This revolver has an extremely smooth double-action, one of the smoothest we've had here at D4, we the trigger must have some custom work. Thanks for the work you did in Detroit and also for the ammo info you have tirelessly provided. Keiths Lyman #410459, sized to .411, weighs 208 grains as cast by my buddy Mark. Its accuracy is noteworthy, and it makes a superior everyday round when fueled by Unique or Power Pistol to 1,050-1,115 fps. They look great and shoot great and pack easy. to the .44 Mag. It is that, David. 357 MAGNUM Dirty Harry gave it a huge boost on screen. With the guns traditional plowshare grips, heavy loads tend to cause the gun to roll upward in recoil. No purchase necessary. Chambered in .44 Special, it could be sanely handloaded to drive a cast 250-grain Keith bullet to 950-1000 fps. The velocity champ was Hornadys 190-grain FTX LEVERevolution loading. Smith & Wesson ended production on the Target Model of 1985 in 1988. Serial number CCU9230. Yes, I owned a couple of Model 57s and even Model 29s, but the Model 58 was just the gun of my dreams. Enjoy them, take care of them and pass them on to some one else to enjoy. Revolver Is Back, Franchi Momentum Elite Bolt-Action Rifle in Varmint Configurations, .458 Winchester Magnum History: The Complete Story, Savage Impulse Straight-Pull Rifle: Full Review, SIG Sauer P365 Pistol Now Offered in .380. As a street copper in Detroit from 1969-89, my focus was on one N frame, the Model 58 .41 Magnum. Of course, this proved to be a highly subjective assessment. Skeeter was pretty astute! It has mountain gun in regular smith and wesson print and 45 colt in regular print . While a proven fight stopper, like the FBI's 10mm, the .41 would prove to be too much for many officers to shoot effectively and it was soon replaced. Yours is one to treasure, Mr. Melby! At 3.5 creep-free pounds, the Model 57s single-action trigger pull really lived up to the crispness clichs of breaking icicles and glass rods. (III) Giveaway winner(s) chosen by random drawing. Smith & Wesson made one run of Model 29-8 blued Mountain Guns in 2003. Skeeter Skelton was one of many sage shooters who was dismayed with the loss of the Model 24. I really like the look of the Herrett (?) JHP from CORBON, were the only game in town for controllable Mountain Gun loads. This was special order, still is new in the box never fired and never turned the cylinder. A Mountain Gun of some sort has been on my hip for hunts and hikes for over 30 years now- I have trusted my life to them on many occasions. I asked them for a .41 Mag., case length to be the same as the .44 Mag., bullet diameter to be .410 so that no old .38-40s or .41 Long Colts could ever be revamped to handle the larger bullet as they go around .403. Compare. Accuracy was exceptional, stacking these big bullets into a grapefruit-sized group at 50 yards from field positions. I hunted with a Ruger Super Blackhawk in 44 magnum so I was already set up as a reloader. Mikey Hartman, Lt. Col. He swore he bought it new that way, I didnt believe him until the Mountain Revolver came out. Box 1926, Escondido, CA 92033. Well, someone who likes the Model 57 needs to advise you. Maybe if enough of us send those emails, they will listen. Excellent overall condition. I should have bought more. He has had several articles published in American Cop Magazine, SWAT Magazine, and the NRA Law Enforcement Quarterly. My well-worn 1969 Guns & Ammo Annual lists identical prices for both guns: a cool $165. Ive got a few other projects to put to bed first, but will reach out, when its time! That blued .41 appears to have been the unannounced finale- the Mountain Guns quietly disappeared. I was very pleased with the custom revolver they crafted. If anyone is listening at the mothership, it would be pretty cool if you brought them back, and while you are at it, build some L frames in the same configuration in .357, 10mm/40, and .44 mag (5 shot, of course). WE DO NOT SHIP INTERNATIONALLY $40 Shipping. Its difficult to not compare the .41 Mag. It is from my p. S&W Model 57-1 fitted with a 8 3/8 inch barrel, red ramp front sight, white out-line adjustable rear sight, target hammer, target trigger, checkered coco bolo target grips with S&W medallions. sixguns on the used gun market, one has to do a little searching to come up with a .41 Mag. It shipped with a .800 diameter bull barrel which added weight up front to help deal with the recoil the magnum produced. It gave a distinct look, not seen on a S&W revolver in a long time. Handloading with cast bullets completely transformed this guns performance. Winners will be notified by certified mail on official letterhead. He left S&W and went to work for Safariland shortly after production started, but the gun he left behind was a hot seller. To protect the privacy and security of winners, names will not be made public. Based on their reputation, I think the loss of Trausch grips might be as bad as losing some of these practical wheel guns. brass has been offered by Starline. have been with an old pre-transfer-bar Ruger Blackhawk single-action revolver. While the difference may be noticeable if youre talking about the old .41 Police Load or Winchesters current 175-grain Silvertip, at a full-house power level many experienced handgunnersincluding Jeff Cooperclaimed to be unable to see any significant difference between the two. Buy a smith and wesson .41 magnum online. The Fora platform includes forum software by XenForo. Coke bottle grips and sights with white outlines and red ramps became the norm. My ability to remember obscure gun trivia far outweighs my ability to remember names and what I did five minutes ago. Deep blue finish on the rest of the gu, Smith & Wesson Model 57 No Dash,41 Rem. Thank you, Rob. Looks like a RNFP of some design. Keith bullets at about 1,065 fps and 280 gr. There isn't a much better combination for solid firepower and good handling. Turns out, I was a bit off the mark. Description: This is a New unfired S&W Mountain gun (57-5) chambered in 41 Magnum. When you get ready to write the model 58 article, look me up. Gun #: 997108610. I wish I had some personal experience with one, I dont though. No shockingly spiky leaps were to be seen here. Out of Stock. Evan Marshall. Ace, I have carried both all day in the woods and I attest to the Mountain Gun being noticeably more trudge friendly than a standard Model 29. Smith & Wesson was the first company, naturally, to market a .41 Mag. The N-frame is perfect for the .41caliber as well. He was instrumental in developing the Model 745 Pistol, which was based on Super Gun II, a .45 version of the Model 459 that he created and competed with. There he worked in the uniform bureau and narcotics enforcement section and did two tours in the NMSP Training Bureau, retiring as a Sergeant in 2011. A couple of his friends had a custom Model 629 built to commemorate his world championship. Winners will be notified by certified mail on official letterhead. Smith & Wesson again honored Skeltons request, and released the stainless Model 624 in 1985. Deployed military should use stateside address. The real sleeper is the L frame MG 686+. I fell in love with their clean utilitarian pure business look the second I saw my first one and bought it within minutes. is to appreciate it. To the best of my knowledge, the early Mountain Revolvers were all chambered in .44 Magnum on the standard N frame. If I remember correctly, the original run of .44 Magnum guns were not Mountain Guns, they were called Mountain Revolvers. Built on a large carbo, Guns Listing ID: 553911First introduced in 1964 and now offered through the companys Classics line, the Smith & Wesson Model 57 is a robust revolver chambered in 41 Rem Mag. (II) Limit one entry per household. It is in the Wood Presentation Case with all the papers and tools. Since that 2009 re-introduction, the available variations have narrowed on this classic wheelgun to one. Id love to see all of the originals back plus a 610 version. I like the way you think. MODEL 317 KIT GUN. Kevin McPherson began his career as a police officer in New Mexico in 1987. The Mountain Gun concept applied to the L frame would be superlative. The Smith and Wesson Model 657 is a large-framed revolver chambered in .41 Mag. The guns were developed in the 1960s by Robert Mainhardt and Art Biehl through their joint company MB Associates. This one was a gift from Rob Leahy of Simply Rugged holsters and yes once we get the paperwork ironed out, I will carry it daily in a Simply Rugged iwb holster with a second gun, A Smith 442, in a Simply Rugged pocket holster. Seyfried sent the cylinder to Campbell so he could reproduce it for his project gun. cannot be made into a .44, nor should it be, its an excellent performer in its own right. Please take a minute and write them an email, SWBI looks like it could use the business! So, if you want to replicate the .44 Specials stand-in role for the .44 Mag., this would be the way to fly. This Dan Wesson .41 Mag. No substitutions or transfers to a third party are allowed. It should be noted that felt recoil was particularly feltnot surprisinglywith the 250-grain Federal CastCore and 240-grain Winchester Platinum Tip. I have read that article more than any other- Seyfried captured the magic with it. Are you listening S&W? The reason? View. $40 Shipping via USPS. Just as with the .357 Mag. Sell your smith and wesson .41 magnum for FREE today on GunsAmerica! 22 LR $839. It always yields the right of way to my K Frame Magnums. I second your hat tip. LARGE. ; ^ ). The price goes beyond the asking for forgiveness instead of permission rule in my house. Employees and agents of Publishers Development Corp. are not eligible. Prizes will not be awarded if illegal in jurisdiction of winner(s). All the arms company heads are here as well as ammunition company heads. I considered buying some Trausch grips for my SP101 at one point, and I was only aware of SP101 and Beretta 92 grips from them at that time. I had many rounds down range from various Model 29s and 629s and was no stranger to .44 Magnum recoil when I acquired a Mountain Gun. This was also the first time a .41 Magnum had left the factory without a bull barrel. Very good condition. (IV) Winners must undergo a background check (if needed) and comply with all other federal, state and local laws. been customized by Alan Harton. Great article! over the .44 Mag. Ill do my part, Sir. MODEL 57 - S&W CLASSICS 6" .41 MAGNUM. .41 Remington Magnum, Excellent overall condition. Seyfried was a rancher from Colorado and fellow competitor who won the IPSC World Champion title in 1981 (with a lightly customized 1911 Government Model in Milt Sparks carry leather, no less). S&W wisely decided to catalog the Model 629-2 Mountain Gun as a production gun, and made 5,000 of them in the initial run. He also studied first-generation Colt Single Action Army cylinders to make sure the cylinder had the correct radius for the cylinder diameter. of excellent quality are the Ruger Redhawk and the now long-gone Dan Wesson. He took one of the first 4.0-inch specimens with him to Alaska and brought down a pair of caribou (at typically lengthy Keith yardages), and he was thoroughly impressed with the cartridge and the revolver. sixgun, and Elmer Keith had much to do with it. So, some tried to give the .41 Mag. must hold on to them as while its relatively easy to find both .357 Mag. arrived around the turn of the 20th century, and then 35 years later was lengthened to become the .357 Mag. Joseph Von Benedikt visits with Aaron Oelger from Hodgdon about the unprecedented demand on the shooting supply industry. 22 MAGNUM $839. Tom Campbells masterpiece was validated- it was a smashing success. Box 1926, Escondido, CA 92033. Blackhawks. Contest open to U.S. residents only. Velocities were anemic and accuracy was only mediocre with 200-250 gr. Giveaway prizes may have evidence of being test fired or exhibit minor handling marks. The Model 57 received a greater reception from a small group of connoisseurs who saw it as an excellent outdoorsmans revolver combined with a 210-gr. It carried comfortably in a belt holster and earned favor with savvy lawmen and outdoorsmen. The 4 gun could be had with a .312 smooth-faced combat trigger, making it even more shootable for most people. Mail-in entries accepted; send postcards (no envelopes) to: American Handgunner Magazine, GOM May/June 2023, P.O. I was dismayed to see that Montana Bullet Works is not currently showing this bullet, but they are still selling a gas checked version. Hard to beat a 240 [emailprotected] for most things you might do with a Mtn Gun, Proven by guys like Keith, Skelton, and Seyfried. One is the Model 27 in .357 Magnum, the other is the Model 25 Classic .45 Colt which is (inexplicably) only offered with a 6.5 barrel. Come on, S&W! This tapered pencil barrel kept the weight of the 6 barreled guns around 38 ounces, with the rarer shorter barrels (4, 5, and 5.5) even less. smith and wesson .41 magnum for sale and auction. Products from the Performance Center are the ultimate expression of old-world craftsmanship blended with modern technology. Description: Smith and Wesson Model 57-5 "Mountain Gun" .41 Magnum 4" BBL. At first I thought the Classics line was part of the companys Performance Center. The .41 began in none other than famed gun expert and visionary Elmer Keith's mind. Oh well we are all just temporary caretakers. The grip is a smooth hardwood, Guns Listing ID: 716925SMITH & WESSON 657-5 - .41 MAGNUM - 6 ROUNDS - 7.5 \, Nice Smith & Wesson model 57-1. Smith & Wesson Model 686 Plus 357 Magnum 7-Round/6-inch Revolver $949.00; In Stock Brand: . Michael, that issue of Guns & Ammo sits in my nightstand drawer along with other special gun magazines. Sightings of these guns are few and far between. As a big bore fan, these are some of my favorites. Did I miss something? Glad you got reunited with a Model 58, Evan, and very glad to hear from you in the comments! Skelton had often hinted that the only way a Model 24 could be better was if it was made of stainless steel. Although it obviously didnt reach advertised carbine levels of 1,600 fps or so from the 6.0-inch barrel, it did average 1,418 fps and was quite accurate. Compare. . It was the coolest gun Id ever seen. Prizes will not be awarded if illegal in jurisdiction of winner(s). Keith bullet will give about 1,400 fps, again depending upon barrel length. Freedom Arms is known for making the most accurate factory-produced single actions ever turned out. As befits a sidearm intended for the LE market, the Model 58 could be had for a department-friendly $96 (blued). Id really like a beefier set of stocks on it if I were going to do a lot of shootingsomething that would cover up or help spread the impulse from that exposed steel backstrap. Other than loading it with Federal 300 grain Castcores for a canoe trip in Alaska years ago, I soon settled on a 240 SWC @ 900 for most work. Great to hear from you, Rob, and glad you enjoyed Kevins excellent article. Old inventory Flat 35.00 Shipping fee Price reflects a 3.5% Cash discount Maine residents add 5.5% sales tax SOLD Handgun Caliber:.41 Remington Magnum Manufacturer . The grips on todays Model 57 Classics are different from the originals in that they are not as beefy as the target-type grips on the original, but the gun does have the true square-butt frame like the original and unlike most other current S&W revolvers that share a common K/L/N-Frame round butt. One of the earliest talking points concerning the .41 Mag. For the lower 48, I think it is about the Perfect Packin Pistol. 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