Ever increasing threat of home invasion, so I bought:
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James, don't ever post your address here or anywhere online. Who knows what Gov't agency keeps track of this stuff. It would suck *** to see you lose your stuff to the Feds!
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Give you 10 - 20 in San Quinten.
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Not bad for shooting with your eyes closed !!!
Bb70charger500
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My weapons are for self defense and target shooting I will not go to jail because of them if I'm going to mess someone up in a non self defense situation they won't find the body's ! No jail time for me !
when the next civil war comes about will you be ready?
Or the next world war!
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Bruzilla
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I'm sorry, but 2" barreled .44 Magnums make me laugh. 
Putting aside the lack of accuracy, the bigger problem is a bullet's effectiveness is determined by the amount of energy transfer it is capable of when it strikes a target. This energy is primarily derived from the bullet's velocity and secondarily from the bullet's mass. For example, if I throw a .44 Magnum bullet at someone, it will do nothing. If I send it at them at say 1,400 FPS, it's going to blow through them.
The challenge here is a bullet only gains energy when it is in a barrel and being pushed by gases. Once the bullet exits the barrel, acceleration stops and deceleration begins. A .44 Magnum bullet fired through Dirty Harry's Smith & Wesson Model 29 with a 6" barrel will leave the barrel at around 1,400 FPS. That same bullet fired from one of the 2" barrels shown above is going to come out at only between 800 and 900 FPS.
Looking at this on a comparative basis, a 9MM leaves a 2" barrel at about 1,134 FPS, a .38 Spl at about 750 FPS, a .357 Magnum at about 1,050 FPS, and a lowly .22 at about 950 FPS. So while a .44 Magnum fired through a 6" barrel packs a massive amount of energy, one fired from a 2" barrel is moving slower than a .22, and while the difference in mass effects the amount of energy transferred it doesn't come close to the effect of velocity and the end result, once you factor in decreased acceleration and increased deceleration due to the bullet's mass, is you're reducing the effectiveness of a .44 Magnun down to somewhere between a .38 Spl and a .9MM bullet.
So yeah, you'll likely do some serious harm to anyone you shoot with a 2" .44 Magnum, but it's the same or less damage you would do shooting them with guns that are much smaller, more accurate, and cheaper. These guns are more about bragging rights than usefulness.
Putting aside the lack of accuracy, the bigger problem is a bullet's effectiveness is determined by the amount of energy transfer it is capable of when it strikes a target. This energy is primarily derived from the bullet's velocity and secondarily from the bullet's mass. For example, if I throw a .44 Magnum bullet at someone, it will do nothing. If I send it at them at say 1,400 FPS, it's going to blow through them.The challenge here is a bullet only gains energy when it is in a barrel and being pushed by gases. Once the bullet exits the barrel, acceleration stops and deceleration begins. A .44 Magnum bullet fired through Dirty Harry's Smith & Wesson Model 29 with a 6" barrel will leave the barrel at around 1,400 FPS. That same bullet fired from one of the 2" barrels shown above is going to come out at only between 800 and 900 FPS.
Looking at this on a comparative basis, a 9MM leaves a 2" barrel at about 1,134 FPS, a .38 Spl at about 750 FPS, a .357 Magnum at about 1,050 FPS, and a lowly .22 at about 950 FPS. So while a .44 Magnum fired through a 6" barrel packs a massive amount of energy, one fired from a 2" barrel is moving slower than a .22, and while the difference in mass effects the amount of energy transferred it doesn't come close to the effect of velocity and the end result, once you factor in decreased acceleration and increased deceleration due to the bullet's mass, is you're reducing the effectiveness of a .44 Magnun down to somewhere between a .38 Spl and a .9MM bullet.
So yeah, you'll likely do some serious harm to anyone you shoot with a 2" .44 Magnum, but it's the same or less damage you would do shooting them with guns that are much smaller, more accurate, and cheaper. These guns are more about bragging rights than usefulness.
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I'm sorry, but 2" barreled .44 Magnums make me laugh.
The challenge here is a bullet only gains energy when it is in a barrel and being pushed by gases. Once the bullet exits the barrel, acceleration stops and deceleration begins. A .44 Magnum bullet fired through Dirty Harry's Smith & Wesson Model 29 with a 6" barrel will leave the barrel at around 1,400 FPS. That same bullet fired from one of the 2" barrels shown above is going to come out at only between 800 and 900 FPS.
Looking at this on a comparative basis, a 9MM leaves a 2" barrel at about 1,134 FPS, a .38 Spl at about 750 FPS, a .357 Magnum at about 1,050 FPS, and a lowly .22 at about 950 FPS. So while a .44 Magnum fired through a 6" barrel packs a massive amount of energy, one fired from a 2" barrel is moving slower than a .22, and while the difference in mass effects the amount of energy transferred it doesn't come close to the effect of velocity and the end result, once you factor in decreased acceleration and increased deceleration due to the bullet's mass, is you're reducing the effectiveness of a .44 Magnun down to somewhere between a .38 Spl and a .9MM bullet.
So yeah, you'll likely do some serious harm to anyone you shoot with a 2" .44 Magnum, but it's the same or less damage you would do shooting them with guns that are much smaller, more accurate, and cheaper. These guns are more about bragging rights than usefulness.
Interesting? So I guess getting missed by a .44 is better then getting tagged by a .22? Personally, I wouldn't want to get hit by either, just sayin.
Second the bragging rights. Thanks for the valuable feedback. I will point this out the individual who dares to look down the business end with bad intentions.
I'm sorry, but 2" barreled .44 Magnums make me laugh.
The challenge here is a bullet only gains energy when it is in a barrel and being pushed by gases. Once the bullet exits the barrel, acceleration stops and deceleration begins. A .44 Magnum bullet fired through Dirty Harry's Smith & Wesson Model 29 with a 6" barrel will leave the barrel at around 1,400 FPS. That same bullet fired from one of the 2" barrels shown above is going to come out at only between 800 and 900 FPS.
Looking at this on a comparative basis, a 9MM leaves a 2" barrel at about 1,134 FPS, a .38 Spl at about 750 FPS, a .357 Magnum at about 1,050 FPS, and a lowly .22 at about 950 FPS. So while a .44 Magnum fired through a 6" barrel packs a massive amount of energy, one fired from a 2" barrel is moving slower than a .22, and while the difference in mass effects the amount of energy transferred it doesn't come close to the effect of velocity and the end result, once you factor in decreased acceleration and increased deceleration due to the bullet's mass, is you're reducing the effectiveness of a .44 Magnun down to somewhere between a .38 Spl and a .9MM bullet.
So yeah, you'll likely do some serious harm to anyone you shoot with a 2" .44 Magnum, but it's the same or less damage you would do shooting them with guns that are much smaller, more accurate, and cheaper. These guns are more about bragging rights than usefulness.
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Personally I wouldn't want to test that bullet velocity against my flesh tensile strength. Two inch barrel or not. Seems like a losing argument.......
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Pretty cool,stuff -but you’d better practice with it before the looter come.
No this was in the museum, not often anybody see's an artillery Luger; must be a 7" barrel!
Feel good story. What's a Mother to do?
http://nypost.com/2017/10/11/robbery-thwarted-when-victim-pulls-out-concealed-gun/?ref=yfp
http://nypost.com/2017/10/11/robbery-thwarted-when-victim-pulls-out-concealed-gun/?ref=yfp
Bruzilla
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The bigger issue is cost and weight. Short-barreled .44 Magnum revolvers are EXPENSIVE. Their ammo is EXPENSIVE. Plus even a 2" barrel revolver is heavy to carry around. All of this might be worth it if you really need all the potential power of a .44 Magnum, but with the short barrels you don't get it. You're paying $1,500+ for a revolver, and $30+ for a box of ammo to get less real energy transfer than someone shooting a $300 Glock with $10 worth of ammo.
451Mopar
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In one of the Dirty Harry movies, he says he uses light loads? That would drop the velocity even more.
Bruzilla
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LOL That's the movies for you.
If you look close at the start of Dirty Harry, he's actually using a Model 57 .41 Magnum revolver. At the end is when he's seen using the Model 29 .44 Magnum. There was apparently an issue with the prop master and they had to use a substitute revolver for a while.
