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Old 06-11-2009, 10:38 PM
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I see that on some of the S&W revolvers for sale. Thanks in advance.
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S&W strives for perfection and as such they often fiddle with the design. The original is a "no dash".. after that the sky's the limit. If you are a collector, then this is important.

I am primarily an "accumulator" but I recently had the opportunity to acquire a S&W 52 no dash. It will fit in my safe beside the 52-1 and the 52-2.

So I guess I have "saved the whales" and collected the whole set..
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S&W strives for perfection and as such they often fiddle with the design. The original is a "no dash".. after that the sky's the limit. If you are a collector, then this is important.

I am primarily an "accumulator" but I recently had the opportunity to acquire a S&W 52 no dash. It will fit in my safe beside the 52-1 and the 52-2.

So I guess I have "saved the whales" and collected the whole set..
I shot bulls eye some years ago and always wanted
a model 52. They are great guns. Don
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Like mwtdvm said.

Sometimes it's just nice having the original model. My favorite no dash I own is my 681.
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S&W strives for perfection and as such they often fiddle with the design. The original is a "no dash".. after that the sky's the limit. If you are a collector, then this is important.
I agree that originally the idea was to improve the product with each engineering change or "dash number" revision. Unfortunately, however, at some point certain change were also made in an effort to reduce manufacturing costs by doing less machine work or replacing forged parts with metal injection-molded (MIM) parts.

For example, a 29-2 has a pinned barrel and a recessed cylinder...a 29-3 does not.

A 29-3 is still a fine firearm, but less human labor was invested in producing it. Most collectors would choose the 29-2, or older. Shooters may want a 29-4 or newer as these have an "Endurance Package" which makes for a more rugged gun.

Just one example...
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a dash means that they in some way altered the design, the number beside it designates which order the alteration came in
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Thank you all fer the info, makes sense
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My only no dash is a Model 67, but my 642 is dash 1.
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