This revolver was passed along to me some time ago and I just buried it in the back of safe. I pulled it out recently and it re-sparked my interest in doing something with it. It was one of my father's favorite guns which I only saw him fire on a few occasions while growing up. I had not seen in for over 20 years when my mother gave it to me. When I received it, I noticed that the stocks have some dings on one side. I am trying to decide to leave it alone or find someone who could help restore them to their original condition. Since I have the maple case, paperwork and accessories I was leaning towards having them restored. My fear is having someone try to fix them where they may look worse. Any insight or advice on having them restored would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Those are beautiful grips.

There is a person on the forum that does grip repair, and his work is excellent.

I need to try and find his name for you.

Dan has done at least a half dozen restorations like this on my grips. Very reasonable price, excellent work, and a great guy to deal with.

Examples here: Coke grip refurbished by Dan dotdsd334

Diamond Target grips refurbished by dotdsd334

Beautiful gun BTW.

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Mike SWCA 2865 NRA Benefactor

I believe member VM also does grip restorations - atleast to the finish.
I'm not sure about wood restoration by VM.

There are several forum members who would do an excellent job on your stocks (those mentioned and Keith Brown). However, I doubt if they are original to your 29-2 as they were phased out in 1966. I am sure your 29-2 was shipped well after that. A serial number would help me determine what type of stocks are correct for your 29-2.

Bill

The diamond target stocks shown are earlier and much more valuable than the later, larger target stocks. I much prefer the feel of the early diamond target stocks. Evidently your father shared that opinion.

Doc44, how did you determine that this was a later 29-2? Barrel marking? Or are they small diamond, pre-61 Coke bottle stocks, improbable on an early 29-2?

OP, I hope you enjoy this wonderful gift from your dad.

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Mike SWCA 2865 NRA Benefactor

The roll marking on the barrel (the upright or modern style of ampersand in particular) indicates the revolver was made and shipped in early 1973 or later.

Bill

The serial number is in the 300,000 range which I believe puts it around '75 or '76.

Would it be possible for you to post a picture of you maple case? Your fathers gun could have been shipped with a presentation case from the factory. S&W used Mahogany for their cases with four different types of liners. All of these liners had problems withstanding the test of time. I refurbish these cases and liners.

A forum member, DW Fan, can restore your grips. He does excellent work!
Classic Stocks for sale #13 DW's Stocks and Restorations
jcelect SWCA#LM723 [email protected]

My case has the normal storage area located on the bottom right side and has been stripped of all the covering material. I may get it redone after I solve getting the stocks restored. Thanks for the lead.