S&W Night Guard

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.44 Special, please!!

Always wanted a Night Guard in .44 Spl.
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Yeah I’m fully interested!
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I have the Ruger version though….and freaking love it!
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I’m looking for a lighter weight packing gun.
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Zee wrote: ↑Wed Jan 21, 2026 3:10 am I’m looking for a lighter weight packing gun.
SP 101 maybe?
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.44 Spl
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Zee wrote: ↑Wed Jan 21, 2026 3:16 am.44 Spl
You best be saving them pennies sir! Time to strike while the iron is hot!
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Zee wrote: ↑Wed Jan 21, 2026 1:50 am
.44 Special, please!!

Always wanted a Night Guard in .44 Spl.
I think you're on to something.

Over on Castboolits, we've got a monster of a 10-year-plus thread largely focused on the heavy-for-caliber, 600 fps .455 and .38 S&W / .380-200 British Webley loadings. We've thrown some pretty advanced Redneck Science at them and have been coming to the conclusion that by the modern standards on which we've been judging pistol performance for the last 40 years, those rounds were no joke.

If you're going to load .44 Special in that low recoil performance envelope, you don't need a heavy chunk of iron to mitigate the recoil. I like it!

Hmmmmm. . .

If we get away from the idea that the bullet has to expand, the .45 ACP could be loaded down in that same range with a decently aggressive flat nose that would still penetrate plenty. Those lightweight Glock 36's, Springfield Micros, and XDs would cease to be the unpleasant hard-kickers they're known to be.
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Yeah, I’m in for the .44spl
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Color me interested in the .357.
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.44 Spl? Yep, finally a New S&W that would get my attention.
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Wambli Ska wrote: ↑Thu Jan 22, 2026 3:47 am .44 Spl? Yep, finally a New S&W that would get my attention.
Yeah me too, just not the price!
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After all it is a 44 SMITH AND WESSON special! Why ignore your own cartridge for oh 70 years!!!!
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I wonder what the upgraded endurance package is…
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Wambli Ska wrote: ↑Thu Jan 22, 2026 12:52 pm I wonder what the upgraded endurance package is…
If they don’t/wont/cant articulate it….its marketing wank.
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CPJ 2.0 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 22, 2026 1:38 pm
Wambli Ska wrote: ↑Thu Jan 22, 2026 12:52 pm I wonder what the upgraded endurance package is…
If they don’t/wont/cant articulate it….its marketing wank.
Probably….
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CPJ 2.0 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 22, 2026 1:38 pm
Wambli Ska wrote: ↑Thu Jan 22, 2026 12:52 pm I wonder what the upgraded endurance package is…
If they don’t/wont/cant articulate it….its marketing wank.
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They dunked it in water blessed by Horace???
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Part of the endurance package, at least on J-frames, is titanium pins for longevity
9mm kills the body, but .45 ACP destroys the soul!
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Lusted after a model 696 forever but they became cost prohibitive. This being an L frame should be similar size but lighter in weight. I'm in for a 44 spl version if steet price is a bit more reasonable.
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I have to admit I would love one…. There is a used 329pd locally for 999, I could load reasonable loads, special level loads, in mag cases then stiffer loads for the wilds! Hmmmm
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Elk Creek wrote: ↑Thu Jan 22, 2026 7:40 pm I have to admit I would love one…. There is a used 329pd locally for 999, I could load reasonable loads, special level loads, in mag cases then stiffer loads for the wilds! Hmmmm
Owned one for a while and it was a fun gun. I think CPJ enjoyed putting a few rounds through it when I brought it to Jerry’s a few years back. It was really but a bad gun to shoot even with full power loads.

I enjoyed carting it for a bit but then I decided I liked my Mountain Gun more and off she went into GB heaven. This one seems like it would be a little more “different” from my Mountain Gun so it might be justifiable.
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sakodude wrote: ↑Thu Jan 22, 2026 6:17 pm Lusted after a model 696 forever but they became cost prohibitive. This being an L frame should be similar size but lighter in weight. I'm in for a 44 spl version if steet price is a bit more reasonable.
The 696 is appealing too but again. Already have a Mountain Gun which is a pleasure to carry. NOW, if they ever make the 696 size as a 6 shooter in .41 Mag with a 3” barrel and no lock I’m owning the first one off the production line.
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breamfisher wrote: ↑Thu Jan 22, 2026 6:15 pm Part of the endurance package, at least on J-frames, is titanium pins for longevity
I would buy into that concept if steel pins did not last a few lifetimes of normal use. Will accept weight savings and toughness for Titanium though.
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