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stercrazy · January 24, 2009, 10:55 AM

I used to have fun pin shoots in Northern Utah till I moved about a year and a half ago. My favorite pin gun is a S&W 629 classic DX with an 8 1/2 inch barrel. My favorite load and one that never let me down was a 240 to a 260 grain lead cast semi wadcutter at about 850 to 900 ft per sec. through a Chronograph. You don't need the high velocity magnum loads way to much recoil for fast recovery. Oh by the way the above mentioned load is a 44 special load. It works just fine and picks up and throughs the old style pins clear of the table with a good hit.
The most important thing is to have fun and shoot safely.

January 24, 2009, 10:55 AM	#19
stercrazy Member Join Date: December 12, 2005 Location: Boise, Idaho Posts: 89	used to run pin matches I used to have fun pin shoots in Northern Utah till I moved about a year and a half ago. My favorite pin gun is a S&W 629 classic DX with an 8 1/2 inch barrel. My favorite load and one that never let me down was a 240 to a 260 grain lead cast semi wadcutter at about 850 to 900 ft per sec. through a Chronograph. You don't need the high velocity magnum loads way to much recoil for fast recovery. Oh by the way the above mentioned load is a 44 special load. It works just fine and picks up and throughs the old style pins clear of the table with a good hit. The most important thing is to have fun and shoot safely.