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Never Say Never - 629 Mountain Gun
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04-22-2015, 06:41 PM
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Very nice. 
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THAT IS A BEAUTIFUL, AND VERY INTERESTING REVOLVER. IF YOU ARE THE ORIGINAL OWNER, OR EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT, DO YOU HAVE THE BOX, OR ANYTHING SUPPORTING ITS AUTHENTICITY ? ? ? THE LASER ETCHED SCRIPT SURE DOES LOOK LIKE THE SCRIPT ON MY MOUNTAIN GUNS……
BY MY QUESTION, I HAVE NO INTENT TO DISCREDIT YOU, OR THIS BEAUTIFUL REVOLVER. IN CLOSE TO 6 DECADES OF DEALING WITH FIREARMS, I HAVE LEARNED THAT ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE, AND FIREARMS ARE NOT ALWAYS WHAT THEY APPEAR TO BE. (EVEN FAKE BOXES AND LABELS CAN BE ACQUIRED ON THE INTERNET). I WOULD DEEM THIS BEAUTIFUL REVOLVER TO BE WELL WORTHY OF A LETTER FROM THE ESTEEMED MR. ROY JINKS…..
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04-22-2015, 07:18 PM
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I'm not the original owner but I have the box and the correspondence. It was originally a Classic and was rebuilt and marked as a Mountain Gun in the Performance Center.
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04-22-2015, 09:29 PM
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That sure looks like a 6 1/2 inch .44 Special barrel, with different lettering.
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May have been, but there are no signs that it was ever roll marked as a .44 Special, and if I remember right the 624's were roll marked. So it may have been an unfinished barrel blank.
I like the esthetics. The long cylinder with the long profile barrel are elegant to me. Personally, I think it is what the production Mountain Gun should have been. JMHO
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That thing is awesome!
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04-23-2015, 03:13 AM
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Beautiful piece! Color me envious.
I also think that barrel looks like a 624.
Coincidentally, I was just cleaning this gun this evening:
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They used the tapered 44spl barrels on the 44 mag mountain guns to save weight.
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04-23-2015, 05:18 PM
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...Smith should have used a 5" slim barrels on their MGs...that would have really made them unique....
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