Smith 629-5 Magnum Packer

fastgun1962 · #1 09-16-2018, 10:21 AM

Morning,
I am trying to find out something about this 629-5.

fastgun1962 · #2 09-16-2018, 11:32 AM

Thank you Sir,
Would you happen to know if it is a Lew Horton Special or maybe some other distributor.

brjr51 · #3 09-16-2018, 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by RdrBill

Sir.
That box label tells you everything. SpecOrd code is the Julian date of
manufacture. 0125 is day 125 of year 1990.
Bill@Yuma

Wouldn’t that date be 2000 on that particular revolver?

Kernel Crittenden · #4 09-16-2018, 12:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RdrBill

Sir.
That box label tells you everything. SpecOrd code is the Julian date of
manufacture. 0125 is day 125 of year 1990.
Bill@Yuma

I think the ship date might be 2000, and not 1990. It is a -5, afterall.

I think there is also a good chance that it is a Lew Horton. Contact them. If it's theirs they will send you a free provenance letter. It's pretty nice to have.

What ever the case, I don't think many of these were made. This is the first 103840 I've ever seen. Though I have seen guns nearly identical. The MBK serial number prefix is something special, too. And you don't see a factory quad Mag-Na-Port everyday.