My opinion, If the Barell is stamped 41 Mag and the head stamp on the ammo says 41 Mag, then its a match made in Heven. if not, there will be many lawsuits pending, which there are none.
Shoot it.

 

Years ago when they were shooting alot of silhouette matches the large frame Smiths would develop more problems than the Rugers and some other brands used.

It will handle it most likely but you will probably loosen it up with a steady diet of that stuff. You asked for opinions.

As with .44 mags, most folks enjoy loads tamed down quite a bit to around 1000 to 1200 fps.

 

The S&W 29's when the steel silhouette shooters started using the 300grn stuff, had more than one shot loose. There's a reason anything hotter than off the shelf factory loads , says for Ruger or Dan Wesson. I wouldn't put a steady diet of the hot stuff through it.

 

I doubt you will blow the gun up but a steady diet of heavy loads will loosen most Smiths up. Smiths are gentleman guns, Rugers on the other hand are a bit brutish in comparison. You want to feed your revolver a steady diet of fire breathing loads Rugers your gun.

 

Agreed with the above. Beside long term damage to the gun, it really isn’t necessary.

 

Thanks everyone for the tips. I only got a box of 20. I'll tuck it away. Stuff is $ expensive anyway. I have some fmj and jhp that's a lot more mild.

 

I have a Stainless S&W mountain gun in .41 magnum. I shot some Cor-Bon ammo out of it a long time ago, just one cylinder full. Now I shoot tamed down reloads with Hornady XTP bullets. I love my .41 and have no desire to beat it or myself to death shooting hot ammo. I do have some HSM "bear loads" with hard cast bullets that I loaded up with when I packed it in western Wyoming while fishing in Grizzly country. Never needed it, thank God.

 

I'm surprised no one has come out with a 6 shot 41 Special yet on a medium frame. I loaded for an old 3 screw BH and a 57 many moons ago. Nice guns.

 

I love the heft of the N-frame myself. But there's no practical way to hide it. 😕

 

A Bianchi shoulder holster. There are usually some used ones floating around on auctions. Maybe find one at a good price and give it a try. The thinner white strap usually needs replacing as the elastic wears out but you can still buy replacements.

 

I have always found anything above 1200fps in a 6" handgun not accurate or good for the firearm regardless of the weight bullet or caliber.

If you need bear bullets maybe okay for that but woudn't suggest shooting anymore than required for that purpose.

Those hot rounds would be better for use in a carbine (IMO).

 

I looked at those Bianchi holsters, Grizzly2. Not a bad price for what you get.
I feel a little humbled about the ammo. Obviously I'm not the best judge/expert on the subject. But I did have the insight to get some fairly warm 44 Special rounds for my 44 magnum. I keep thinking about my '64 Pontiac GTO: That first year they had little 9-inch drum brakes...for a car with almost 350 horsepower. Comparing that to overloading a revolver, illustrates the caution I should take.

 

I’m heavy into S&Ws. The design of S&Ws is not as robust as Ruger. S&W is (was) more of a precision shooting machine than Ruger. Excessive diet of full power magnum loads will beat up a S&W. But the running gears on a S&W are much better than Rugers. Exception to that is early Ruger 3screw SAs.
These are probably strongest production model magnums made. It is possible to have a Ruger worked be we are talking out of the box here. So answer is to buy a Ruger if you are going to run heavy loads.

 

When comparing a N frame Smith to a large Ruger Redhawk for shooting pleasure, Smith all the way. For brute durability, the Ruger.