new revolver

loc&load · by loc&load on Sun 5 Jul - 19:59

I'm 46 years old and still act like a kid at Christmas when I get a new gun. I been wanting a 44 spl. bulldog for a long time and was looking at getting a charter arms bulldog, than the other day I was talking to a friend of mine and the subject came up and he said he had a ss S&W mod 696 in 44 spl. he would probably be willing to part with, so after a little conversation he mentioned wanting a glock, so after a little nagociating and being I own several glocks of the same mod 22 we made a trade. I'm very pleased with the S&W, as I said, it is SS adjustable sights 3" barrel. very acurate with federaal 2000gr lead hp and blazer 200gr gdhp. It a bit heavy but I think it still lighter than my mod 22 with 15 rds. in it. I just wanted a change in a carry gun. don't know why been carring the Glock for 8 yrs,but I do. Ordered a holster from Triple K out of Texas probably take a couple of tries to get the right fit for comfortable carry, but its just fun going though the routine again.
Does anyone have a mod 696? do you like it? 44spl. ammos hard to come by right now but I don't need as much as I do for my ar's or sks's, All coments welcome

308nato · by 308nato on Sun 5 Jul - 20:17

Pictures, where are the pictures?

**brickmanDan** · by **brickmanDan** on Sun 5 Jul - 20:19

ahhh...... the .44spl, a fine carry cartridge! I think you made an excellent trade. Ammo may be a touch expensive and somewhat scarce but you should be able to find some. The .44spl would be a fine choice for some lead bullet reloading adventures for plinkng. I dont own one but i do own a .44 magnum that i load for down to 44spl velocities for range practice.

2HOW · by 2HOW on Sun 5 Jul - 20:22

I had a bulldog in .44 a great gun, wish I had it back. Good luck ,

Joe B. · by Joe B. on Sun 5 Jul - 21:00

You got the better of the two brands. Good trade.

ronryder · by ronryder on Sun 5 Jul - 22:07

What Joe said, though the Bulldog never was meant to weather hundreds of rounds, it served a purpose as a carry a lot, shoot not much type gun.

The big bore "snubbies" have always had a following. For serious use, they shade a 38 or even 357 by a large margin down range energy.

I would say you made a great trade.

truthsayer · by truthsayer on Wed 8 Jul - 0:56

You'll like the .44spl. Blazer is making an aluminum cased 200gr GDHP that wasn't super expensive last time I bought it.

loc&load · by loc&load on Thu 9 Jul - 23:44

Re: new revolver
by truthsayer Yesterday at 0:56

You'll like the .44spl. Blazer is making an aluminum cased 200gr GDHP that wasn't super expensive last time I bought it.
truthsayer

I found 4 boxes of the blazer alum case GDHP for $33.95 a box. That the only 44 spl. ammo I found in a 50 mile radius of were I live. I shot 20-30 rds. seem it'll do fine. got a friend going to reload some for me when I get some brass.The more I carry and shoot this696 the more I like it.

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