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S&W Revolvers: 1980 to the Present All NON-PINNED Barrels, the L-Frames, and the New Era Revolvers


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Old 11-03-2009, 01:05 PM
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Have had this Model 29 for about 16 years. Bought used, no box, no tools.

Serial No. AJJ92XX, marked MOD 29-9, TS, TT, TH. Right stock is ink stamped APR 26 1988. Barrel is 5 7/8" measured from cyl. face. Cyl. is 1 11/16" long. The poor thing was magna-ported when I got it, but it has the sweetest single action trigger outside of a 22-32 Heavy Target that I own. So is it simply a mis-stamped 29-2 or 3 or some other possibility.

Sorry for no pics, but there is nothing special to see.

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Old 11-03-2009, 01:58 PM
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AJJ numbers look as though they would have been issued in Summer of 1985, so I'd expect your gun to be marked as a 29-3. Unless it has counterbored charge holes, I wouldn't consider the possibility it was a 29-2. I have no idea why it would be marked 29-9. Any chance that the -9 stamping is just a damaged -3?

I agree with you that the prewar .22/32 Target models have a really nice single-action release. Double action is kind of stiff, though, particularly in the Kit Guns with their small round butt stocks. When Kit Guns sport the larger extension stocks, DA use is better. The geometry of the hand changes a lot when one tries to grab something that small.
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I should have mentioned that the chambers are non-recessed and the barrel is not pinned. The dash number is a definite 9. I guess that a letter is the best hope.

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I think you have a misstamped 29-3 as your gun is way early for a -9 and I am pretty sure (dont hold me to this) the -9 was not in a standard configuration. I would not spend the $50 for a letter to tell you it shipped as a -3, I dont believe there is anything to gain by it.
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Appreciate the good advice.

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9 = upsidedown 6? Maybe?
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I took possession before the dash 6 was made. The weapon looks like a garden variety dash three except for the magnaporting.

Appreciate the idea though.

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You have a -3 gun period. Either the 3 stamp was ruined during the stamping (which wouldn't take much considering the close resemlblance of the two numbers), or someone simply grabbed a misplaced stamp and used the 9 instead. The serial dictates that it is a -3.
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