I have wanted a 3 inch 629 for well over a year now and finally got everything together and ordered it right from Smith. They say they don't make them in 3 inch anymore but I was able to get this one as one of the "emergency survival kits". I don't care about any of the rest of the stuff but I didn't want to compromise and get a 4.
The day I picked it up it was to late to take it out so my friend and I just kind of fondled it and wiped it down. We both thought the trigger was heavy as a truck (guessing 18-20 lbs).
I figured I might as well replace the rebound spring right off the bat so we opened it up and then the stones found there way out and the next thing you know we smoothed everything down like you would have to do to a Ruger, put in a 11 lbs rebound spring and a factory 625 main, champhered the charge holes, hosed it down with brake cleaner, oiled it up and done in less than a hour.
I think it is the lightest, smoothest Smith I have ever pulled! We were just hoping it would have enough spring to fire. The next day was the local Thursday night IDPA match so a few hours ahead of time I shot a couple dozen bowling pin loads. (240 SWC cast over 5 gr. Titegroup) (about 900 fps in a 6.5 inch)
It's a honey. I then shot a few heave loads and it is not a beast with bear loads either. A couple hours later I shot the Thursday night match with no failures so I think I love this thing. The weight difference between this and the 625-10 SC/TI 45 acp makes all the difference in the world.
The day I picked it up it was to late to take it out so my friend and I just kind of fondled it and wiped it down. We both thought the trigger was heavy as a truck (guessing 18-20 lbs).
I figured I might as well replace the rebound spring right off the bat so we opened it up and then the stones found there way out and the next thing you know we smoothed everything down like you would have to do to a Ruger, put in a 11 lbs rebound spring and a factory 625 main, champhered the charge holes, hosed it down with brake cleaner, oiled it up and done in less than a hour.
I think it is the lightest, smoothest Smith I have ever pulled! We were just hoping it would have enough spring to fire. The next day was the local Thursday night IDPA match so a few hours ahead of time I shot a couple dozen bowling pin loads. (240 SWC cast over 5 gr. Titegroup) (about 900 fps in a 6.5 inch)
It's a honey. I then shot a few heave loads and it is not a beast with bear loads either. A couple hours later I shot the Thursday night match with no failures so I think I love this thing. The weight difference between this and the 625-10 SC/TI 45 acp makes all the difference in the world.
