Help to identify finish type on Model 29

[Jamsystems]

Model 29 .44 8 3/8 Finish B Stock PM Serial BNF8349

I know it was a special finish but cant remember the name of it

 

[Doc44]

Model 29s were usually finished in bright blue.

Bill

 

[stansdds]

"S" would be blued and the Model 29 would have a well polished, blued finish. The factory optional finish was a well polished, nickel plate finish. Factory nickel plated Model 29's were identified with an "N" stamped into the back of the cylinder and onto the left side of the grip frame, near the bottom edge.

 

[Jamsystems]

"B" would be blued and the Model 29 would have a well polished, blued finish. The factory optional finish was a well polished, nickel plate finish. Factory nickel plated Model 29's were identified with an "N" stamped into the back of the cylinder and onto the left side of the grip frame, near the bottom edge.

What is this finish? The box is wrong

 

[Narragansett]

That looks like a bright stainless or nickel 4" colt Python. I had a cased polished stainless 80's python and traded it like a stunad.

 

[erikpolcrack]

I am confused by this thread. OP asks about finish on a Model 29 but shows photos of a Python.

 

[stansdds]

What is this finish? The box is wrong

That's a Colt Python, not a S&W Model 29. As for the Python, with the rubber stocks, I'm thinking it is their polished, bright stainless option.

 

[ditrina]

That looks like a bright stainless or nickel 4" colt Python. I had a cased polished stainless 80's python and traded it like a stunad.

DOUBLE LIKE for the proper use of the word.. STUNAD

 

[Retired W4]

DOUBLE LIKE for the proper use of the word.. STUNAD

I had to look that one up. I'm still looking.

Just found it. Derived from the Latin word for PITA.

 

[ditrina]

I had to look that one up. I'm still looking.

Just found it. Derived from the Latin word for PITA.

Stunad" is an Italian slang term that means "a stupid person". It is an Italian American slang word that some say sounds better than calling someone stupid in English.

Calling your self Stunad is likened to sayin " What an idiot I am/was"
I should have known better !!

 

[Alk8944]

Finish B. If the letter B was in the box label space "finish" then the finish was bright (B)lue.

 

[TAROMAN]

Possibly a non shooting person that bought/inherited a Python in a Model 29 box?
No Idea as to the difference.

 

[Model 15-4ever]

Stunad" is an Italian slang term that means "a stupid person". It is an Italian American slang word that some say sounds better than calling someone stupid in English.

Calling your self Stunad is likened to sayin " What an idiot I am/was"
I should have known better !!

The proper word in Italian is stunatto, which means stupid. A related construction is stonato, which means "out of tune", and can colloquially refer to a person who is "not right in the head". A another word is stupido, which directly translates to "stupid person" and is often used as the correct noun and has masculine and feminine genders.

"Stunad" is a corruption of these words, and not proper Italian.

Like many Italian words, the pronunciation is sometimes truncated or corrupted when dealing with insular regional dialects, such as Sicilian. As many immigrants to America from southern Italy had poor language skills in their native country, the improper grammar, spelling and pronunciation carried over through subsequent generations of US-born descendants.

This can be most commonly heard in the mispronunciation of various Italian meats and cheeses which are popular in the United States.

 

[Jack Flash]

I'm assuming the OP mixed up his photos. The Python (shown) is not a .44 Magnum, doesn't have an 8-3/8 inch barrel, and I'll bet its serial number isn't BNF8349.

 

[LittleAugieMo]

Colt&Wesson mdl 29 w/7&11/8 Bbl?

 

[Pisgah]

That's a Model 29 that someone ruined with WD-40...

 

[stansdds]

That's a Model 29 that someone ruined with WD-40...

No, not ruined by WD-40. That's a Model 29 that was put into the washing machine with soap and bleach, which removed the blue and left it white, then put into the dryer on high-heat, which shrunk it from 44 Magnum down to 357 Magnum.