Maybe I'm crazy, but the Smith & Wesson Governor has caught my eye and I just ordered one, $690 shipped to my FFL.

I have been watching for a good price on a used 329PD, but the Governor is quite a bit cheaper and only weight 2 ounces more than a 329. Seems awfully versatile too.

Anyway, maybe I'm nuts but I wanted one so I bought one <G>.

Does anyone have any experience with one of these?
Can it handle handloads for my 25-7?
Leather?

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Of the Troops & For the Troops

I've got one of your sourdough pancakes for my 629 Mountain Gun, but I prefer to carry crossdraw for a couple of reasons, #1 so I don't scratch the rifle butt on the hammer, when I am carrying a rifle. and #2 for carry in a vehicle.

Buy a gun. Commission a leather holster for it. Buy components and make ammo.

Shoot, shoot, shoot.

Sell if you don't like it.

Repeat as desired.

do the same.

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Sincerely,

Hobie

I'm pretty sure the gun industry likes me pretty well already

But I don't often buy new guns, there just isn't much out there that interests me, or that I don't already have.

This Governor will be my first Smith & Wesson with the lock ... oops, not true, my .500 has a lock too.

I can't imagine that the Governor is any more impractical than my .500

Hobie, Are you still shooting that 35 Marlin Texan I sold you a while back?

I decided I wanted another one, so I bought a pre-safety pawn shop 336 in .35 Rem and am converting it to a straight grip stock. I even picked up some new checkered lumber for it.

feeling from having it in my safe. I think the .35s handle better than the .30s. There isn't that much weight difference but it is noticeable.

However, for my personal abbreviated season, I carried a 99A in .308. They look as ungainly as all get out, to my eyes, but it handles great. You can get over a whole lot of ugly for that much love.

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Sincerely,

Hobie

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Sincerely,

Hobie

. . . one of these odd things, I'd buy the Taurus.

They had the courage to actually build and market the things . . . and S&W has decided to jump on their idea and ride it.

Taurus: 1 (I guess)

S&W: 0

Too many of the Taurus revolvers fail.

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Of the Troops & For the Troops

Sea that the smaller companies have been leading the way lately and the bigger ones just rehashing their ideas. Far too many of Ruger's 'new' firearms have been a ripoff of someone else's idea, many from Kel Tec.

Their best idea for a new gun lately was a rehash of their own design, the flat tops, and I bought one!

His Judge

. . . one of these odd things, I'd buy the Taurus.

They had the courage to actually build and market the things . . . and S&W has decided to jump on their idea and ride it.

Do you feel the same way about 1911's?

I have had a few Taurii over the years. They once made a .45 auto that was a copy of the SIG 220. Worst handgun I've ever owned. Luckily the dealer I bought it from took it back.

I've had two others, one that was like a model 66. This one wasn't too bad, functional but not very accurate at all. Then I had one that was like a model 36, once again a giant POS. I ended up giving it away to a young man going to gunsmithing school in Colorado. I hope he got it working.

I just think it's funny that there has been so much derision applied to the genre after Taurus introduced them that it's really funny that Big Dawg S&W finally saw they were missing out on a few dollars and jumped aboard. There's very likely nothing wrong with their version . . . just find the whole episode kinda funny.

The 1911 has been around forever and is an established, much-appreciated design. That essentiallly everybody has a version on the market and are all selling like hotcakes pretty much proves it's a universally-accepted design that doesn't cater to a limited niche market.

And for what it's worth, I've owned several Tauri over the years, still own several, and have found them to be quite nice pieces. I don't have any of the various Judges because I don't understand the niche. Just me, of course.