629-3 worth $550?

[C Broad Arrow]

Thanks everyone, I think I will go and check it out again on Monday.

I would check it out again too.. As you can see from the one I posted they want almost 2 times as much.

Hoped my input helped.

 

[tkosiba]

Just a reality check...a good, clean, well maintained, tight N frame, for $500-$600, is a deal, regardless of model or caliber. Buy every one you can find. Next year you can thank me.

 

[Smee78]

So I went back and checked it out and it is indeed a 629 Classic 5" and it does check out but it appears to have been rode kind of hard and put away wet,,,,,I pulled the grips and looks like the previous owner put grease or some other junk on the frame to get the grips to slide on and looks like it was a little damp in there at one time. I think I would need to flitz polish the frame to get it looking good again and then the "lazer etching" would most likley be removed. I have no dought that the SS could look great again but?????

 

[CWH44300]

So I went back and checked it out and it is indeed a 629 Classic 5" and it does check out but it appears to have been rode kind of hard and put away wet,,,,,I pulled the grips and looks like the previous owner put grease or some other junk on the frame to get the grips to slide on and looks like it was a little damp in there at one time. I think I would need to flitz polish the frame to get it looking good again and then the "lazer etching" would most likley be removed. I have no dought that the SS could look great again but?????

I hear you about that lazier etching, sometimes I think its worse then the lock...well almost

 

[Smee78]

While I'm not wild about the lazer etching, I would be more upset with half of it polished off.

 

[Larry from Bend]

My nephew just got a very nice 5" -3 at a pawn shop for $625.

However, in 2007 my insurance company bought me a ANIB 5" -4 that cost over $900 by the time I received it.

 

[stantheman86]

4" 629's command a premium around where I'm at, I have seen locked 629 "Classics" sell for $700 in lightly used condition.

Revolver fans, in general,seem to like 4" .44 Magnums because many of them have the longer barrels.

I have a 4" Ruger Redhawk .44 Magnum, and I would love a 4" 629. I think 4" N-frames are some of the neatest guns ever made.

 

[Fuego]

That is a reasonable price out here in Oregon.

It will never be worth less than $650 in this part of the country.

Grab it before the next guy does.

 

[Smee78]

Thanks everyone, I decided to pass on this one (due to its condition)and go with a Performance Center 629 pre lock that was a little more but is in excellent condition gun. Thanks for all of your imput and advice.