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629-2 Question
Hey all, I'm looking to purchase a 629-2 4" (pre-mountain gun/mountain gun) and am a little concerned with a burr and gouge on the crane. Seller is reputable and gun is in otherwise good condition. I really want to buy it, and suppose I could send off to get repaired if this was to become an issue, but figured it would be a good idea to ask the experts (I covered serial number as I have not yet purchased). Additionally, I'm thinking this is a 1988 629-2? Thanks in advance!
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12-27-2023, 04:15 PM
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Nothing to worry about. Just tool marks. Does it open and close smoothly? Wouldn’t stop me from grabbing it.
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12-27-2023, 04:18 PM
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Nothing to worry about. Just tool marks. Does it open and close smoothly? Wouldn’t stop me from grabbing it.
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Good to hear, thanks. Opens and closes smoothy and all else seems good. Really looking forward to taking it out.
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Welcome aboard!
If it has a 4" tapered barrel and the front of the cylinder is chamfered, you're looking at a 629 Mountain Revolver. IIRC, about 5000 were made. They were supplied from the factory with K frame Pachmayr Grippers. Round butt N frame stocks weren't available at the time, and K frame Grippers has enough "give" to work.
Those marks wouldn't bother me at all. I had these Combat stocks on mine, before switching to Herrett's.
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12-27-2023, 04:42 PM
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Welcome aboard!
If it has a 4" tapered barrel and the front of the cylinder is chamfered, you're looking at a 629 Mountain Revolver. IIRC, about 5000 were made. They were supplied from the factory with K frame Pachmayr Grippers. Round butt N frame stocks weren't available at the time, and K frame Grippers has enough "give" to work.
Those marks wouldn't bother me at all. I had these Combat stocks on mine, before switching to Herrett's.
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Good deal, tapered barrel, chamfered cylinder, and bead blast finish. Should be a great addition. It's been ported somewhere along the journey, would prefer it wasn't for authenticity, but will still work well for my needs.
I will be looking for stocks like Herrett's or similar soon.
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Ahh
I have one of those. The Mountain Revolver, father of the Mountain Gun.
Glad you grabbed it.
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Here’s a 629-2 mountain revolver. Someone rebored and chambered for 45 colt and cut for moon clips so it’ll shoot 45acp also. Point of impact for the ACPs is quite a bit higher than 45 colt.
It’s a crime to redo a fairly uncommon gun but someone did it before me and allowed me to get a 45 mountain revolver for a great price. For the finish I don’t know if it was coated or bead blasted. I think it was bead blasted. It’s a good shooter though.
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Have you checked it for end shake? Checked for horizontal (left to right) movement of the crane when closed?
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I'm sure you'll like it!
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Welcome to the Mountain Revolver Club! Here's mine, serial BDYxxxx, another rescue project restored by Nelson Ford in 2010. It now wears S&W X-frame rubber grips for field use.
Gila's 629 MR_a.jpg Gila's 629 MR_b.jpg
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Just looked at Nelson Ford's services, on the short list. Thanks
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Have you checked it for end shake? Checked for horizontal (left to right) movement of the crane when closed?
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I haven’t, but will be sure to inspect carefully
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Resurrecting this conversation. The deal for the 629-2 unfortunately fell apart. I’ve since acquired a 629-6 that should suit my needs well (although not as cool as the mountain gun). Any ideas when serial number prefix DAP would have been produced? I gather sometime between 2001-2007.
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I just won one of these original Mountain Revolvers in an online auction by a local auction house. It's not mint but in good condition and has a set of Craig Spegels installed. The deal that I got might be considered illegal, but no complaints here. Next week after the waiting period I'll have to start my own thread with some pics.
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I missed this post a few months ago,
No idea of the DAP prefix as my old SCSW 3 only goes up to around 2003 and the only alpha I see with D is DEW (329-1) 2003.
Too bad you missed out on the 629-2,
I have that guns twin with same Magnaporting,
I seem to recall something about SW sending some off to Magnaport and those having a sticker on the box.
I might be wrong.
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