Concealed Carry Handguns – August 2019

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inconvenience.

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Two of author Work-

man’s .41 Magnums

flank the more com-

pact Charter Arms

model. Above is a

Model 57 S&W and

below is a Ruger

Blackhawk.

Pug surprised me on several occasions

when I cut loose at clay targets set

into a range berm at 25 yards. It

can be pretty accurate when fired

single-action with a two-hand hold,

although the rounds did miss a bit

more than they were dead-on.

In a telephone conversation, Ecker

said the barrel is cut with eight lands

and grooves on a 1:18-inch twist. That

might account considerably for the

Mag Pug’s ability to put bullets where

you want them to go.

But let’s face it. The .41 Mag Pug was

not produced as a target revolver. It’s

designed for discreet carry in crummy

environments and to be used when

the need arises with fight-stopping

muscle. Would I carry one down

a dark alley? As Val Kilmer’s “Doc”

Holliday said in the film Tombstone,

“Say when.”

112 CONCEALED CARRY HANDGUNS • FALL 2019