Recent content by muddober

Thanks but it did not answer my question about 29-2 serial number ranges, but it did ruin my keyboard because of all my drool looking at first year production nickeled gun.:D Ron

According to John Taffin the 29-2 started at serial number S270000 yet I have one serial number S237XXX, marked "mod 29-2" and it came with diamond cokes. Could someone please explian, perhaps Taffin is wrong on serial number info. Ron

Gun 4 Fun and VM, thank you for your answers and the pictures VM sent. I did not know that cokes came on model 57's but I did know they came on pre model 24 44 specials because I have one. The grips I was looking at were made of walnut and had the oval relief cut in the left grip panel. I was...

I came across a pair of N frame target diamond grips that were NOT "coke" bottle. What vintage gun and caliber were these grips originally on? The man who has them for sale said they came off an early model 29. The only diamond N frame target grips I am familiar that came on early 44 mags were...

Smith and Wesson tried that concept years ago with their then new model 53 in 22 Jet and it did not turn out very well. The 5.7 is a very high pressure round and the fired cases that come out of the gun are impossible to re-chamber because it actually bulges the case neck while also shortening...

Could you please email me some more pictures of the 44 mag. Thanks, Ron

Several years ago I had an original 5" sold through Harris in Chicago. Serial number 178825 and a 6.5 inch gun serial number 156420. I traded them both for something I thought I needed worse at the time and I would like to buy them back. I would buy any original 5" gun I could get my hands on...