First came this 60-No Dash. Purchased it in '74 while stationed in Arizona as a "pocket companion". Even back then, in the border area, there were plenty of two-legged varmints.
Then in '75, in the midst of the Dirty Harry craze, I made the jump to a Model 29. It was to be a hunting/ desert knockabout gun.
Later, while stationed at Quantico, the LGS had a matched pair of 8-3/8" revolvers, a 14-4 and a 17-4. I had them set these up like my 29. By that time the 29 was my silhouette gun. The 17 was used for rimfire silhouette. The 14 didn't really have a mission, but was too nice to pass up.
Still have all four and they are fired regularly. The 29-2 went back to Springfield last summer for an overhaul after digesting 1000s of full-house silhouette rounds over the years.