Lew Horton 629-2 help....

[rollin_hot]

I am trying to close the deal on a trade and I have a question or two.

What is a S&W Lew Horton (and how do I know for sure?) Model 629-2 with a 3" barrel, non fluted cylinder and S&W factory combats worth as a trade? Looks to be in very good condition, unknown on if it has a box but I have never been a box guy. I would be trading for the 629. Similar to this one.... Thanks!!

 

[pinkymingeo]

Lew Horton is a S&W distributor, one of many. Sometimes Horton orders a batch of guns with special features exclusive to them. Sometimes others do, too. 3" 629's have been produced in large numbers. Nothing special or exclusive about them, except that they're really nice guns. $700-750.

 

[Gunhacker]

That statement that there's nothing special or exclusive really does not hold true to all of the Lew Horton specials.

Lew Horton N-frames made in the 80's, such as the 24-3, had round butts long before S&W decided to standardize regular production N-Frames to the round butt configuration. Prior to the Lew Horton's, if you wanted a round butt N-Frame it had to be obtained via a custom gunsmith.

I have a 4006 IDPA model produced by the Performance Center for Lew Horton, only 12 were ever made with only 4 shipped out from Horton as they were not well received by IDPA shooters. The .40 S&W is not widely used in IDPA competition due to it's snappier recoil and control issues versus the 9MM, from what I've been told.

What makes things cloudy is that when the sales of the Lew Horton specials were very successful and demand far out stripped supply, S&W subsequently ended up added them to the catalog as regular production item, giving the impression that they were not uncommon.

In my mind, the initial models that were made for Lew Horton, before S&W added them to the regular catalog, are exclusive unto themselves as they had features not available on the regular catalog lineup at the time of their release.

I think the trade is worth it... if you like the looks of them, unflutted cylinders are not that common on an S&W revolver.