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most would not consider the Grizzly a "featherweight"
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No, that was a little joke. But OTOH, comparing it to the only other thing I have in a comparable cartridge, 44 Mag, it sure does feel light compared to this guy:
Kind of interesting, actually. The 629 and the Grizzly (with fake compensator) are within about 1/8" of one another in both overall height and overall length, discounting the sights in both cases. The 629 comes in at 3 lb 13 oz. I think they're neck-and-neck for cool factor, however, even given my preference for auto pistols over wheelguns. I get 3 lb 3 1/4 oz for my empty Grizzly, with magazine--subtract 1 oz for the mag.
So far, what I have to experiment with is:
200 gr cast with 15.5 gr 800X*
200 gr XTP with 16.5 gr 800X
200 gr XTP with 22, 23 and 24 gr No 9
200 gr cast with 24 gr 4227*
230 gr cast with 23 and 24 gr 4227*
Will load up some Longshot but this is one of those loads that, while it's in the manual, I'm not hopeful. I've sworn several times I'd never use the stuff again, and here I am sitting with an 8 lb jug of it. It sure looks good on paper (for the 44 Mag). We'll see.
*These have all been seated a bit deeper than initially, and all feed reliably
manually cycling the gun.