I've got a 1990s era S&W 696 that I'm going to be loading for. I have no reason to beat up this gun as I have plenty of other bigger .44 Specials, including a couple of the recent GP-100s (3 and 5").
I have a Lee 429-214. I'm thinking a 7.0 gr of Unique under that bullet should be just fine, but 7.5 probably wouldn't be hard on it.
Anyone else have any 696 favorites?