I have a 629-1 4" stainless without pin in barrel full target with rosewood grips sn:AYC55*5. Im trying to get year it was shipped or made for catalog of my personal guns Im putting together for my wife & daughter in case of my death.
i called s&w to see if it had been sent back to be refinished and they had no record of either serial number. Whoever did the job, it's the best that I have ever seen factory or not. I was also curious of value or what it would cost to replicate.
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here are some more pics. the box denotes shipped in B , im assuming means blue. if this is so, I would still like to know what it is exactly.