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Smith & Wesson’s .44 Magnum Model 29 Gun: Simply one Powerful Weapon

Developed by U.S. Army Land Warfare Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Ground and the AAI Corporation, the QSPR was a commercial Model 29 fitted with a 1.3-inch barrel. It fired specially developed ...
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Smith & Wesson’s Big .44 Magnum Revolver: A Legendary Gun Like No Other

One of the first, if not the first handguns to take advantage of the .44 Magnum round was the Smith & Wesson Model 29 revolver. A blued, six cylinder revolver, the Model 29 weighs nearly three pounds ...