Been seeing this 649 for sale

[Marshal Tom]

One of the local shops has had a model 649 for sale for some time and it is a$495 right now. I could get it for 25% off. It has pacs on it that are much too big and look wrong on it. Vey clean. I have never had one of these but have had a 640-0, an M%P 340 and a couple of other J's of one sort or another. I know they are ugly and all that but they do have a utilitarian sort of use. What say you?
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[VM]

Ugly? I think not.
With your 25% off you be silly not to buy

 

[colt_saa]

Marshal tom,
I am not a fan of the Body Guard model. I much prefer the Centennial, though I have never seen a 640-0

The Centennial is the best pocket/purse design they have. I own them in several calibers and carry one today

I do own a single 649, but it is the 39th Model 649 produced, one of 25 hand selected between serial numbers 18 and 53 on the first day of production for special embellishment to honor the first stainless Body Guard introduced in January of 1985. I stumbled on to it and could not resist

I keep lots of J-frames on hand with different grips for use in classes

My 649 is in the middle and remains unfired since leaving the Factory

The pocket guns are all Centennials (not counting the 649) and the holster guns are mostly Chiefs Special Targets

As a Civilian involved in a firefight, if you have time to cock the gun and take an aimed shot, your life or the life of another is probably not in imminent jeopardy.

As a LEO, I usually had a CST in my ankle rig. If I am going to cock the gun for an aimed shot, I want the better sights. Yes, almost 4 decades ago 25 yard head shots were not a problem . . . today not so much

All of that being said, if condition is good and that 25% discount is a go . . . . I would have already bought that 649 just to have one in the teaching inventory that I can shoot

 

[THE PILGRIM]

I usually carry my 649 on Sunday.
It's my only Holy Gun!

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

I have a 49 no dash I have carried every day for about 11 years. Mine was refinished before I bought it in the 90's with some sort of Teflon finish and has the matt silver appearance of a 439. The action is so smooth that most people think the is has a very light hammer spring. While I consider it my SD gun, I have used it in SA to exterminate ground hogs out to 35 yards and have never needed a second shot (one in the head is quite sufficient!).

I highly recommend the Speer 135 grain Gold Dot Short barrel +P.
While I have Speed loaders in the truck, my carry reload is a 8 round speed strip in a belt case. If I needed more than 13 rounds of 38+P, I needed a 12 gauge, or to be elsewhere!

Ivan

 

[pharmer]

There's a 649 (don't know if lock or not) that has been at the Orlando show for a few years. 1st time I saw it tag was $475. Last Saturday it was $750 and it is used. Joe

 

[ISCS Yoda]

Anything under $500 is a great price. These guns are top-notch concealed carry guns whose only limitation is the 5 rounds as opposed to larger guns. Since it is unlikely that you'll ever need more than 5 rounds you're making a mistake if you don't buy that M649.

Mine is my most often carried SDW. Okay, EDC, but there are other EDCs in the stable.

 

[mckenney99]

I carried a 49/649 as a backup gun for almost my entire LE career. When I started, we had to shoot the same qualification course with our backups as we shot with our issued duty revolver. The last stage was 6 shots at a 1/2 B27 silhouette target at 25 yards. That single action really came in handy and the eyes of a 21+ year old helped also. After I retired, I sold my 649 and I always regretted it. Just today I picked up a really clean, in the box, 649-1 that I found on the big auction site and I had to pay a whole lot more than $495 to get it. Great for dropping in a winter Carhartt coat or bibs pocket as you go to work outside. The old metal bodyguard series (not the new polymer abomination) are the homely girls that grow on you the more you dance with them.

 

[murphydog]

A clean, presumably lightly used 649 for $371.25?

Um, let me th...yes.

 

[NCBeagle]

A 649 (no dash) at that price is a super deal. 100% agree with others eho said good things.

I carried this one yesterday (and a Glock 32) while hiking in the rain in western NC. Carrying it today in suburban Charlotte. Works everywhere. Good weather or bad weather.

 

[chief38]

Yup - definitely a score IF IT CHECKS OUT!

 

[Rpg]

I'm a big fan of the Bodyguard shrouded hammer. My favorite J frame.

These are ugly guns, but they're the best pocket revolver, along with the M38, M49, and M638 and the M649.

I believe that gun is made on the non-magnum frame (no 357) and so are super desirable as the frame is much more svelt than the magnum framed guns.

That's a great price. If I knew where it was, I'd buy it.

 

[usedkid]

NCBeagle,
What holster is that?

 

[Marshal Tom]

Thanks for the replies. Another friend has offered me a super clean 640-0 with and action tune (Wolf Springs) for $625. I am trying to decide between the two. I have owned an M&P 340 for years and recently put it up for sale thinking that one of these all steal guns would be easier to shoot with the extra weight. It has not sold and I could get it back as well.

 

[ACORN]

It would already be in my safe.
Just an FYI a local shop has one for $695.

 

[NCBeagle]

NCBeagle,
What holster is that?

It's a Forged-Tec. I'll PM a link when I get home. Can't remember if it came with DCC clip or I added the DCC.


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[ezb57]

This old 49 has been a buddy, the only gun I ever really "carried".

 

[Nevada Ed]

Everyone should have at least one 49 in their collection, if possible.

Even if all you do is polish it !!

You will sorry if you let it get away.

Trust me on this one.

 

[Bill In Texas]

I would buy it as I've rarely seen one and S&W doesn't make them anymore I believe. I have a model 49 at the mothership right now and can't wait to get it back.

 

[John Adams]

My 1992 649.

The 649 is a great carry gun. It is sort of a round gun.Nothing protrudes to catch on clothing. Nothing sharp to stick into you. Enough weight to control self defense ammunition in rapid fire. This one wears Culina boots in some kind of walnut.