They are great...

by Brian A, Sunday, December 18, 2011, 10:45 (4672 days ago) @ anachronism

I bought mine new in '88 and love it. It has been back to the factory three times, twice to correct manufacturing errors and once for a rebuild when it lost timing after about 6000 rounds. It did cost me to ship it to them twice, but there have been no other charges from S&W for the service which was prompt and courteous.

The standard load I use is 240 gr commercial cast SWC bevel bases over 8 gr of Unique. These are used for plinking and small game hunting, having taken dozens of black and fox squirrels with head shots, along with other small vermin and even to put down a crippled deer. This is also the load used when it is put into service as a concealed carry gun.

The secondary load is the Lyman 429244, 255 gr. GC/SWC over 10 gr Unique. With this I have twice won our informal long range competition at the TSMS using the Mountain Revolver, which involves knocking over a 10" steel disk at 275 yards. It was also used to harvest my largest buck to date, a nice 11 pointer at 65 yards.

Hopefully you will enjoy yours every bit as much as I have mine.