Birthday year and Holy Grail in one!

[Jeep 1]

I'm almost certain this is another H&H Harris Distributor Model 29-1, Because it came out of the Chicago suburbs.
About a year and a half ago I told a very good friend of mine chances of him finding a Model 29-1 in the wild was very slim and two weeks later he found one and a year and a half later So did I . So don't give up hope there's still some out there! This one came out of an old man's underwear drawer, I'm sure! Either way it's the first time it's seen light a day in over 60 years!

 

[Jeep 1]

 

[boykinlp]

That's a beaut! Thanks for sharing!
Larry

 

[Valmet]

THAT is phenomenal. Congrats and thanks for sharing. An orig 29-1 is one of my grail guns.

 

[JRB416]

Great revolver, congratulations on your find. One of my would like to own some day along with a five inch.

 

[robvious]

Congratulations on your "discovery".. it's beautiful.

 

[Jeep 1]

Congratulations on your "discovery".. it's beautiful.

I can't say it was a self journey into the barn to find it, because it was on its way out, but I had to help get it through the hay bales!
And wound up buying a colt python to make it happen in a reasonable manner
Don't know what I'm going to do with a red headed step child Colt
But I would've bought three of them to get that 29-1

 

[robertrwalsh]

congrats. seriously great score.

 

[swagmeister]

Always surprising as to some of the firearms that are found in an "old man's underwear drawer." The perfect place to store one for decades. A beautiful weapon and a great find!! Enjoy it in good health.

 

[handejector]

This one came out of an old man's underwear drawer, I'm sure!

If that was my drawer, I would hope you were wearing gloves!

 

[handejector]

NICE find. Good for you. Did you get the case?
Please get the number for both of them to Doc44 for the database.

 

[jcelect]

Database

Thank you for posting the serial number. Your gun was already in my database of 74 known model marked 29-1 guns shipped from the factory!
jcelect

 

[Jeep 1]

Thank you for posting the serial number. Your gun was already in my database of 74 known model marked 29-1 guns shipped from the factory!
jcelect

I thought it was.
A friend of the owner had posted requesting information about it about a month ago, But regardless it worked out financially in my favor so I'm happy! Now, if I could just get rid of that pesky, redheaded Colt python

 

[Jeep 1]

Late last week I sent in 3 Request for letters of Authenticity on my Model 29-1, Model 29-2 with extremely early serial number for a 6 inch barrel, it is much earlier than previously known serial numbers, so hopefully that's interesting and on one of the very last model 29's before the internal lock started,
The Model 29–7 with a stainless steel cylinder and 6 inch barrel which may be very close in rarity to the Model 29–1
Tom

 

[Retired W4]

Shame on you Jeep 1. Don't you realize what you have done to people like me? Just when I tried to slow my search for desirable guns you had to post that one. Oh woe is me.

 

[Jeep 1]

Shame on you Jeep 1. Don't you realize what you have done to people like me? Just when I tried to slow my search for desirable guns you had to post that one. Oh woe is me.

I'm still laughing about this one. I do have an act for finding odd Smith & Wesson's. I've got another one that I have not brought out yet and it's kind of interesting. It's from the mid 90s though.
Trying to get a better idea of what it actually is before I bring it out of the darkness

 

[Jeep 1]

I'm almost certain this is another H&H Harris Distributor Model 29-1, Because it came out of the Chicago suburbs.
About a year and a half ago I told a very good friend of mine chances of him finding a Model 29-1 in the wild was very slim and two weeks later he found one and a year and a half later So did I . So don't give up hope there's still some out there! This one came out of an old man's underwear drawer, I'm sure! Either way it's the first time it's seen light a day in over 60 years!

Well, it's a good thing that I said "I'm almost certain" that it was an H&H Harris distributor because I was wrong!