Recent content by Roger29

I say the label is fake. I bought my 29-3 in '87 and still have the blue S&W box (excellent condition) and the end label is printed.

Looks like they drilled and tapped a new hole and turned the new stud into the new hole. The "stud end" does come through the frame where the original didn't. I have seen a pic on this forum of a crown stud repair. I paid for the repair and subsequent field test, which appear to me to be 1-1/2...

A broken trigger stud. I was shooting with my son and a friend when my gun just didn't feel right. Then the cylinder wouldn't advance so I put it down until I got home. Took the side plate off and this little pin fell out, ***...? I removed the trigger and saw the broken stud right off. Having...

As much as I like to "play by the rules" my wife and I are in our mid 60s. I can no longer engage in fisticuffs so I have a GI 1911 cocked and locked with 8 rounds of 230 gr. hardball on the nightstand and my 29-3 loaded with 245 gr. hollow points under my side of the bed. IF some scumbag gets...

What time period? I bought my Model 29-3 new in '87 and it was never "registered" with anyone other than the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as a firearm sale...?

I received my Model 29-3 (purchased new by me in 1987) today after a crown stud repair. I shipped my gun off to Smith & Wesson on 6 January and received it back today after not quite eight weeks - five weeks to written quote, two weeks plus for repair and return shipment. Smith & Wesson's...