A Look Inside the New Mountain Gun 629-9

[blackdeuce]

I hadn't bought a S&W revolver for a while, so I bought one of the new 629 mountain guns. My trigger has some chips where the plating came off. S&W wants me to send it to them. I'm not sure it's worth the hassle. I asked if they would mail a new trigger, but they won't do it.

I also purchased my first Colt revolver a few weeks ago. My 40th anniversary gift. A new 5 inch stainless Python.

 

[mariner1915]

So they eliminated the lock cylinder, but left the flag so it can potentially engage under recoil and lock up the revolver??? Holy moly!

My concern as well. My next questions would be:

(1) how does that "post" on the partial flag sit in relation to the hammer on the new "no lock" guns (does it ride in a "track" or "groove" in the hammer)?

(2) is there a "notch" or any other feature in the hammer (or track/groove thereof) that the raised "piece" or "post" on the partial flag can in any way engage on to lock it up as has been stated for the internal lock guns?

 

[686PC]

An update to this post: what we see where the IL used to be is not the remnants of the IL. It is a new single action drop safety! Pretty nice smart enhancement to make the pistol even more qualified for hard field use, IHMO.

The new safety is detailed towards the end of the excellent article recently published by the RevolverGuy.com below. Like me, the author of the article quickly switched the nice wood stocks to Hogue Tamer grips and reduced his 44 Magnum loads after shooting full power rounds.

Lipsey’s Exclusive S&W Model 629 Mountain Gun – RevolverGuy.Com

revolverguy.com

 

[Bobbysixkiller]

Very interesting read. Thanks for sharing this. Maybe I’ll come across a new no lock 357 of sorts and bring it home.

 

[Yendor357]

It’s evident there are still guys hung up on MIM parts. I have Smiths with MIM parts, and not a bit of trouble from any of them.
When was the last time you saw a part fail because it was MIM?

Watch the Nelson Ford videos on MIM parts. The world moved on. Smith and Wesson would have had to raise their prices substantially to have kept using forged parts. Add to that the built in price increase, insurance fees, for no lock/drop safe device.

You want a new/old gun? Buy a Python. Then spend $250 for an action job. But don’t use it a self defense scenario, because the action had been altered after it left the factory. And then complain that it’s not like the hand built ones in the 50s and 60s, before the strike. They were hand built and hand tuned because the parts were so out of spec, it tool a skilled craftsman to get them to work.

The new guns run and shoot just as well as the old ones.