.44 mag revolvers

[Pappy!]

A friend and co-worker just purchased a S&W 629 from the performance center about 6 months ago.
It has been back to the center twice so far for some pretty evident screw-ups. Things that you pay for and take for granted as being correct and checked coming out of there.
cylinder to barrel spacing was incorrect and out of spec.
Cylinder timing is out of spec on two of the cylinders.
The front sight is also leaning to the left and that has yet to be corrected.

Am also a Ruger fan. They build fantastic hunters.

[john]

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[Pete]

On shooting old ammunition>
Be careful with that as some of the old commercial rounds were later determined to be over max allowable pressure.

If reloading also be careful and some of the old reloading information also listed loads that were over max pressure.

And to add to the confusion, some of the old information combined with some of the newly manufactured powder can be problematic.

So for reloading use current information with current powder, and as always start with a reduced load and work up gradually to determine maximum velocity for your firearm.

Also be aware that a reloaders custom developed load for a pistol may be over pressure in a rifle.
Commercial loads are normally safe in both unless specifically specified by the manufacture. This is typically only done  by custom boutique commercial manufactures or reloaders.