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Old 11-10-2013, 07:54 PM
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mesinge, Beautiful gun! I just bought a Talo, took it straight to the range and in the first six rounds, ripped the skin off of the inside of my thumb. It's still healing. I still popped off 80 rounds before I couldn't take it anymore. I have ordered 2 sets of grips from jaruwan off ebay and are waiting for them to arrive. What grips are those on yours? Mark
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Scratch the Thai grips. They came and didn't come close to fitting. Others seem to have had better luck. Not so much for me.

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I love my 2.625" Performance Center 629. I live in Alaska and this will be my new backpacker. I just need a solid holster.



The Hogue grip make handling this far more enjoyable.
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Old 11-13-2013, 09:50 AM
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Anyone have or try a Crimson Trace LG 314 on their 629 or other N frame?
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Hmmm...Just so happens that t got a LNIB 629-6 Talo three inch yesterday. The first three inch .44 mag I have had. I will consider it a .44 spl that CAN fire magnums if required. I mainly got it as a companion to a NIB Lew Horton 624 that I traded for last week. I did have a 500 snub a few years ago...It came with the "Bear Defense" kit. Now that was interesting to fire...I'm too old and my hands are too damaged to enjoy shooting heavy magnum ammo. Since I stick to moderate loads in my .40 something revolvers, the three inch should work well.
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Since someone made a comment about not liking "cute little bears" I had to add a picture of my backpacker to this thread.

BTW, there is a local guy with a 329 NG for sale and I'm tempted.

Stainless snub pics: J, K, L, N...bring em!-629-bp-jpg

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I've got three of the 629 Snubbies. None of them are much fun with full power loads, so I shoot mid range loads with a 250 grain Keith bullet. (Same thing I shoot most in my other 629s)

The Performance Center guns have the extra ball detent on the crane for a more solid lockup. This should be standard on all Smith revolvers.




2 5/8 inch PC model with EBAY Thailand grips





3 inch Mountain Backpacker with finger grooveless Hogues





3 inch Carry Comp (performance center) with "The Plug" and Ahrends Cordia grips.


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Great handgun for what they are. Terrible muzzle blast/recoil with stiff loads. They look like "Hell on Wheels". The end view of the cylinder with bullets visible will make any bad guy take a step back. I took the smooth wood grips off mine and put some Hogues on...helps tame the recoil a lot!
I bought this one when they were unwanted and cheap but I paid $400 just to have one, as they don't surface often. No regrets, and it wakes people up on the range with a full load of 2400 & a 255 SWCgc. Not a bad fireworks show either.
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Had mine custom made back in 89 or 90. Originally an 8 3/8" 629-2, original 3" LH barrel installed, butt rounded, tritium sights, 11 degree forcing cone for lead rounds, Mag-Na-Ported and my own invention but now common - ball bearing detents on the crane.



Here's how it looks today.



It's controllable enough to do Mozambiques with full house 265g cast loads. Ports rock on short barrels!
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