J.D.,
I'd like to see that 1 3/4" 50 yard target, with any revolver!
Best,
Steve
Steve, I'll see if I can find some of my old targets but IIRC I gave them to the new owner. (later) Success! Here are 2 of the best I've shot, one at 50 yds and the other at 100 yds.
The Magna Classic was a very limited-production M29 or M629, specially accurized and specially strengthened for shooting handgun silhouette with very heavy 44Mag loads. It came in a HUGE fancy mahogany case with a lot of extra front sight inserts for various ranges and sighting conditions. The full underlugged barrel and the round-butt grips made it too front-heavy for field use but it was QUITE accurate.
In 1990 it cost almost $1,000 (~ 2-3 X normal M29), I believe that was the only year they were made unless recently. I bought a stainless and my shooting buddy bought a blue one.
Both revolvers came with factory test targets fired from a rest at 50 yds, all six shots well under 2" using Federal 240-gr jacketed bullet factory loads. I remember feeling underprivileged because my buddy's test target was 1 5/8" while mine was only 1 3/4".
We loaded some Sierra 210-, 240- and 250-gr jacketed bullets with heavy loads of H-110 & 2400 and were both able to achieve less than 2" from a rest at 50 yds with all 3 bullets. Took practice and
110% TOTAL concentration but it can be done with the right handgun.
Regards, Joe
