Originally Posted by
robert12345
I guess I could toss in my 2 cents.
I've never owned, nor shot a 41,,, Special, or otherwise...
Closest I ever was, was to find a fired .41 cast bullet in the attic of an old farm house when I was a kid.
Somebody had apparently shot it through the roof,...where the bullet lay, "cold and still," till I found it.
Bullet was a Lyman 220 grain cast...
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Setting that aside:
Were I to pick an ideal ctg./pistol combination for my hikes, it would be a .41 Special, in a Colt SA, with a 5.5 inch barrel.
The pistol's hammer spur would be lowered so I could see over the sights, and the gun would be tuned to a crisp 3.5 pound trigger. The pistol would be "gunsmithed" for a short hammer fall, and all the chambers to be trued to fit the barrel/bullet/throat.
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As for a load, I would pick the .41 Special ctg. case.
The cast bullet would have a bevel base, and a flat nose, of LBT profile, at a weight of around 200 grains in Wheel weights.
Powder; to be Unique, with a charge to give a velocity of about 1000 fps with the 200 grain cast bullet.
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I would sight the Colt in, to cut center, at 20 yards, ...and I would carry it in a cross draw holster with a ctg. belt, and pretty much be done with it.