In a forum private discussion with another member this morning I got to thinking about the different stampings that were made on S&W 44 Magnums during an approximately one year period between 1962 and 1963. The gist of the discussion was that there are probably many more 44 Mags in the S220XXX-S230XXX range that could actually be considered model 29-1s, with the major exception that they simply are not stamped as such. Go to my commentary for further detail if you are interested in really getting down into the weeds with all of this. Here however, are 4 yoke stamped 29-1s that represent the different barrel lengths that have been discovered thus far. S227230 was well used, but is the only 3 screw 4 inch 29-1 that's turned up to date and it also represents the earliest 29-1 shipped. ( Note:there are 2 known nickel 4 screw 4 inch 29-1s; S220004 and S219982). S230941 represents the highest serial number 29-1 that has turned up and is celebrating it's 47th birthday later this month. S228956 is one of a handful of 8 3/8ths 29-1s and it celebrated it's 47th yesterday. And last but not least, S228672 is one of only 2 documented 5 inch 29-1s.
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