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Show off your Model 29s and 629s!
I thought it might be fun to start a thread featuring the Models 29 and 629 - the famous .44 Magnums. Please post some "eye candy" photos of the favorites in your collection!
Here's some to start things off!
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Here is my 29 nickel, I'm a fan of wood grips, until I pull the trigger on this beast. But fun to shoot!!
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629 P&R
I showed these before,but I like to show them,these are new with all.
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Model 29-2 December 1979.
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Ok, here is my M29-2, 4", with some Kuracs.
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I like Coors Banquet and my 629 Classic.
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Ok, here is my M29-2, 4", with some Kuracs.
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I LOVE those Kuracs on your 29 ....... beautiful .
I just ordered my 1st set , for a Model 28 . If they are as nice as yours I'll be a happy man .
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Model 29-2, courtesy of 29alcoholic and Keith Brown, who made the grips:
Model 29-5:
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This one was purchased brand new in 1980. Has given perfect satisfaction with a fairly high round count since then.
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My one and only M29-2...early 70's model
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Re:29-4
Here is my favorite...
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Here are a couple of my 29-2's.
And these are not all S&W's but a bunch are. My quest to own 44 .44 Magnums.
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I'll show you my only 3..
Traded a 21-4 for this one. It had a ***** crimson trace grip on it.
Finally scored some decent speedloader targets at a local gun show last weekend.
They were mismarked as being for a K-Frame.
This joined my 6-incher that's the only gun I've ever had that's nice enough for a set of Executioner's stags.
Which joined my 8-3/8-incher that I bought new in 1974. Sadly, I threw away all my original S&W boxes including the wooden case, years ago.
This one was shot a lot in revolver silhouette matches back in the day. Had gotten pretty loose, so it went back to S&W this year for a complete overhaul.
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Here are mine.
Model 29-2 4" barrel.
Model 29-10 scroll engraved.
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Here's another 4 inch nickel model 29-2 with
Kurac stocks.
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And, here's another model 629 with Kurac stocks.
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A long 29-3 and a shortie.
Almost forgot about My Stainless one (with a Model 66)
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Art, as always, fine guns and beautiful pictures. Bob
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A couple of mine.
Here are two of mine. A lot of VERY nice posts here!
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Always up for an opportunity to show off my 629 No Dash.
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I'll throw in a "Collage-o-29's" and a Pre 29........some of my favorites. They always turn heads at the range when you light 'em up. The 4" guns are my favorites.
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David, awesome wood on that four inch .44. Nice! Bob
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629 Classic
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A 29-4
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Model 29-58, shipped in 1974.
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Model 29-58, shipped in 1974.
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I have been collecting and studying the 44 Magnum for over thirty-five years and I am still discovering new things. That is the fun of it as you never know what is going to surface next.
I learned recently that S&W produced one 44 Magnum in 1959 with a 3.5-inch barrel. That makes the known barrel lengths (produced prior to 1979): 3.25 (three, including the one I posted above), 3.5 (one), 4, 4.5 (one), 5, 5.5 (fourteen), 6 (one), 6.5, 7.5 (one) and 8.375.
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Two 6 1/2" Model 29-2's. One S serial number, one N serial number.
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I have been collecting and studying the 44 Magnum for over thirty-five years and I am still discovering new things. That is the fun of it as you never know what is going to surface next.
I learned recently that S&W produced one 44 Magnum in 1959 with a 3.5-inch barrel. That makes the known barrel lengths (produced prior to 1979): 3.25 (three, including the one I posted above), 3.5 (one), 4, 4.5 (one), 5, 5.5 (fourteen), 6 (one), 6.5, 7.5 (one) and 8.375.
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Bill,
I have some 3" guns, but granted, they were post 1979....
The first was a Lew Horton gun that I modified and carried for years....
The Performance Center made some 3" guns....
Horton produced a series of 3" guns (classics M24, M25, M29) in Nickel and blue:
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Model 29-58, shipped in 1974.
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Diversity in my Magnum Family.
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My 629-3 with its "half" brother:
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Wow Chuck.....
Between you and Bill, it's no wonder these guns are hard to find! Congrats on a most amazing collection of fine firearms.
How long did it take you to get the 1956 set complete?
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Wow Chuck.....
Between you and Bill, it's no wonder these guns are hard to find! Congrats on a most amazing collection of fine firearms.
How long did it take you to get the 1956 set complete?
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Craig, it took on an off close to 35 years. Don't think though that I would ever have been able to get a complete set had it not been for the internet and this forum.
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Craig, it took on an off close to 35 years. Don't think though that I would never have been able to get a complete set had it not been for the internet and this forum.
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Chuck....
I am still amazed at the serial number spread and out of order sequences on the old 44 magnums. I noticed your January gun and the August example are only 10 apart. Your 1962 guns are in a much narrower number range.
Any idea on how many guns you went through (bought and sold) before you finally ended up with these primo examples? I would imagine you would have probably upgraded at every opportunity to get a set as nice as those.
Also...do you have boxes and tools for all of them?
Thanks again for posting.
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There are some great ones in this thread! I only have two, both 29-2s. One is the 8 3/8 inch version, and this one is a 4 inch.
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That 629 no-dash is interesting; it's not pinned, but recessed, evidently a transitional model before the dash one. Do you have a shipping date on it?
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