Yup hot a 6 in mod 57, a full load of 296 & 170 gr sierra. S&W have a slower twist than the rugers mine didn't like the 250 & 280 cast GC boolits, likes em light & fast. I would love a lever in 41 mag haven't found one yet they are pricey
It is one of my Holy Grail guns. That and a S&W Model 20 That is the 38 Special with a 4" barrel and fixed sights made on the N-frame.
Almost the exact same thing. Incidentally I have two of the original 520's.Similar to the 520 .357 fixed sight N-frame?
I've always heard good things about the .41 Mag but have never had the opportunity to fire anything in that caliber. A few years ago a pawnshop in Broken Arrow had a Winchester lever in .41 Mag. Thinking now I should have brought it home.
If it was a Winchester, it was a gunsmith custom. Winchester DID make a model 94 in .410 though. Rare bird and it takes a large truck load of money to buy one. Marlin made a .41 mag for a couple of years (I have one) but I don't believe Winchester ever did.
It is funny but the fixed sight 58 commands more $$ than the adjustable sighted 57. I ran across a 58 at an auction about a year ago that had been somebody's under-the-seat truck gun. It was ROUGH. Sold for $950.
I am a big .41 fan. Have a few and always in the market for more. Highest on my list right now are the 5" Redhawk (blued is much more rare than the stainless) and a 4" 58 or 657. Wouldn't turn down the 3" Lew Horton 657 if I found one either.
If you shoot them, you need to be a reloader. Ammo is not terribly abundant (but you can find it easier than .22lr) and it is expensive when you do.
Before I worked for Boeing, their security in Seattle had a few of the Model 20's and they looked like they were decent guns. I wish I had been up there to get one when they were surplussed.
Incidentally, does Lew Horton still have S&W to make up small batches of guns for them from time to time? If they do and enough interest is expressed, Horton might (MIGHT) have S&W to do a small batch of the Model 58's. Or the Model 520. Or whatever.
Is that a thought?
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