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Originally Posted by notsofast
Is this particular model less desirable and/or valuable than the “labeled” Mountain Gun?
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To a collector - YES
To a shooter - NO. The 629-4 was the pinnacle of evolution before the internal lock and MIM parts began appearing. The 629-2e had the endurance package, and the 3 & 4 revisions all got better than the previous iterations.
The glass bead finish shows wear more easily than the later production runs, but even they have somewhat fragile laser marked caliber on the barrel and 'Mountain Gun' on the barrel. These could be easily removed with too vigorous of a cleaning (aka scotchbrite pads) or other abrasive materials.