love to see cold hard steel, engineering works of art in my mind. Thank you so much and keep the videos coming for many years to come, love your work and learn more each time I watch.
I'm an outlier, a young 23 year old father who much prefers him a 10mm in a semi auto configuration. But I absolutely love my .41. I've not killed anything with it yet, but in a years time I'm hope to have gotten a deer with it. Thank you for talking about such a wonderful cartridge.
@@Icarryone that I am sure of. I still like my 10 mm tanfoglio EAA witness p match. But then again I've never found a firearm that I didn't like shoot.
@@Icarryonemaybe that 😮is why the model 57 4” barrel ones with full target options that came in a presentation case we’re so available at that time for the public to buy😊thanks for letting us know😊
Great video. I remember hearing about this cartridge in the 60s when I was a kid. I probably want one of these for the same reason I own three 16 gauge shotguns. Because nobody I know owns one.
@@strangerodditiesshow2891 Are you thinking of going back to Hawaii or another state? I have dreams of moving to Hawaii (I was lucky to "visit" during my Air Force days) but gun regulations are not good. Wyoming is nice for 2A rights but not the best winter weather. lol. Anyway, just curious.
A Model 57 .41 Magnum was the carry sidearm of the famous Tenn. Sheriff Buford Pusser whose life and career in law enforcement was depicted in the "Walking Tall" series of movies made in the 1970's. If the movies had focused less on his carrying a huge "stick" as a signature weapon and made a bigger deal of his revolver, the .41 Magnum might have become as much of a household name as the .44 Magnum became thanks to Clint Eastwood's "Dirty Harry" films. As it was the movie barely mentioned Sheriff Pusser's handgun, and I believe some model of S&W .357 Magnum was actually used in the making of the movie.
Awesome review on a, "Hidden Gem"! Of all the tests that I've seen, the, 41Magnum out penetrated most 44 Magnum rounds. Down the road, I will be looking at buying a S&W 57 or a Ruger Redhawk along with allot of Starline Brass and a good Flat Nose Bullet mold.
What? How did I miss the .41 mag S&W mountain gun? That’s a sweet one! Something about a 4 inch blued 57 or 29! The Ruger Blackhawk 4/8 inch barreled.41 magnum makes a dandy outdoorsman side arm.
I shot one to pieces back in the day. Even with reduced cast bullet loads the range folks made me stop shooting the falling plates. I kept breaking hinges off the plates. I liked the 58 as well.
I have a Model 57 6" in Nickel it's a great shooter but hard to get ammo out here were I live so I don't shoot it as much as I should thanks for sharing this video maybe if more people bought one ammo wouldn't be so hard to find for me
I've got a 57-1 with an 8-3/8" barrel that my father purchased brand new in 1983 at the Fort Missoula Armory in Missoula, MT. I have the original receipt and owners manual for it. He paid $380 for it on a special order. I also have a letter that was sent to him letting him know his special order had arrived and that he could come pick it up.
I own 3 29’s a 629, a model 24-3 lew Horton, 25-5, a 520 NYSP, a model 27 & 28 and 57. I will say the 41 is awesome. If smith had come out with the L Frame 15 years sooner , I think the 41 magnum would have been “the round” of its day
The 58 was intended to be the replacement for the model 10 in police holsters. I found one a few years ago in a pawn shop. I had planned to have some careful work done, opening it up from .410" to .429". The gun had fallen prey to a butcher with a file who garfed the front sight, apparently trying to put in a plastic color inset. What he managed to do is devalue the gun to the point that I got it for about $250. Rather than trying to get a 'smith to try to correct it, I decided to apply my own ingenuity to the situation. I made a flat piece of thin metal and placed it on the side of the ramp. I then mixed up a bit of JB weld in just the right shade. gently worked the mix into the notch and formed it to the original shape, w/o the lateral serrations. Next day, it was checked and was better than I could have expected. Almost invisible repair. The factory Magna stocks are uncomfortable in my hand, so a friend provided a pair of factory target stocks. The first owner put on an aluminum trigger shoe which is incompatible with my hand. The factory narrow trigger is also uncomfortable, so I think a factory smooth target trigger is going in next. Part of the reason I decided to forego the caliber conversion is the condition of cylinder and barrel. There's barely any bolt line around the cylinder. The bore is mirror smooth. If asked to guess how much it's been fired, I'd say less than a box of shells probably less than twenty rounds. You never know the back story on such a pawn shop find. Speculation from me is that some guy got it new, planned to carry it, fired a few rounds, then some nimrod told him that he could make the front sight be like a 29 or 57. The butcher job probably discouraged the guy and he probably never shot it after the stupid shoe was clamped on the trigger. Probably sat in the drawer for decades until the owner passed away and one of his kids who didn't give a crap about guns took it to the pawn shop and got a C-note for it. Because of its almost unfired condition and its age, I'm hesitant to burn off a ton of ammo in it. I think it has a degree of intrinsic value beyond my investment. It's also a very handsome piece as is, in its original satin finish. Dang. I sure wanted to turn it into a .44 Magnum.
I've heard it said that the reason the .41 mag didn't gain popularity like the .44 mag is because the .44 came out first. If the .41 mag had come on the market first it might be the .44 mag playing catch up and Dirty Harry probably would have been carrying the .41. For quite a while there was a movement afoot to bring out the .41 special. The were quite a few custom guns built for the .41 spcl, enough that Starline began making and stocking the brass. Now there is the cartridge that should been. Similar to the .44 spcl in length but it didn't have that old .44 first and second model hand ejector low pressure baggage holding it back. It could have been safely loaded at the factory to higher pressures and 900 to 1200 fps for a duty revolvers for certain LEO. The model 58 with its fixed sights would have been perfect. But, timing is everything and we narrowly missed having one of the finest handgun cartridges ever to be developed.
Factory ammo isn't really all that hard to come by - but like most big bore ammo it can be a little spendy. Yes, I reload for every centerfire firearm I own - both rifles and handguns.
Do you have a favorite load for the .41 Magnum? I also own 3 S&W .41 Magnums including the hard to find Model 657 Lew Horton edition. I prefer loading it with a faster burning powder like Herco and 210 grain plated bullet.
@@Icarryone Blue Dot is a great powder and gives a nice bright muzzle flash. A bit of advice on Blue Dot is don't go light load as you'll encounter unburnt powder. Long Shot is a good powder but produces too much pressure for my liking. You should try Herco sometime. It is an older powder tried and true!
Traded my 8 3/8" Smith 657 for a 10" Dan Wesson 741, best hand-held deer rifle under 5 pounds I've found. Shoots straight as the day is long. Just bought a 6" 741,... for fun!
I’m huge fan of .44 Mag and would love to own a .41 Mag model 57 in 4” one day. Although there are more powerful revolver cartridges now in days in reality and especially here in the US if you actually need a handgun more power than a .41 or .44 Mag you should just use a Rifle.
The .41 magnum is a great cartridge. There is a whole community that handloads for it. I have a Ruger Bisley single action chambered in .41 Magnum that after some custom trigger job and recrawning proved to be a very accurate handgun. Together with my 10 mm pistols, they have become my favorite bear and pig guns. Unfortunately the round didn’t become as successful commercially as the .357 or the .44 Magnum. It is not even as snappy as the .357 Magnum!
Got my first 41 mag in 78. A model 58. Should not have sold it . Bought a Ruger BH 6.5 in 79. Still have. 657 in 2017 ( hunter). Wish now I could find a model 58 for a reasonable price
I have one, a four inch, and man was she UGLY when I got her. About half of the factory nickel plating was gone and the outside of the cylinder badly pitted, the rear sight was also gone. However, the inside looked pretty good, so I payed the shop owner $50 for it. I had to replace some internal parts due to a bad trigger job (push forward on the trigger and the hammer would fall) and picked up a replacement rear sight from Numrich. The finish i could not save and with the pitting there was not a way to make her pretty so she got a coat of Midnight Blue Ceracoat. Damn good gun, just not pretty anymore.
There were two major problems with the .41 Magnum. The first one was the timing of that cartridge and the low usage by police departments. Elmer Keith had designed two different rounds, viz. one for police use and another for other uses. The second one was that there was no .41 Special round. With .357 it could use .38 Special. With the .44 Magnum, it could use .44 Special. In addition, today, it is unbelievable that the Model 57 still has interior lock castings which are a cheap MIM product. It is a useless feature. The "Hillary Hole" on a S&W revolver is like a tatooed face of a prom queen.
As nice as those Classic series guns look, they don't compare to the originals in color. I have "S" Prefix (pre 1968) M57 and M58 guns and they are beautiful.
I think the .41mag works for people who-- Already have the .357mag/.38 cal in their arsenal, don't have a .44mag and for whatever reason don't want one, but perhaps already have a .45 colt +P/.454 Casull/.460mag or greater but want something less punishing than the big bore, yet more advanced than the .357mag. There seems to be too much overlap in cartridges at times, so trying to view the veracity of something in isolation helps. Makes more sense from a perspective of simply not buying "one of each" when it comes to all the calibers up the arsenal piano scale octaves.
Best caliber ever. I have a Model 657 with a 6" barrel and mirror like finish.
Yeah buddy! 👍
My very first revolver was a Redhawk chambered .41 rem mag, still have it. Great piece!
Excellent!
Went to gun store with buddy to get his shotgun, they had a like new 4.2''stainless Redhawk 41 mag. bought it 600.00. Handles recoil well, accurate its my Badboy. Covers Dirty Harry category to me. My buddy called it big paper weight.
The .41 mag is a very useful cartridge, but never really caught on. Ammo is sparse, but is out there. I bought the dies for my rock chucker the same week I purchased my 57, for that reason. I have found that the .41 is an enjoyable round to reload, as well. As with all my N frames, ammo can be loaded mild to wild. Thanks for another excellent video.
I totally agree about this cartridges flexibility.
I think it didn't catch on because 1) when it came out, the semiauto started to become the norm for law enforcement. and 2) stouter guns and better ammunition increased the performance of the .357 Magnum. But it pretty much has become the favored chambering for the reloading revolver shooter.
been on the lookout for a model 57 for awhile. have a blackhawk .41 and when that thing speaks, everyone listens. great review and even better revolvers, man.
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I like the 41 magnum great deer round
Agreed!
I got a .41 magnum ruger Bisley. Grew up on .45 ACP an .357 magnums, now I'm a 10 mm , 41 mag an .44 mag fan for different uses, love mine.
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Cool revolver for those hikes in the wild.
The .41 is an excellent choice for those back country hikes.
.41 mag was and is one of the best cartridges!
Yeah buddy!
Agreed!!!
That's definitely a nice caliber👍👍 good-looking wheel gun!
Perfect "big porker" medicine.
Elmer Keith. The John Browning of magnums
1935- 357
1955- 44
1964- 41
The S W mountain gun. The Yeti that needs to be in my collection. 👍🔥💪
Thanks. Always enjoy your videos good sir. 🇺🇸🦅🗽
Very nice. I’ll be on the lookout for a model 57 now.
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Can shoot 41 special starlingner brass love 2400 12.5 grains
Thanks for this info. I too had not heard of the .41 magnum before
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Those are two beautiful S&W Model 57s Icarryone.I had the Model 657 in 8/38 barrel with a nice Leupold scope.Thanks for the video.Slim.
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Thank you for posting another really great video. Theres never to much I can learn about firearms. Unfortunately living in the UK my government doesnt trust us law abiding citizens to own handguns anymore only the police and criminals have them these days but whenever I watch your videos I'm taken back to a time when we were trusted and such a pleasure to own firearms such as these, I remember when I had to hand in my handguns for a pittance of compensation and they go to a furnace or pay to have them deactivated, wished i kept by Model 28 and 29, amognst many but had no use for a paperweight at that time. Still have my 12 gauge snd my 303 SMLE No 4 and a few other long guns. I love to see cold hard steel, engineering works of art in my mind. Thank you so much and keep the videos coming for many years to come, love your work and learn more each time I watch.
Always a pleasure Lee.
I'm an outlier, a young 23 year old father who much prefers him a 10mm in a semi auto configuration. But I absolutely love my .41. I've not killed anything with it yet, but in a years time I'm hope to have gotten a deer with it. Thank you for talking about such a wonderful cartridge.
My pleasure Kenny.
I had never heard of that one. Nice revolver. Although I am not a revolver fan I can still appreciate it.
Powerwise, it has what it takes.
@@Icarryone that I am sure of. I still like my 10 mm tanfoglio EAA witness p match. But then again I've never found a firearm that I didn't like shoot.
Great gun wow what a classic revolver, I drooled over a model 29 almost identical to that but stayed true to my 1911’s.
I like both.
Excellent vid. Best gun channel on the net! Thank you Sir for the great info an real world story.
You made me blush. Thanks Cobra.
Awesome great video thanks for sharing. This is a beautiful hand gun.
Thanks Thomas.
I learned something about the "Mountain" gun. BtW a S&W .41 magnum is what Buford Pusser carried.
Back in the late 1970's and continuing into the early 90's, many Arizona and Texas State Troopers favored carrying the .41 magnum.
@@Icarryone Cool!
Correct about Pusser. And as potent as it is, he had to discharge at least three rounds when he had the shootout with Louise Hatchcock.
@@Icarryonemaybe that 😮is why the model 57 4” barrel ones with full target options that came in a presentation case we’re so available at that time for the public to buy😊thanks for letting us know😊
That is a couple of fine looking revolvers!
Outstanding shooters too.
Another one of my favorite cartridges! You have all the good stuff 👍🏻👍🏻
Well, not quite . . .but I try.
Great video. I remember hearing about this cartridge in the 60s when I was a kid. I probably want one of these for the same reason I own three 16 gauge shotguns. Because nobody I know owns one.
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I love the 41 magnum and the 16 guage. I was raised up using the 16 guage. Killed a lot of squirrels with it. Also the 28 guage.
I sure love my model 57-0 bought back in 1980’s
Yeah buddy.
Nice mountain gun!! sold mine along with most of my revolvers. Do miss them.
I just can't imagine you parting ways with a good revolver.
Yeah, but I have been thinking of parting ways with AZ.
Noooo!
I know, I like AZ so i'm unsure right now.
@@strangerodditiesshow2891 Are you thinking of going back to Hawaii or another state? I have dreams of moving to Hawaii (I was lucky to "visit" during my Air Force days) but gun regulations are not good. Wyoming is nice for 2A rights but not the best winter weather. lol. Anyway, just curious.
the 57 is a classic I am still hunting for one, I just picked up a nice 27 video soon good video my friend
If you collect Smith's, it's a must have.
@@Icarryone yes sir I am searching for the right one or two lol
She’s a beauty. Would love to own one.
Highly recommended.
I miss my 657's Thanks for Sharin' Sir
I'd love to have an all stainless 657.
A Model 57 .41 Magnum was the carry sidearm of the famous Tenn. Sheriff Buford Pusser whose life and career in law enforcement was depicted in the "Walking Tall" series of movies made in the 1970's. If the movies had focused less on his carrying a huge "stick" as a signature weapon and made a bigger deal of his revolver, the .41 Magnum might have become as much of a household name as the .44 Magnum became thanks to Clint Eastwood's "Dirty Harry" films. As it was the movie barely mentioned Sheriff Pusser's handgun, and I believe some model of S&W .357 Magnum was actually used in the making of the movie.
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Great Guns mister..sempre prestigiando este excelente canal...
Muito obrigado meu amigo. Tome cuidado e fique seguro.
@@Icarryone today is time off sir .. some cold beers .. roast beef and then the deserved bed awaits me ... thanks for the reminder. Brotherly hug.
Beautiful. Shot a few Smith 41s but wasn’t aware of Mountain Gun model.
The Model 57 Mountain Gun isn't all that common.
Love that black beauty Mtn Gun. The Hogue grip is perfect for that gun.
Yes, the Hogue grip is working out really well.
Awesome review on a, "Hidden Gem"!
Of all the tests that I've seen, the, 41Magnum out penetrated most 44 Magnum rounds.
Down the road, I will be looking at buying a S&W 57 or a Ruger Redhawk along with allot of Starline Brass and a good Flat Nose Bullet mold.
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What? How did I miss the .41 mag S&W mountain gun?
That’s a sweet one!
Something about a 4 inch blued 57 or 29!
The Ruger Blackhawk 4/8 inch barreled.41 magnum makes a dandy outdoorsman side arm.
Yeah buddy!
Love my BH. Carry it on the homestead almost daily.
Love the 41 mag : the 57 was the cause of me starting to cast my own bullets
Both of these model 57's love Keith style semi-wadcutters. Go figure.
Oh yeah. I cast RCBS 41-210’s and Lyman 410459. My 57-3 6” is a laser with the 410459 and 9.5 grains of Longshot.
41 is an excellent cartridge
Yes indeed.
Very cool revolver😎
Yes indeed.
Revolver Friday...watching now.
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I shot one to pieces back in the day. Even with reduced cast bullet loads the range folks made me stop shooting the falling plates. I kept breaking hinges off the plates. I liked the 58 as well.
The .41 certainly has plenty of punch.
Exceptional caliber.
I have a Model 57 6" in Nickel it's a great shooter but hard to get ammo out here were I live so I don't shoot it as much as I should thanks for sharing this video maybe if more people bought one ammo wouldn't be so hard to find for me
I strictly reload my own cartridges for my big bore hand guns.
Great gun reload 41 special for practice loads 2400 powder starlinener brass
I’m a younger guy and only heard about the .41 magnum after reading some books by Jim Cirrilo
Very versatile cartridge.
Mean looking revolver Sir. I would love to have a revolver like that in my collection.
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I may have to look to get one of these sometime.
Yeah buddy!
I've got a 57-1 with an 8-3/8" barrel that my father purchased brand new in 1983 at the Fort Missoula Armory in Missoula, MT. I have the original receipt and owners manual for it. He paid $380 for it on a special order. I also have a letter that was sent to him letting him know his special order had arrived and that he could come pick it up.
Excellent!
I own 3 29’s a 629, a model 24-3 lew Horton, 25-5, a 520 NYSP, a model 27 & 28 and 57. I will say the 41 is awesome. If smith had come out with the L Frame 15 years sooner , I think the 41 magnum would have been “the round” of its day
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How's it going?? 41 mag.first never heard of ,but excellent overview ,as always!! Semper Fidelis!!!
Thanks Weed.
I would love to shoot one some day, I haven't shot a 44 magnum either, but I have shot a 500 S&W
If you can handle the .500, the .41 & .44 will seem pretty tame.
I picked up a 57-5 Mountain Gun last week. I love the thing but after putting some hot loads through it, it's getting some Hogue Monogrips.
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The 58 was intended to be the replacement for the model 10 in police holsters. I found one a few years ago in a pawn shop. I had planned to have some careful work done, opening it up from .410" to .429". The gun had fallen prey to a butcher with a file who garfed the front sight, apparently trying to put in a plastic color inset. What he managed to do is devalue the gun to the point that I got it for about $250. Rather than trying to get a 'smith to try to correct it, I decided to apply my own ingenuity to the situation. I made a flat piece of thin metal and placed it on the side of the ramp. I then mixed up a bit of JB weld in just the right shade. gently worked the mix into the notch and formed it to the original shape, w/o the lateral serrations. Next day, it was checked and was better than I could have expected. Almost invisible repair. The factory Magna stocks are uncomfortable in my hand, so a friend provided a pair of factory target stocks. The first owner put on an aluminum trigger shoe which is incompatible with my hand. The factory narrow trigger is also uncomfortable, so I think a factory smooth target trigger is going in next. Part of the reason I decided to forego the caliber conversion is the condition of cylinder and barrel. There's barely any bolt line around the cylinder. The bore is mirror smooth. If asked to guess how much it's been fired, I'd say less than a box of shells probably less than twenty rounds. You never know the back story on such a pawn shop find. Speculation from me is that some guy got it new, planned to carry it, fired a few rounds, then some nimrod told him that he could make the front sight be like a 29 or 57. The butcher job probably discouraged the guy and he probably never shot it after the stupid shoe was clamped on the trigger. Probably sat in the drawer for decades until the owner passed away and one of his kids who didn't give a crap about guns took it to the pawn shop and got a C-note for it. Because of its almost unfired condition and its age, I'm hesitant to burn off a ton of ammo in it. I think it has a degree of intrinsic value beyond my investment. It's also a very handsome piece as is, in its original satin finish. Dang. I sure wanted to turn it into a .44 Magnum.
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Like a unicorn! Have heard of them but never seen
They are still being made.
Is it difficult to find target loads for this ?
I've heard it said that the reason the .41 mag didn't gain popularity like the .44 mag is because the .44 came out first. If the .41 mag had come on the market first it might be the .44 mag playing catch up and Dirty Harry probably would have been carrying the .41. For quite a while there was a movement afoot to bring out the .41 special. The were quite a few custom guns built for the .41 spcl, enough that Starline began making and stocking the brass. Now there is the cartridge that should been. Similar to the .44 spcl in length but it didn't have that old .44 first and second model hand ejector low pressure baggage holding it back. It could have been safely loaded at the factory to higher pressures and 900 to 1200 fps for a duty revolvers for certain LEO. The model 58 with its fixed sights would have been perfect. But, timing is everything and we narrowly missed having one of the finest handgun cartridges ever to be developed.
Two great Smiths. Are those rounds hard to find? Do you reload them?
Factory ammo isn't really all that hard to come by - but like most big bore ammo it can be a little spendy. Yes, I reload for every centerfire firearm I own - both rifles and handguns.
Icarryone I figured. Thank you.
That looks like a cannon!
It is!
Do you have a favorite load for the .41 Magnum? I also own 3 S&W .41 Magnums including the hard to find Model 657 Lew Horton edition. I prefer loading it with a faster burning powder like Herco and 210 grain plated bullet.
For years I worked up my .41 loads using Alliant Blue Dot. Lately, I've been working up some loads using Hodgdon Long Shot. Really liking this powder.
@@Icarryone Blue Dot is a great powder and gives a nice bright muzzle flash. A bit of advice on Blue Dot is don't go light load as you'll encounter unburnt powder. Long Shot is a good powder but produces too much pressure for my liking. You should try Herco sometime. It is an older powder tried and true!
i like 170 hp sierra with 15 grains of blue dot very accurate load lots of punch.
Could you tell me where those gun stand come from. Thanks
You can find them on ebay.
Wells said, great vid, thank you!
I would rather have a .41 mag than a 10mm any day!
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Traded my 8 3/8" Smith 657 for a 10" Dan Wesson 741, best hand-held deer rifle under 5 pounds I've found. Shoots straight as the day is long. Just bought a 6" 741,... for fun!
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I’m huge fan of .44 Mag and would love to own a .41 Mag model 57 in 4” one day. Although there are more powerful revolver cartridges now in days in reality and especially here in the US if you actually need a handgun more power than a .41 or .44 Mag you should just use a Rifle.
Agreed.
Thanks IC0..
My pleasure Bob.
Before my divorce I had 8 of them. All Smiths. All pre 1986. 80% of the power, 60 % of the recoil.
Many years ago. I believe El Paso PD issued or OKed the use of the S&W 41 magnum with fixed sights.
The Arizona Highway Patrol had that option back in the 1970's & 80's.
The .41 magnum is a great cartridge. There is a whole community that handloads for it. I have a Ruger Bisley single action chambered in .41 Magnum that after some custom trigger job and recrawning proved to be a very accurate handgun. Together with my 10 mm pistols, they have become my favorite bear and pig guns. Unfortunately the round didn’t become as successful commercially as the .357 or the .44 Magnum. It is not even as snappy as the .357 Magnum!
Yep, plenty of power for hunting.
41magnum is a fun cartridge
when i was younger i wanted a marlin 1894FG in 41mag
I wouldn't mind having one of those myself.
My favorite 2 revolvers are 57 model and 29 41and 44 41mag average voloscity is 1450 to 15 00 fps with 210 gr bullets
Got my first 41 mag in 78. A model 58. Should not have sold it . Bought a Ruger BH 6.5 in 79. Still have. 657 in 2017 ( hunter). Wish now I could find a model 58 for a reasonable price
Sorta depends on what you mean by, "reasonable price." Cheap is even too expensive for me these days!
One of the most accurate barrels for my contender has always been a 14 inch 41 mag.
Since it's an inherently accurate cartridge to begin with, firing it in a very accurate Contender is only going to make it better.
I have one, a four inch, and man was she UGLY when I got her. About half of the factory nickel plating was gone and the outside of the cylinder badly pitted, the rear sight was also gone. However, the inside looked pretty good, so I payed the shop owner $50 for it. I had to replace some internal parts due to a bad trigger job (push forward on the trigger and the hammer would fall) and picked up a replacement rear sight from Numrich. The finish i could not save and with the pitting there was not a way to make her pretty so she got a coat of Midnight Blue Ceracoat.
Damn good gun, just not pretty anymore.
As long as it shoots good. 👍👍
There were two major problems with the .41 Magnum. The first one was the timing of that cartridge and the low usage by police departments. Elmer Keith had designed two different rounds, viz. one for police use and another for other uses. The second one was that there was no .41 Special round. With .357 it could use .38 Special. With the .44 Magnum, it could use .44 Special.
In addition, today, it is unbelievable that the Model 57 still has interior lock castings which are a cheap MIM product. It is a useless feature. The "Hillary Hole" on a S&W revolver is like a tatooed face of a prom queen.
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Lol I'm only 35. But when I was a kid my mom carried ruger in 41 for wy bear. So it is wired to hear that alot of shooters dont know of the 41
Smart lady!
As nice as those Classic series guns look, they don't compare to the originals in color. I have "S" Prefix (pre 1968) M57 and M58 guns and they are beautiful.
This isn't a "Classic Series."
I think the .41mag works for people who--
Already have the .357mag/.38 cal in their arsenal, don't have a .44mag and for whatever reason don't want one, but perhaps already have a .45 colt +P/.454 Casull/.460mag or greater but want something less punishing than the big bore, yet more advanced than the .357mag. There seems to be too much overlap in cartridges at times, so trying to view the veracity of something in isolation helps. Makes more sense from a perspective of simply not buying "one of each" when it comes to all the calibers up the arsenal piano scale octaves.
I understand your point - but I also like music, so there's going to be a concert in the gun safe tonight.👍😎
@@Icarryone All the octaves.