Interesting problem & need to know....

[heckinohio]

This morning I was looking for some Garand information & found a S&W display box under the small stack of documents. Thought the box was an empty spare....wasnt......had a nickle M-29-2 in it with 6 reloads chambered. I finally remembered it was from an estate 10-12 years ago.

The display box contains only a copper brush, rather longish...nothing else. What is supposed to be in this box??? #406xxx

And, the 6 rounds were stuck it it.....only one fell out. Had to tap it w/soft plastic mallet on the end of the ejector to get them out. Several had a sticky greenish deposit on them (poor previous cleaning???). This had to be the source of the problem. Shooting them would have been the alternative & no one wants to do that!!!!

PJH

 

[clubleaf206]

I'm assuming the cases were brass, in which case the "sticky greenish deposit" on the cases is verdigris, it has nothing to do with whether the firearm was properly cleaned or not, it is a chemical reaction that happens to brass.

S&W revolvers were shipped from the factory with a small screwdriver, cleaning rod to which could be attached a brush or swab (also included).

 

[murphydog]

Also paperwork, usually a parts list, warranty card, and in that era a booklet about S & W branded holsters and ammo. If the SN is "N" 406xxx it likely shipped in 1977. We like photos . Hope this is helpful.

 

[Snakeshift]

Finding a nickle 29-2 is a problem I'd love to have! Congratulations on the (re)discovery!

 

[smithnframe]

How could you forget about this?

 

[P&R Fan]

I think I left my Registered Magnum at your house last time I was there.
Look for it, will Ya?
Jim

 

[heckinohio]

Gents, figured to get some rises out of the 'forgotten' comment!!!! You guys are on your toes. At one time I did have an empty display box, was for a Colt, long since sold. I simply thought that the box I saw under the stack of papers was that one, as far as I knew, the M-29 was next to my bed......hence cartridges in it. Been in the basement for a while, I just forgot about bringing it down.

There are 450 guns in my gun room. Sometimes I will be looking for a certain one & get kinda panicky when I cant spot it.......have always 'found' everything sooner or later. About 3 years ago, I moved some little square boxes so my wife could use the filing cabinet they were blocking. Since they were heavy, I looked inside. One was MAC-11 submachine gun, one was a 100 rnd Thompson drum & the last had a new book called 'German Machineguns'. They had been there so long (1990).......... I really had forgotten about them.........

Will try to post pictures this time.....including the M-29-2.

Well.....took pictures, fell over a bipod gun on the floor, have bandaged my left knee, now I cant get photobucket to come up......

Now I am informed to 'End unresponsive program'.......so much for pictures of the 3 display boxed S&Ws.

Now going to try the gun room pictures........no luck!!!!

OK!!!! Now I got photobucket & my new S&W pictures.....

I have a user here who has offered me a screwdriver & a mop............does the M-29 take the same ones as the M-25???? Not very far apart in #'s......405xxx & 456xxx

Pictures........at last!!!! PJH

 

[Snakeshift]

Gents, figured to get some rises out of the 'forgotten' comment!!!! You guys are on your toes. At one time I did have an empty display box, was for a Colt, long since sold. I simply thought that the box I saw under the stack of papers was that one, as far as I knew, the M-29 was next to my bed......hence cartridges in it. Been in the basement for a while, I just forgot about bringing it down.

There are 450 guns in my gun room. Sometimes I will be looking for a certain one & get kinda panicky when I cant spot it.......have always 'found' everything sooner or later. About 3 years ago, I moved some little square boxes so my wife could use the filing cabinet they were blocking. Since they were heavy, I looked inside. One was MAC-11 submachine gun, one was a 100 rnd Thompson drum & the last had a new book called 'German Machineguns'. They had been there so long (1990).......... I really had forgotten about them.........

Will try to post pictures this time.....including the M-29-2.

Well.....took pictures, fell over a bipod gun on the floor, have bandaged my left knee, now I cant get photobucket to come up......

Now I am informed to 'End unresponsive program'.......so much for pictures of the 3 display boxed S&Ws.

Now going to try the gun room pictures........no luck!!!!

OK!!!! Now I got photobucket & my new S&W pictures.....

I have a user here who has offered me a screwdriver & a mop............does the M-29 take the same ones as the M-25???? Not very far apart in #'s......405xxx & 456xxx

Pictures........at last!!!! PJH

My word old chap, I quite like the cut of your jib. In all seriousness, I can only hope to one day attain a collection and room like that. Well done!

 

[heckinohio]

Not sure how many pictures per post are allowed here, so here are 4 more of my gun room........will post more if requested.... PJH

East partial wall.....

Room divider.......

South looking North.....part of Luger wall too.....

North looking South........this was before S&W boxes.......

Gonna try another.....part of SMG display...

In my first couple postings here, I pictured all my S&W stuff up to that time.......have added since then, those pictures should come up in my statistics. PJH

 

[JayCeeNC]

heckinohio, I'll drive up and clean that green gunk out of your Model 29-2 just for the promise of an hour to look around your gun room!

 

[Davwingman]

Anyone think Heck is a gunnut???

Very nice collection there!!!

 

[arjay]

Wow!!!!!!!

 

[Wiregrassguy]

Go for it, man. Charlton Heston has nothing on you!

 

[Art Doc]

That photo that went around the net supposedly of Heston's house and gun collection was not Heston's.

With so many guns I can understand forgetting one... or 12.

Whatever you do for a living, how do I break in?

 

[Frank46]

Thanks for sharing. I figure if you do one a day cleaning you'd run out of time before you had to start over again. In some ways I'm glad not to have that problem. But good God man what an excellent display. Frank

 

[gunny4053]

Not sure how many pictures per post are allowed here, so here are 4 more of my gun room........will post more if requested.... PJH

East partial wall.....

Room divider.......

South looking North.....part of Luger wall too.....

North looking South........this was before S&W boxes.......

Gonna try another.....part of SMG display...

In my first couple postings here, I pictured all my S&W stuff up to that time.......have added since then, those pictures should come up in my statistics. PJH

Is that a Japanese 6.5 model 91 in the lower left of the first picture? My Dad brought one of those back from the South Pacific in WWII, but the Feds welded up the barrel. Since his passing, it now resides in my brothers gun safe along side his Lewis gun and his Browning .30 cal MG.

Very nice collection.

 

[Sprefix]

( )-speechless!!!!!!!

 

[GaryS]

Thanks for sharing the pictures. The next time my Mrs. comments on how many guns I have, I'm going to show them to her.

 

[chief38]

Geeeezzzzzzzz,
Not bad on a Teacher's salary.

LOL, LOL,

Beautiful collection and will make a great IRA also!

Chief38

 

[Martya]

You may be a gun nut when....

You can misplace guns in your gun room... for decades.

You add partitions to your gun room just to display more guns.

You use Enterprise Inventory Management software and still have only 95% effectiveness.

Your recycle bin includes empty gallon jugs of Hoppe's #9.



You know I have seen motorcycle museums advertised with less models on display....

Good for you!!