29-2 price check

[younggun22]

Gents,

Local shop has a 29-2 "S" prefix, 6.5in barrel, TH,TT and a red ramp with pachmyer grips on it. I know the grips arent original and im pretty sure the red ramp isnt either and no box or paperwork. The bluing is in great condition and it locks up tight.

Whats a fair price?

Thanks.

[A10]

In a shop up here, it would probably go for between 750 and 850 as described. S prefix seem a bit more desireable.

[410bore]

all the features you describe, less the pachmayr stocks, are factory original. IMHO if its in great condition I wouldnt pass it up for less than $750-800 or a tad more....the original grips will run you $400+ (if that is important to you).

[M29since14]

I agree on the ~$800 price (absolute max). I'd rather buy it for $600. The stocks for the gun will depend on the era and could run anywhere from Cokes to diamond targets to, at the end, just plain old checkered football targets with black "washers." Unless the gun is in the early part of 29-2 production and I just had to have original Coke type stocks for it, I would not let the price ($600-$800) stop me from buying it. If the gun has any mechanical or finish problems at all, my thinking would be heading in the direction of $600 - or less.

[younggun22]

according to the serial number we are looking at late '62 or early '63. What are the correct grips for the gun? I have a pair of smooth targets but doubt they would be correct.

[A10]

Originally Posted by younggun22

according to the serial number we are looking at late '62 or early '63. What are the correct grips for the gun? I have a pair of smooth targets but doubt they would be correct.

Probably Cokes.....originals would cost around six bills. A pair from Keith Brown would be about 450. Honestly, Keiths grips are much nicer than factory originals.

[younggun22]

Wow!

I like to keep everything factory original but that's pricey. This one may just have to settle for a nice set of factory targets.

[M29since14]

The gun is from the Coke-bottle stocks era. Sometimes you can find them lying around in places where people don't know what they are - but that is getting harder to do every day.

I agree with A10 when it comes to Keith Brown's work. I am not a collector and so don't have to have everything just exactly like it came from S&W. I would buy that gun (if it is nice) and try to get Mr. Brown to make a set of stocks for it according to my taste in wood.

If you can tolerate a distinctly European flavor (German) in the stocks, Nill has a Coke-type reproduction that is very nicely done and the workmanship is exceptional. Nill does use considerably finer checkering than S&W did, but on a 44 Magnum that is more of a plus than a minus to me. Some people do not like that Nill uses a screw that has a slotted head on both sides of the stocks. Again, that doesn't concern me. Nills might be another alternative.

[fyimo]

Like others have said everything except the grips are original and it being an S serial number with the 6.5 inch barrel makes it a very desirable revolver. If you get it for less then $800 you are getting a very good deal as the only 29-2 selling higher prices right now is one in the same condition with the 4 inch barrel.

If you are going to shoot it a lot I would probably just stick an N frame set of S&W Target grips on it and if it were me I'd try to find a set of smooth presentation grips. Of course if you want it all original you will need to hunt down a set of S&W Cokes for it.

[BillyMagg]

Originally Posted by fyimo

Like others have said everything except the grips are original and it being an S serial number with the 6.5 inch barrel makes it a very desirable revolver. If you get it for less then $800 you are getting a very good deal as the only 29-2 selling higher prices right now is one in the same condition with the 4 inch barrel.

If you are going to shoot it a lot I would probably just stick an N frame set of S&W Target grips on it and if it were me I'd try to find a set of smooth presentation grips. Of course if you want it all original you will need to hunt down a set of S&W Cokes for it.

Well, Heh! Heh!, for once these guys have missed the obvious, a nice set of diamond magna's are about a 100+, but the obvious choice are a set of Patricks Stags, gorgeous to look at and handle, and if you're a 44 Special man that's great, if you need the occasional 44 Magnum fix, Pach's or Hogue's are great, leave those fat wood stocks for the collector's. Most of us look at our older Smith's more than shoot them, either way you can't go wrong and face it a 1962 29-2 is "prescious metal", buy it, you can't go wrong. billy

[younggun22]

I ended up buying the 29 and a 58 and a 1917 the shop I work in had for sale. I even happened to run across the seller of the 29 and he believes he has found the original grips for the gun and is going to drop them off for me sometime next week!

It has been a good week for big bore N frames!

[410bore]

Originally Posted by younggun22

I ended up buying the 29 and a 58 and a 1917 the shop I work in had for sale. I even happened to run across the seller of the 29 and he believes he has found the original grips for the gun and is going to drop them off for me sometime next week!

It has been a good week for big bore N frames!

Please let us know if he finds the original grips and POST PICTURES

[weatherby]

Originally Posted by younggun22

I ended up buying the 29 and a 58 and a 1917 the shop I work in had for sale. I even happened to run across the seller of the 29 and he believes he has found the original grips for the gun and is going to drop them off for me sometime next week!

It has been a good week for big bore N frames!

Sure sounds like it.....You got some good ones

[murphydog]

Nice finds. So, how much do you owe the shop for working there?

[someone]

Originally Posted by murphydog

Nice finds. So, how much do you owe the shop for working there?

Hah! I know I'd go bankrupt in a few weeks working in a gun shop!!

[younggun22]

Ya pay day usually results in me paying him!

[BillyMagg]

Originally Posted by younggun22

I ended up buying the 29 and a 58 and a 1917 the shop I work in had for sale. I even happened to run across the seller of the 29 and he believes he has found the original grips for the gun and is going to drop them off for me sometime next week!

It has been a good week for big bore N frames!

Good boy young gun, now try NOT to sell them when you have to have something "better", cooler,,,, whatever, all of us old heads have the "ones we miss, list". LOL billy magg

[younggun22]

Originally Posted by BillyMagg

Good boy young gun, now try NOT to sell them when you have to have something "better", cooler,,,, whatever, all of us old heads have the "ones we miss, list". LOL billy magg

No worries there billy magg. But unfortunately I have become addicted to N frames!

[younggun22]

... Walked into the shop today and a nice set of N frame grips were waiting for me! Gonna be a good Monday.

[410bore]

awesome! are they the "Coke Bottle Stocks"? please post a picture of your gun and the grips.

[jaykellogg]

Fleabay has a set of coke bottle grips for $549. That is what the fellow just gave you. WOW!!!!

[younggun22]

As far as I can tell they are of the cole bottle style. They have the black washers, double diamonds and the wider longer checkering pattern. They are in great shape and look phenomenal on the gun. I will post pictures as soon as I can.

[younggun22]

Picture as promised, this is just a quick one I took before work. Enjoy.

[410bore]

excellent! I wish I worked at that gun shop....you have found some nice S&Ws....

[joesmith357]

Originally Posted by M29since14

I agree on the ~$800 price (absolute max). I'd rather buy it for $600. The stocks for the gun will depend on the era and could run anywhere from Cokes to diamond targets to, at the end, just plain old checkered football targets with black "washers." Unless the gun is in the early part of 29-2 production and I just had to have original Coke type stocks for it, I would not let the price ($600-$800) stop me from buying it. If the gun has any mechanical or finish problems at all, my thinking would be heading in the direction of $600 - or less.

Do you all honestly find good shape N frames in the $600 range? Honestly? What planet do you live on? Even lately I see model 28's going for $600+

Even if it has pachmayrs on it, it's probably worth more than $600. Heck a decent set of diamond target N frame grips will cost $150-200 to buy, if they are cokes that's closer to $500, then there is the gun itself.

[joesmith357]

Originally Posted by younggun22

Picture as promised, this is just a quick one I took before work. Enjoy.

Nice, very nice.