Mountain guns

"IIRC there was a 6 shot IL version as well ?"

Yes, there was.

I bought my .45 ACP Model 625-6 Mountain Gun from the marketplace on this forum. It was advertised as "New/unfired in box." After he shipped it, but before I received it, he had to e-mail me to "brag" (his word) that he took it out and shot it before he shipped it. Didn't clean it. It mildly irritated me, but I let it slide because they were of limited production and hard to find.

I like the Mountain Guns a lot, I have them in .357 (7 shot), .44 Mag, .45 ACP and.45 Colt. Since these are natural holster guns and ought to spend their lives out in the woods, I prefer stainless steel, even if mine just mostly live in the safe!

Yes, an 8-shot Model 627 Mountain Gun would have been great, but the closest they made had a 1955 Target-style barrel profile, and they only made it for a year.
 
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3S16 said:
I have a "one of 20" 629-1 square butt "Special Mountain Gun" made on a special order by RSR. I like it a lot!
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Do you have the box with the product code marked on it ?
Also is it marked as a 629-1 and have you got a ship date yet ?
Just guessing that it shipped after 1989 ....
 
Engine 49guy,
It's a strange gun. I bought it because it was just cool. In researching it, I got even more confused. It's a 629-1 with a S/N BAN8XXX which would make it around early 1988 production. I called S&W with the serial number and was transferred to the guru himself, Roy Jinks, and spoke to him at length (nice guy).
He said it was a product code 103619 and was one of 40 (not 20) consigned by RSR Group in Aug. 1998. They were designated as "Special Mountain Gun" with square butt, tapered barrel, bead blasted finish, pinned front sight and this one has smooth Goncalo Alves Magnas.
No idea why a 629-1 frame of 1988 vintage was resurrected as a 1998 Special Mountain Gun - but who knows for sure. (Roy said S&W is very "Frugal" and assumed they had enough extra 629-1 frames in stock for a small production run).
(I've sent for a letter of authenticity from Roy)
 
BUFF said:
Yes, an 8-shot Model 627 Mountain Gun would have been great, but the closest they made had a 1955 Target-style barrel profile, and they only made it for a year.
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Is this the one? It never occurred to me it was an almost Mountain gun. By all accounts it was a slow seller. Maybe with the Mountain gun name it would have apealed to more people.

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Yep, that's the one I meant. I would love to buy one of them.
 
3S16 said:
Engine 49guy,
It's a strange gun. I bought it because it was just cool. In researching it, I got even more confused. It's a 629-1 with a S/N BAN8XXX which would make it around early 1988 production. I called S&W with the serial number and was transferred to the guru himself, Roy Jinks, and spoke to him at length (nice guy).
He said it was a product code 103619 and was one of 40 (not 20) consigned by RSR Group in Aug. 1998. They were designated as "Special Mountain Gun" with square butt, tapered barrel, bead blasted finish, pinned front sight and this one has smooth Goncalo Alves Magnas.
No idea why a 629-1 frame of 1988 vintage was resurrected as a 1998 Special Mountain Gun - but who knows for sure. (Roy said S&W is very "Frugal" and assumed they had enough extra 629-1 frames in stock for a small production run).
(I've sent for a letter of authenticity from Roy)
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Thanks for the update, Figured it was assembled from parts inventory and explains the 629-1 frame with a satin 629-2 Mountain Revolver barrel with no laser MG name on the R side, ... the proof it was assembled after the 629-2 Mountain Revolver run is the ship date IMO....Cool gun !
 
Love all Mountain guns, Mountain revolvers and S&W revolvers with Mountain features !
MM1313 there is another blue .44 Magnum with MG features in the pre Pre IL, Pre Mim 29-6 SWCA 25th anniversary gun, some were even sold non embellished but IIRC they do not say "Mountain Gun" on the barrel.


BTW Roe, Im not disrespecting the 629-2 Mountain Revolver just a stickler for nomenclature and IMO calling a 629-2 "Mountain Revolver" a "Mountain Gun" is like calling a Pre war .357 Magnum a "Pre Model 27" .... ;)
 
So does this mean I cannot carry my 3" 696 or my 3" 624 when I go hiking in the mountains? I would hate to have to buy a different gun to carry when hiking.
 
Thanks for all the great pics folks, great looking guns, I have a lotta respect for those that have the 44 mountain gun, I bet there a handful. I find my mod 57 to be some tuff..
 
Well, I got the letter from Roy Jinks. It's a "Special production run 629 Mountain Gun".
Count me in!
 
The Gila Bender said:
Here's my 625-6 .45 Colt MG, a Gonebroker find. Functions just fine, although the oxidation on the trigger and hammer is a bummer.
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I don't think that is oxidation. I can't recall if the -6 has MIM. If you look at my -7, it has the MIM hammer and trigger and looks just like yours. Mine has a frame mounted FP while yours is on the hammer nose.
 
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I love these kind of threads for two reasons. First, they contain lots of photos of beautiful guns. Second, I learn a hell of a lot that I didn't know before. I am amazed by the knowledge that many of you have.
 
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