Recent content by dr rockso

An update to bring some closure to this thread...I purchased the OP's 629 at the beginning of October with the intention of either full polishing or full bead blasting it. Here are some before/during/after photos. I started by polishing with semichrome which did look a lot better, but some of...

I recently removed the extractor rod on my 629-3 Classic and noticed that it's just slightly bent (there is a slight amount of runout visible when rolling the rod across a flat surface). I ordered a new one from Midway (Extractor Rod S&W 610 624 625 627 629), but the one I received is not...

Hello everybody. Decided to finally join, prompted by my newest purchase, a 629-3 Classic 5". This is my first modern revolver, and one I've been looking for for about 6 months (it's a bit difficult to find specific pre-lock models here because of the stupid CA DOJ roster). I'm already a big...