Model 29-2 6" Barrel?

[leadfoot]

I'm seeing more & more Model 29-2s for sale that state they have a 6" barrel.

My understanding has always been that the 29-3 was the first one to have the 6" (along with the P&R barrel and countersunk cylinder being done away with), and that the 29-2 had 6 1/2" (or 4" or 8 3/8", of course).

I've e-mailed a couple of these sellers to ask them to verify the barrel length, and both have said it is a 6", and it looks like a 6" in the pics, and one of the pics also shows the 29-2 stamping.

The online version of the Blue Book of Gun Values says nothing about this, which was very disappointing to me.

Have I had the wrong idea all long?!

Thanks!

 

[Nightowl]

Smith standardized their barrel lengths late in the 29-2 production, changing the 6 1/2 to 6. Quite a few folks will list a barrel length of 6" when it is really a 6 1/2. I saw one this weekend at a gun show that was listed at 6", when it was clearly a 6 1/2.

 

[00Buck2]

1979 6.5" barrel dropped for the 6".

1982 29-3 introduced