Model 29-5 question

[Smith_68]

Pardon me for asking what may be a stupid question but I have seen a Model 29-5 Classic DX with 5" barrel for sale.Is this a true Model 29 or something that Smith @ Wesson has put together to honor the original Model 29 ?.The full length lug underneath the barrel is what's throwing me i guess.
Comments are welcome.



My current revolvers are;
Mod 10
Mod 28
Mod 686

 

[Dennis The B]

It's catalogued in the 1992 S&W catalogue. This model came with Hogue's and S&W combat stocks. It's very well balanced, and it has just enough front weight. Yes, this one was Magnaported before I bought it. It's a ball to shoot. Here's a photo:

 

[Doc44]

Smith 28...the revolver you are thinking of is the Magna Classic that was manufactured in 1990 (Model 29-5s and 629-3s). These guns had a special MAG prefix serial number, 7 1/2-inch barrel, and were shipped with a fitted, cherry wood case.

Bill

 

[Smith_68]

I have seen a S&W Model 29-5 Magna Classic Registered Magnum and they came with 7 1/2 inch barrels.3000 were made in 1990 and came with a presentation case but that isn't the one i'm asking about. The one I was asking about is the Smith & Wesson Model 29-5 Classic DX with 5" barrel and they came in the standard cardboard box.

 

[tom turner]

With the longer cylinder stop bolts of the "endurance package" that all 29-5 models had, the 29-5 revolvers (and some 29-4 versions with the package) are stout and sleek .44 Magnums!

The one you have seen is highly desirable indeed, with most of us feeling that the best combination of looks + carry comfort + excellent long barrel accuracy N-frame is one with a 5" barrel.

As far as full underlugged Model 29s, I've seen em in various length barrels, including some before the Model 29-5 even came out. I love 'em all!

My favorite deer hunting gun is not a rifle, but my 6" barreled Model 29-5 made either in late '89 or early 1990. I've taken scores of deer with this wonderful revolver . . . and I've shot shout, heavy bullet loads for this purpose in this revolver for many, many years now with no adverse affects at all.

Mine is an unfluted cylinder version, NOT marked as a "Classic," and is NOT ported (although it looks like it in the photo due to the removal of the 4-way adjustable "silhouette" front sight (removed to allow a silent draw from the holster when in the field), and this causes the gap.

Here it is atop the hide from a piebald whitetail buck I took with this revolver . . .

Yep . . . these are beautiful and strong M29 variants . . .

I love these unique full underlugged barrel M29 specimens, and hope to pick up others through the years in various barrel lengths.

 

[Rad29]

Smith 68

The S&W Model 29 Classic and Clasic DX were shipped in 5, 6 1/2 and 8 3/8 inch full lug barrels. The Classic DX's typically shoot beter and came in the standard blue one piece box with both a wood and rubber combat grips, extra front sights and a factory target. The 5 inch barrels had the fewest produced followed bu the 8 3/8 inch barrels. The DX's had a relatively short production run and are getting quite hard to find. They can be found as both 29-5's and 29-6's. I believe they will be the some of the most collectable of the modern 29's. Anything under $850 is a really good deal for 99% condition with $950 or so being fair - assuming everything is there.

Bob

 

[NE450No2]

tom turner

Nice 44, nice deer, good shooting.

What loads/bullets have you used on deer and what are your favorites?

 

[tom turner]

tom turner

Nice 44, nice deer, good shooting.

What loads/bullets have you used on deer and what are your favorites?

Hi, I've tried a lot of bullets through the years . . . and judge my choice on the effectiveness I've experienced in the field.

I finally gave up on the 240gn hollowpoints, after losing a big doe with a Hornady XTP in that weight, fired out of one of the early Thompson Center Contenders with the 6" hexagon barrel. Dang, that pistol killed at BOTH ends. DISTANCE? Less than ten feet away!!!

Another hunter on my club harvested that deer a week later on a food plot, and the XTP bullet fell out, just under the hide, when they skinned it!!! Other than a slight infection around the entrance, the deer looked and acted normal before they shot it. TEN FEET + short barrel? Maybe not enough velocity to drill the shoulder?

That was my last attempt at 240 grain hollowpoints AND with that Center Contender!

For well over ten years now I've used the 300 grain, Federal Castcore with my S&W 29-5 revolver. It is a hardcast, flatnose lead bullet and it will plow through anything. I want a blood trail IF it runs at all . . . and you'll never recover a Castcore.

RESULTS? 100% SUCCESS . . . on many, many deer . . . including TWICE when I've dropped THREE in rapid succession (once in a fresh clearcut, the other in a thick bottom)! The bullet is extremely accurate too. Elmer Keith liked this kind of bullet design and I can surely understand why!

I want clean, humane kills 100% of the time and I do NOT want to track a deer. The Castcore has delivered for me every time so that's what I shoot!!!

Knock on wood, but its been over a decade of almost exclusively handgun hunting with this load . . . and it has never failed me yet. Tomorrow morning will be the next test!