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07-18-2010, 11:40 AM
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However, it's a double edged sword....while I can get anything I want via mail order, I have to pay shipping and handling, which adds to the cost as to sometimes make it MORE than what I would pay locally. Also, because I can now order on line or via mail (catalog), the gunshops in my area only carry the bare minimum basics for reloading, since they don't what stuff sitting on their shelves for any length of time.....case in point: I tried to buy a bag of #6 shot for reloading last weekend; went to 6 different stores and NOBODY had any! Had plenty of other sizes, but no #6. I know I can mail order it, but anybody hazard to guess what the shipping cost of 25lbs of lead shot would be?  .....and while I'm sure that the .44 special is potentially a great manstopper, I have to wonder what kind of a beating I would take from such a powerful cartridge in such a small handgun......I've heard it has one hell of a kick! Personally, I don't want to take more of a beating than I'm dishing out, esp. from my own sidearm!  O.K., you can revoke my man card now................. 
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07-18-2010, 11:34 PM
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Awwww Man..you a WIMP...LOL Actually the Bulldog isn't all that bad.But factory type loads are enough. And you'll have what I consider twice the stopping power of a 38 Sp. JMO you know but the 44 is easy to load for..accurate and enough for most of us to use. And when it comes to recoil the Bulldog is enough for me..I'm a wimp when it comes to recoil. I also have a 500 S&W and find it hurts less than a 454 Casull Got it for carrying in the mountains for grizz backup.. But a 240-250 gr SWC at 700 ft per second will make most human targets sit up and take notice...or lay down for permanent...Just jokin bout the wimp..I really don't like recoil either. Doesn't matter where ya get the reloading stuff..just go ahead..get the stuff and reload. Find a load you like and can live with. Couple hundred bullets are all you will ever need even for the practice you may occassionally feel you need. Order on line and you could be shooting home rolled by next weekend. We aren't talkin bout saving money here..We're talkin bout savin your butt. What's it worth/??
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07-19-2010, 08:56 AM
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I agree with Skeet.
You're not going to shoot the Bulldog for giggles every weekend, but the recoil isn't that bad- not like a magnum revolver, IME. BTW, at the speeds you get from a 3" Bulldog barrel (around 700) you don't want a hard cast bullet- it won't obturate. Been there, done that. The bullets you want, if you want lead, is the soft swaged types that Hornady and Speer make- they're often cheaper than hard cast ones, anyway.
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08-19-2010, 06:30 PM
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Never cared much for a .44 Special, but I do carry a S&W 629 Mountain Gun in .44 Mag from time to time.
I use a 240 grain LSWC over Unique or Blue Dot powder.
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08-20-2010, 09:46 AM
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Yeah the saxet gunshow is comming up in conroe on Sept 11th and 12th. Good Lord willin and the creeks don't rise I will still have the cash then and will be able to pick up either the 45 colt, or the 44 special.
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