Is This a 629 S&W Cylinder Please?

[DenverDuck]

Is This a 629 S&W Cylinder Please?

I got it in a bunch of assorted parts. Note the number 538 etched in the yoke instead of a normal stamped type number I have on my other Smiths.

it is a 44 Mag. chambering for sure. A 45 Colt cartridge does not fit.

Diameter is: 1.710"
OAL is: 1.704"

Many thanks in advance..... Duck

 

[75Vette]

Do you have calipers to check the throat size? A spent 44 mag case would tell you too. The cylinder chambers look big enough to be 44 or 45.

 

[Lou_the_welder]

Looks like a 45

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[ken158]

Well, it looks blue to me so not a 629 cylinder...

 

[Protocall_Design]

That would be a M29. A M629 would be stainless. It may still fit a 629 frame.

 

[joe44va]

Doesn't look like a Smith. Look at the star and ratchet.

 

[rbmac52]

No recessed chambers so probably a 44 Special or 45 caliber.

 

[elm_creek_smith]

There have been no recessed chambers in center fire Smith & Wesson revolver cylinders since the changeover in 1982.

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[rbmac52]

Possibly predates model numbering or is an unmarked replacement piece.

 

[jaymoore]

Going by the yoke, 29-6. (The long locking cuts in the cylinder started with the -3Es.) And pre-mid 1990s given the old style extractor ("ejector"). Nothing odd, otherwise, that i can tell.