Just got this S&W 29-2. 44mag, 8.5 inch barrel, S&W factory nickle plated, target trigger and target hammer and grips. Came with S&W walnut wood box and tools (screwdriver, bore mop and cleaning rod with bore brush. Plus all original paperwork. Nickel plating is 100%, no blemishes/marring. Very slight hard to see turn ring on cylinder. Very happy with it!
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Well, this makes my day. 
. Enjoy!
. Enjoy!
rkittine
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I have the same one also in Nickel and the same 8 3/8" Barrel one in Blue that DH carried. All the target options, the presentation cased and the paperwork, but no boxes? Both are As New and hardly fired and both have the upgraded rosewood original target stocks. Even have a shoulder holster for them.
I just Re-purchased the Nickel one. I bought it for inventory in my shop in the late 70s, sold it and recently bought it back from the same guy I sold it do some 40 years ago.
Bob
I just Re-purchased the Nickel one. I bought it for inventory in my shop in the late 70s, sold it and recently bought it back from the same guy I sold it do some 40 years ago.
Bob
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TheHobbyist
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Very cool. Long barrel nickel guns are coming back and in demand. I would hang on to that one...I'll probably have to pay a 'stupid' amount for mine. (yet to be acquired.)
p8riot
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I guess you feel lucky.
A gunsmith friend of mine said not to use Hoppes #9 because it can seep under the nickel plating causing it to peel and will also turn the nickel an orgence-ish shade. OK for the bore and chambers tho. He valued it at 2K.
Just got this S&W 29-2...
Very happy with it!
Sounds like you're feeling lucky... very lucky.
Congrats and thanks for sharing,
muddocktor
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I just bought one off GB in nickel with the 6 1/2" barrel. Unfortunately for me, I will be out here at the rig until December 19 and won't be alble to pick it up from my FFL until then. Mine didn't have the presentation case but I had bought one off the forums in the Classifieds a month ago, so no worries there.
This will be my first nickel 44 Mag; already have 1 Classic in stainless and another Classic with a blue finish.
This will be my first nickel 44 Mag; already have 1 Classic in stainless and another Classic with a blue finish.
Sweet!
Beautiful gun! Not to be pedantic, but Smith long barrels are 8-3/8", not 8.5 (8-1/2). I may be wrong but I heard this was originally done by design to keep them within legal parameters for competition shooting (bullseye pistol, presumably). Standard barrel lengths for N-frame guns have been 3-1/2, 4, 5, 6, 6-1/2, and 8-3/8" although special guns (Jovina, Lew Horton, etc.) have been made with non-standard lengths. They also did make a special silhouette version of the 29 with a longer barrel.
Beautiful gun! Not to be pedantic, but Smith long barrels are 8-3/8", not 8.5 (8-1/2). I may be wrong but I heard this was originally done by design to keep them within legal parameters for competition shooting (bullseye pistol, presumably). Standard barrel lengths for N-frame guns have been 3-1/2, 4, 5, 6, 6-1/2, and 8-3/8" although special guns (Jovina, Lew Horton, etc.) have been made with non-standard lengths. They also did make a special silhouette version of the 29 with a longer barrel.
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I’ve seen five Dirty Harry movies and never saw a Smith that looked like that in any of them.
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The handgun that Clint Eastwood carried in a shoulder holster in the movie was a blued 6 1/2-inch .44 Magnum.
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good ol' #9 -- penetration
Wow, now that's penetration ... even gets under the plating!
Wow, now that's penetration ... even gets under the plating!
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M29 barrel length(s?) shown in Dirty Harry
Both lengths used? In browsing the internet I came across a comment that both barrel lengths were used in Dirty Harry. I saw it when first released in 1971 and many times since, but never did see an 8-3/8" there. Anyone ever notice a long-tube version shown anywhere in that movie?
The .44 craze: Bill Cosby (yeah, the ladies' man, lol) and Robert Culp, co-stars of the old TV series I Spy, made the detective movie Hickey and Boggs in 1972. It capitalized on the M29 .44 Magnum craze at the time, where Culp actually does carry the 8-3/8" version. The difference from 6-1/2" is immediately noticeable.
Upper body holsters: My 6" M29 fits my Bianchi X-2100 Phantom shoulder holster exactly since this holster was made specifically for that gun; it has S&W .44 stamped on the back. Still, the M29 is a large and heavy gun for regular concealed carry. Carrying an 8-3/8" piece would be that much worse and harder to conceal, in addition to finding an under-arm shoulder holster long enough (or open bottom one) for it. For non-concealed carry such as hunting, an across-the-chest holster works better.
Both lengths used? In browsing the internet I came across a comment that both barrel lengths were used in Dirty Harry. I saw it when first released in 1971 and many times since, but never did see an 8-3/8" there. Anyone ever notice a long-tube version shown anywhere in that movie?
The .44 craze: Bill Cosby (yeah, the ladies' man, lol) and Robert Culp, co-stars of the old TV series I Spy, made the detective movie Hickey and Boggs in 1972. It capitalized on the M29 .44 Magnum craze at the time, where Culp actually does carry the 8-3/8" version. The difference from 6-1/2" is immediately noticeable.
Upper body holsters: My 6" M29 fits my Bianchi X-2100 Phantom shoulder holster exactly since this holster was made specifically for that gun; it has S&W .44 stamped on the back. Still, the M29 is a large and heavy gun for regular concealed carry. Carrying an 8-3/8" piece would be that much worse and harder to conceal, in addition to finding an under-arm shoulder holster long enough (or open bottom one) for it. For non-concealed carry such as hunting, an across-the-chest holster works better.
simobros
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Nice nickel N-frame! I have to chime in to comment on the "Dirty Harry" aspect, though. My blued 6 1/2" 29-2, which I purchased in the late 70's is a more accurate example of the gun carried by Inspector Callahan.
They used a Model 25 with an 8 3/8" barrel in the photos for the movie posters at the theaters. Hence the confusion. The 6 1/2" was tough enough to pull off during filming with the shoulder holster even though Clint is a tall man. I have the correct holster for mine and it is an adventure to conceal and carry. I have to be in a rare mood.
I love mine and will own it forever. I even named my first born son Clint when he arrived in January 1987.
They used a Model 25 with an 8 3/8" barrel in the photos for the movie posters at the theaters. Hence the confusion. The 6 1/2" was tough enough to pull off during filming with the shoulder holster even though Clint is a tall man. I have the correct holster for mine and it is an adventure to conceal and carry. I have to be in a rare mood.
I love mine and will own it forever. I even named my first born son Clint when he arrived in January 1987.
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I believe the "Dirty Harry" side of this has been discussed by more knowledgeable people
than I several times on this very forum and anyone can look up these discussions in the archives.
I do understand Hollywood didn't do anyone any favors with their advertising for these films?
And like everyone else here(anyway) I enjoy the S&W model 29-2s.
Steve
than I several times on this very forum and anyone can look up these discussions in the archives.
I do understand Hollywood didn't do anyone any favors with their advertising for these films?
And like everyone else here(anyway) I enjoy the S&W model 29-2s.
Steve
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The "legal parameters" typically impacting barrel lengths is just one----sight radius. That which first raised its ugly head was 10"----and like the man said, "bullseye pistol, presumably". And the first gun (first I know about at any rate) to come under the axe, so to speak, was the pre-war 357 Magnum---with an 8 3/4" barrel---too long by 3/8". Actually, or so it seems to me, they could have simply moved the front sight---and left the barrel alone. And that said, you have to wonder about someone who'd show up at a bullseye match with a .357 in the first place.
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I am surprised that no one has mentioned the possibility of a Hollywood movie called "Dirty Hillary". 'Nuff said..........
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