3rd model hand enjector .44

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3rd model hand enjector .44

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Saw this picture posted on the S&W forum and thought I'd steal it and share it here.
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My M&P looks close enough.
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I don't know anything about guns besides "don't stand in front of one," but I think I like yours better.

They're both beautiful guns though. :) :shock:

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McFly wrote:I don't know anything about guns besides "don't stand in front of one," but I think I like yours better.

They're both beautiful guns though. :) :shock:

Shane
The hand ejector is a .44 special built on S&W large N frame, same as Indy's S&W.
The M&P is a .38 special built on the smaller J frame.
You could buy several M&Ps for what 3rd model HEs are going for.
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cooncatbob wrote:You could buy several M&Ps for what 3rd model HEs are going for.
Really? This week I'm picking up a second .455 Eley/Webley S&W HE2 (not 3) that was fairly inexpensive.
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That Magnum seems to be MADE to have the frame filed off underneath the ejector rod :twisted:

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:-k They still look about the same to me... Oh well!

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Marc wrote:That Magnum seems to be MADE to have the frame filed off underneath the ejector rod :twisted:

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I really wouldn't do that and still fire it :)

But it really is a nice gun.


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No magnums here,only specials. Very different. ;-)

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I don't know beans about guns, but isn't the .44 the same size as a Magnum, which again is the same size as a N-Frams?

Oh, and why not file off the frame underneath the ejector rod? - There's no frame on the HE2 neither... :?

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Marc wrote:I don't know beans about guns, but isn't the .44 the same size as a Magnum, which again is the same size as a N-Frams?
Do you mean the ammunition, or the handgun? The .44 Magnum is a lengthened .44 Special. Much like the .38 Special and .357 Magnum, .44 Special can be used in a gun chambered for .44 Magnum; but not vice versa.
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I was referring to the handgun. So the drum on the Magnum is longer? Is that it?

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Marc wrote:I was referring to the handgun. So the drum on the Magnum is longer? Is that it?

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Yes, the cylinder is longer on a .44 magnum.
I don't own any .44 S&Ws but I own a .357 magnum (model 66) and a .38 special (M&P). There's a shoulder cut inside the cylinder where the cases mouth registers. If you try to load a .357 in a .38 special the cartridge will sit apx 1/8 inch proud and you won't be able to close the cylinder. This is because a .357 is loaded to higher pressures then a .38 is designed to take and S&W doesn't want any guns blowing up. The same is true with a .44 special and a .44 mag.
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