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[Kframe]

There is a 29 for sale, Armslist, Toledo Oh. Price is $625. I would have reacted to it if it wasn't a 8&3/8 barrel. Have never shot any revolvers over 6". Don't know if they are for me. Bob

Only one way to find that out, Bob!

 

[S42N8]

There is a 29 for sale, Armslist, Toledo Oh. Price is $625. I would have reacted to it if it wasn't a 8&3/8 barrel. Have never shot any revolvers over 6". Don't know if they are for me. Bob

Don't do it!

They are gawdawful, heavy, hard to carry, way too hard to clean, tools of the devil.

...and to spare you the temptation, I will take them away, and lock them away in a safe. Except for the ones lost in the boating accident. Amen brother!

Go forth and buy the 6" ones.

P.S. To balance the karma of the demon 8.375 ones, I purchase all the 3" 629s and 24s I find. Balance is a good thing

 

[glenncal1]

The long tubes balance and shoot better than you would think. Fun to try an reach out a couple hundred yards using a little Kentucky windage

 

[Engine49guy]

Dont do it....


Well maybe if its a Mountain Gun

 

[Mark6005]

A shrink cost more than the 29 and you would not still have one. Nuff said

 

[Imabmwnut]

Well I found a 19-3 that will pasify me for a short time. It's too nice to pass up. I still want to be the guy with " The big iron on his hip"

 

[CajunBass]

I've owned a couple of 29's over the years. Both a 4" and a 6". I found I almost never shot 44 magnum ammo in them. They were both great guns, but since I didn't really have a specific use for them, they were easy to let go of during a time of "economic downturn". Having satisfied that "itch" I've never wanted one again.

At the same time though I had a Model 24-3, 4", in 44 Special. THAT was a nice gun. Unfortunately it had to go during that same time. It was a much harder decision. When I got the 24 I thought it would be just like a 29, only in 44 Special. I was wrong. It was like the difference between a Model 19 and Model 15. The "special" version has a slightly shorter cylinder, and a tapered vs a heavy barrel. That makes the gun a little lighter, and a little trimmer. It felt totally different.

I've replaced them, more or less, with a Model 58 in 41 magnum now. Nice, but I'd rather have a Model 24 as my "big iron".

 

[rdcl]

Be a man, get a long tube:

.......and be sure to get at least two of them!