Wow, great timing guys! I was just about to ask the forum about a purchase I almost made this weekend at a Central Florida gun show, and this thread may just answer my question.

I was window shopping for a Model 29, and I stumbled across one vendor that had a couple of Colt Pythons (6" bbl blue and 6" bbl nickel) and a blued Model 29-3 (6"). He was asking $1100 and $1200 for the Pythons- which seems to be about the going price these days. However, he was only asking $575 for the 29-3. It was ~95%+, and seemed smooth enough and tight (came with the standard S&W blue plastic case). I was really second guessing myself for not picking it up even though it probably would have resulted in a divorce. But after reading several different Model 29 threads, now I think I'll hold off until I find a nice 29-1 or 29-2. I'm kind of partial to P&R.