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M29 4 screw Unicorn Help??
I have a 4" stamped M 29, 4 screw, Rosewood Cokes, right threaded cylinder.
Now this is the odd thing Ser.# 217271 stamped on yoke and grip frame. 117271 would make sence but 217271??
Any ideas out there?
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09-07-2015, 06:27 PM
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mis-stamped
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mis stamped, I would bet ser# 217271 was re-used 10 years later?
It would be cool to own the 29-2 stamped with the same number.
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Is the 271XXX number on the butt of the grip frame or on the side?
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The first number is almost unreadable but on the grip frame it is
217271
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It looks like 217 to me ?
The gun looks fabulous
I don't see that the stocks are rosewood from that picture.
Do you have a clearer one?
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My pre-29 5 screw is S166xxx.
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That doesn't look like a 4 Screw.
SN dates to 1966. In 1966 the M29 was a -2. Are you sure the extractor has right hand threads? Like, righty tighty? It should have left hand tightening threads. The trigger guard screw was eliminated in 1962, 4 years before yours was at least assembled.
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I think the mystery has been solved - a make-believe fourth screw was counted on the frame....The "fourth screw" on a N frame is in front of the trigger guard...
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It looks like 217 to me ?
The gun looks fabulous
I don't see that the stocks are rosewood from that picture.
Do you have a clearer one?
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You are right on the number I wrote 271217 it should be 217271
This is hard labor for Labor Day
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This is a 4 screw.. 3 in side plate and 1 in the trigger guard.
Right hand threads on the cylinder. Rosewood Cokes
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The way I idendtify rosewood is and I don't claim to be an expert.
Rosewood is harder, dense tight grain, they weigh more than walnut.
Rosewood in time will turn almost black
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S217000 would date to around late 1961 or early 1962 and would be a 4-screw Model 29. Not sure what you are questioning.
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Thanks Doc44 I thought this was an earlier gun
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Okay I got confused on the SN.
It is a 4 Screw and dang it i wish it was mine!
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For future reference the S is part of the serial.
Many S&W revolvers use a letter or letters in the serials.
Some do not.
But many do and if there are letters present they are a part of the serial.
Don't ignore the letters.
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