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Thanks guys. I'll look into that for him. Much appreciated.

I have a question for you more knowledgeable types. I hope I have this in the right section. My Brother in Law recently acquired a Model 29 S&W 44 Mag. Obviously it’s on the “N” frame, and it came (used) fitted with Pachmyer rubber grips. His problem is that the grips push his fingers so far...

Thanks for posting that. It does make it a little hard to swallow for a while though. Seems to be something wrong with my throat.

Well, I'll be able to try everything soon. :) My wife found me some brasso, my Buddy came back from Canadian Tire with some kind of Mothers Metal Polish that is suposed to be some special formula (worth about twice the cost of Mother's usual Mag polish), and the hardware store ordered me in...

Thank you gentlemen - all of you. Some excellent tips. Now I've got a pretty good idea of what to do. Now, the trick is to find some of these chemicals up here in the frozen wastes of Northern BC .........:) Thanks again guys,

Actually, no - I'm not positive it's powder. It's in a number of locations on the gun, mostly on the face of the cylinder, around the leading edges of the cylinder, forcing cone, etc. I just automatically thought it was powder burn residue. I guess it could be lead. Would lead go back into...

Can anybody tell me the best way to clean up (“polish”) a Model 66. This gun was recently acquired by a friend of mine. It’s in really good condition, action is smooth, barrel is pristine, but there is a "blackish" powder residue in the flutes of the cylinder, and on the cylinder face. Few...

I hear you. I guess that's what I was thinking as well. I mean if you are in the hand gun business, why in heck would you deliberatly build something you KNOW the people you want as customers don't like. Makes no sense. Theymust have some real morons running that outfit.

I'll have to look into that "kit" to remove the thing. I'm still going to have to find a -5 for carry, but I also have a newer model (with IL) that was a gift. I just use it for target and play, but it would still be good to remove that silly gadget. The "money trail" is the thing that...

Thanks Stainz. I’ll start looking for a -5. I’m sure the IL issue has been kicked around many times so I don’t want to dwell on it. For me personally however, it just defeats the purpose of a revolver. Traditionally, the advantage to a revolver was that all you had to do was point, pull the...

Thanks very much Allan. So I need something from the 90's. Now to start looking! Just as an aside, what "suffix" would that have been? -5 or -6 or what?

I want to find a decent 629 that I can use for a defense carry. Obviously none of the new models with the IL are anything one would want to bet your butt on, so I have to find one from before. Just wondering how long ago they started with that?

Yeah, darn it. Forgot all about the date - ya got me good. Now I'm going to have to try and get back to sleep! :eek:

I’m going to try and get one of these through my Dealer. Not sure if he can swing it or not, but he’s going to try. Obviously, it’s a Performance Center version of the 629. I phoned S&W but it’s hard to get precise information. The fellow I spoke with did his best, but he just didn’t have...

Yeah, that may be the way to do it all right. I'm currently negotiating on a NIB 29-2 with the 8 3/8" barrel. I know I could research this and find the answer, but being lazy I'll just ask you experts - WHEN did S&W start putting that silly lock on the revolvers. Obviously the trick is to...