29-4 info PICS ADDED....

[Xfuzz]

Little newer for me..
29-4
Full lug.. non fluted cylinder.
5" barrel
Excellent plus.. tabled at 1K

Deal or no deal ?

Production code
101249

 

[stansdds]

Condition is everything, but that sounds like a special run of 500 Model 29-4's for Hill Country Distribution. If it is all original, then $1000 is a screaming bargain.

 

[Xfuzz]

Dust settled at $900 drive out.
It did come with the box/paperwork
And tools.

On the box next to the production number
Is a Spec. Or number
91109

I will post some pics later tonight.

Thanks

 

[stansdds]

Unless it is absolutely beaten to death or refinished, you got a steal at only $900.

 

[Truckman]

I got to hold it in my grubby, formerly nicotine-stained fingers...It is immaculate...The only bad part of it was Howie saw it before I did...It's a little too young to join my stable, but I'm sure I could have provided a temporary home for it......Ben

 

[Xfuzz]

Few quick pics...

Thanks stansdds..


Update found and old thread...
Mystery solved. Post 6.
29 Classic 5" Full Lug

 

[Truckman]

Few quick pics...

Let me re-enter this thread long enough to say Howie's cell phone pics would not do a dirty ashtray justice in this case...This gun, even given its utilitarian purpose, Looks about 10,000% better in person, even under typical gun show lighting...The majority of my guns are from the first half of the 20th Century, but if I had seen this before he did, it would be mine......Ben

 

[ACE10000D]

that was a steal

 

[Xfuzz]

Thanks everyone for the info.
Based on banging around on the computer this am it
surely appears this is one of the Smiths sent to
Hill Country Distributors. ....around 1989 I think.

Alot of the info came from the archived posts on this site.
Fairly scarce Smith 44 mag.

My next question is I wonder how a factory letter would
read (indicate) regarding shipping location and number of guns.

Many thanks again.

 

[mchom]

Wow! Very cool gun. Congratulations.

 

[Truckman]

My next question is I wonder how a factory letter would
read (indicate) regarding shipping location and number of guns.

Many thanks again.

Howie, I had a similar gun some years back, a 29-3 that lettered as one of 25...Roy's research revealed that it had gone back to the factory where the sights had been replaced with black ones, it now had a full lug 5" barrel and some exquisite Goncalo Alves combat stocks...It's original configuration was as described below...So since this unfired one of 25 had all its work done at the factory, it had become one of one...

You may recall drooling on it at one of the Conroe shows a few years back...I still regret not having it, but that stack of US green piled in front of my eyes blinded me......Ben

 

[Xfuzz]

Little better pic.
I pulled the Houge's to check the finish.
All is good... strapped it with some bonded ivory for now.
Diggin the balance of the 5" barrel.

 

[WCCPHD]

I paid $1100 for mine about three years ago and was glad to get it at that price. You got a great deal.



Interesting the serial number is exactly 200 higher than mine.