CQB27
US Veteran
I traded locally today with fine gentleman. I swapped a Glock 17, some 9mm ammo and a kydex holster for some 44 Magnum Ammo and this...............A 629-1!
It has a few handling marks, but I plan to give it a good polish with Flitz, then a set of Grashorn Grips. This will be my woods and "knock around the homestead" Gun. More than enough for the four legged and two legged varmits that inhabit NW Georgia
Serial number is AJCxxxx
UPDATE
The Grashorn Stockes arrived Monday so I got them installed and took it to the range this morning.
It has been awhile since I shot a 44 Magnum and never with full bark stag stocks and a Tyler-T, so I did not know what to expect. It was still cool in North Georgia at 0905 this morning (range quite hours end at 0900), so I carefully aimed from the 15 yard line and let her rip.
First I was like
and then I was like 
. I finished the cylinder and checked the target out. Six holes you could cover with a silver dollar! I sprinted back to the 15 yard line, loaded up again and gave it another go, this time be very careful to focus on the front sight. Six shots, back to the target, six holes you could cover with a quarter! Now I was like 
.
By this time another fellow instructor had been sitting at his desk and heard the louder than normal boom. He decided to wander out and see what was going on. I motioned him over and ask him to call my shots. I fired one round, he replied "center mass". I fired again and he replied "same hole!". I fired again and he replied "CAN I SHOOT IT!". He is a youngster (about 27) and a total noob when it comes to revolvers.
He shot a cylinder, then me, then him...until we had blown through 70 rounds. He stared at my 629 like it was some kind of mirage. I think he will be buying a revolver very soon!I walked off that range with a huge grin on my face that lasted all day. I am still grinning now. All in All I am very happy with my 629 and I don't miss that Glock 17 at all. I actually liked the recoil. The truth is it made me giggle like a school girl every time I fired. I can't wait to shoot it again and it looks like it is time for me to learn to reload!
It has a few handling marks, but I plan to give it a good polish with Flitz, then a set of Grashorn Grips. This will be my woods and "knock around the homestead" Gun. More than enough for the four legged and two legged varmits that inhabit NW Georgia
Serial number is AJCxxxx
UPDATE
The Grashorn Stockes arrived Monday so I got them installed and took it to the range this morning.
It has been awhile since I shot a 44 Magnum and never with full bark stag stocks and a Tyler-T, so I did not know what to expect. It was still cool in North Georgia at 0905 this morning (range quite hours end at 0900), so I carefully aimed from the 15 yard line and let her rip.
First I was like
and then I was like . I finished the cylinder and checked the target out. Six holes you could cover with a silver dollar! I sprinted back to the 15 yard line, loaded up again and gave it another go, this time be very careful to focus on the front sight. Six shots, back to the target, six holes you could cover with a quarter! Now I was like . By this time another fellow instructor had been sitting at his desk and heard the louder than normal boom. He decided to wander out and see what was going on. I motioned him over and ask him to call my shots. I fired one round, he replied "center mass". I fired again and he replied "same hole!". I fired again and he replied "CAN I SHOOT IT!". He is a youngster (about 27) and a total noob when it comes to revolvers.
He shot a cylinder, then me, then him...until we had blown through 70 rounds. He stared at my 629 like it was some kind of mirage. I think he will be buying a revolver very soon!I walked off that range with a huge grin on my face that lasted all day. I am still grinning now. All in All I am very happy with my 629 and I don't miss that Glock 17 at all. I actually liked the recoil. The truth is it made me giggle like a school girl every time I fired. I can't wait to shoot it again and it looks like it is time for me to learn to reload!
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