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March 2, 2008
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I finally got the 744 out the other day. It's a real handful (no pun intended), especially with the smooth DW medallion grips and full house Hornady hollowpoints. It's safe to say that the flinch is back, but I got it mostly worked out within 50 rounds.
I had one functional problem, with the cylinder binding at the rear every 10-12 rounds. It would not fully advance to the next chamber in either DA or SA, and I discovered that the ejector rod was loosening and forcing the extractor to the rear. I'm sure some LockTite will fix this up.
I need to pick up a set of the Hogue fingergroove grips, the factory grips are for lookin', not shootin'.
Safe to say it am not yet a .44 Mag fan, but the revolver is beautiful, and a definite keeper. One step closer to the dark (SuperMag) side.
I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman "Were is the Self Help Section?" She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.
George Carlin
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January 24, 2009
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I've come to that conclusion too, with my SuperMag. The purty grips are for lookin' good. I'm going to get some Hogues for it before I take it out again.
I wonder if that's why the previous owner sold the gun…because the cylinder was binding & he couldn't figure it out?
Oh & I'm a flincher, too.
*EDIT* I meant to say in this post that I found the grips to be slippery, which may be what you've experineced too. The gun likes to "walk around" too much when I'm shooting it & I have to re-adjust too often. It would probably be different if I was using a rest to hold the gun, but at a standing position, I need something less slippery.
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Dans Club
February 9, 2009
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Steve,
Go with the Hogue's if you really want to get a "grip" on things. They are by far the best way to hold on to the real kickers out there IMHO. The 357 SM is actually easier to shoot than the .44 especially the one you bought with the shorter barrel. That stainless one on auction right now could help you test that and since you no longer have a 10-gun rule........
SMF
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March 2, 2008
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And to think i once thought I wanted 744 4VH!
I know I'm eventually headed for the Dark (SuperMag) Side, thanks to Darth SMF and Emperor IHMSA, but the next Dan will be a blue one, because soon I won't have one. Also, since I just can't find a Monson 6VH shroud for my 722, maybe I'll just buy a 22 6VH. It's getting to the point that it's as cheap to buy the whole revolver as it is to buy a barrel/shroud
I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman "Were is the Self Help Section?" She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.
George Carlin
January 22, 2008
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I tried my 744 last weekend with the smooth grips and it slipped around to much. I will go back to the rubber hogues on the 744.
I'm looking forward to trying the 357 SuperMag in a few weeks. I think I'll take the 744 for comparison.
I think everyone needs at least one SuperMag actually one DW in each frame size! 
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February 28, 2009
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WOW! Such a difference of opinion. Steve, I'm surprised you find the 744 a handful. I find it easier to shoot than any other .44 I've shot. You will find as SMF says that, should you accept the challenge(
), a .357 SM is easier to shoot than the 744. Also, I think that the 445 SM is just as easy to shoot as the 744, if not easier, untill you start putting real heavy's like 300's through it and even then it's not too bad. But with 240's its pretty much a puppy.
The only thing that makes me flinch is my FA in .500WE. The gun is really too light for such a large charge. The last time I shot it, I flinched at everything I shot for the rest of the day. How's that for kinda 
stupid?
Regarding grips; I personally love the standard target grips. They are very comfortable for me. I hate the rubber grips, both Hogue and Pachmayr. I did buy a Hogue Goncalo Alves grip for my 741 so it's easily distinguishable from my 744. When I got it, both my wife and I thought it would be uncomfortable to shoot because we felt that the hump on the back for the palm was too large. However, when we went to the range we found that it actually is very comfortable.
I guess it just shows to go ya that we're all different.
April 25, 2008
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For slippery smooth grips, try a baseball batter's glove. Did that sound like a commercial? 
Cut the tip off the trigger finger and it will help hold those slick stocks a lot better, especially when your hand sweats a little and the glove gets a bit wet. I use one for silhouette and even with the biggest boomers, I never worry about the gun sliding around in my hand.
The Savantist
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March 2, 2008
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I'm going Hogue just because it's the quickest/easiest solution. I'm also going to get a set of wood fingergroove. This was my second .44 Mag experience ever, the first was my son's scoped 8V with the Pachmayr Presentation grip, and I was shooting a rental range type ammo in that.
It's still a keeper, and I've made the SuperMag "emotional buy-in". Probably not my next gun, but I'll get there
I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman "Were is the Self Help Section?" She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.
George Carlin
December 17, 2008
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CDF and I shot both his .357 SM and his 744 the last time we were at the range (been a while now that I think about it...).
I have to say that I liked them both, but I loved the SM. The .44 was fine, but there is something very firm and controlled about the SM that I didnt' feel in the .44.
Prior to that I had never considered the large frame / big guns.
So I'm with you Steve, I definately have the emotional buy in...(one o' these days...)
---> also IHMSA: great idea. This may sound funny, but I used a "mechanix" glove this winter at the range (for no other reason than becasue it was freezing!) and made a mental note that it made for nice control. And yeah, that did sound like a commerical "slug line"...
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