Good afternoon.......i just joined here as I just purchased my first S&W revolver (shot dozens of em but mine until now have been colts)........I've always liked the unfluted cylinder but found one today that i'm unsure of value for as i've exhausted the internet and not found one like it. It is a 629-5 6.5" barrel and its engraved with Classic Champion on the right side of barrel. It is bead blasted and has hogue grips. The pistol was lightly used, came in original box with a b-square scope base, adjustable rear sight and has the lightest trigger i've ever encountered on a revolver. The original cartridge from factory test fire is also in the box and shows 05/08 as the mfg. date. Any help with value/history/uniqueness would be greatly appreciated.

sorry the first pic is upside down

and now its not, magically

i have one 629-4 with 5 inchs barrel same "classic champion, come with no box ,no papers
and the original stock off ,but the gun have fire very few ,see an other here with nill target and rest tumb stock ,seem the first owner don't like the hurt when firing with the nill stock .
very plaisant to shoot ,and i like the short barrel

i called S&W yesterday and got all the details on the gun, it seems there were only 700 of them made on a very limited run for hill country wholesale in 2008........thanks primersp for responding

The models with unfloted cylinder and bead blasted surface are very common in Germany. It was in the past a special model of German importing company Wischo, today it is Waimex that spread these models. My first S&W was a 686 in this style. I bought it 1995. I have just ordered a 629 as Classic Champion Match Master. If you keep in mind that Nill is a German supply of grips maybe you have seen a re-imported gun from the German market. Actuall models can be find at Home
Go to catalouge page 79. maybe this will help a little.