Pre-29 coming home

[A10]

I was notified it's on its way. A couple days to get here, then 10 days in govt. detention. I guess guns have to cool off after travelling.....

 

['79 Magnum GT]

I was notified it's on its way. A couple days to get here, then 10 days in govt. detention. I guess guns have to cool off after travelling.....

Well they are HOT!!! I mean that in a good way.

 

[Tracksidewrong]

10 days waiting!?!

Now that's just not fair!!!!!

 

[silicosys4]

Congrats to the OP,
Nice to see the old gals trading hands, meeting new people, making new friends.
I have spent the last few years waiting for a decent 29-2 to show up at a fair price and watched them go up and up in price...$1000, $1500, $2k, now I see the 29-2's going for over $3k sometimes.
So when this pre-29 came up for sale at a honey hole I figured I'd rather pay a good price for a pre-29 than wait for 29-2's to start selling for $1k again.

 

[A10]

Congrats to the OP,
Nice to see the old gals trading hands, meeting new people, making new friends.
I have spent the last few years waiting for a decent 29-2 to show up at a fair price and watched them go up and up in price...$1000, $1500, $2k, now I see the 29-2's going for over $3k sometimes.
So when this pre-29 came up for sale at a honey hole I figured I'd rather pay a good price for a pre-29 than wait for 29-2's to start selling for $1k again.

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Nice box too. And I honestly like the fact it had been used as a coaster! I like stuff that shows use.

 

[bobsguns]

While we waiting for your pictures, here are a pair of 4" 4-screw pre-29s...

Wow! The blued one would shame a Royal Blue Python, IMO! We give up, you've won!

 

[boykinlp]

Well this is dang fascinating! My incoming is a duplicate serial number according to the records. S174281 shipped either in June or August to one of two locations (the advantage of being an SWCA member!).

Anyone here have the duplicate? Sure would be fun to have Truly matching .44s!

A10, I don’t understand how a duplicate serial number happens, is it just a factory mistake, or is there a specific reason for it? Nice gun, BTW!
Larry

 

[A10]

A10, I don’t understand how a duplicate serial number happens, is it just a factory mistake, or is there a specific reason for it? Nice gun, BTW!
Larry

Factory screw up. Back in the olden days they didn't track serial numbers as closely, since registration and other government infringements hadn't been invented yet. I think it was the GCA of 1968 that started requiring unique serial numbers for each firearm.

 

[Retired W4]

Well this is dang fascinating! My incoming is a duplicate serial number according to the records. S174281 shipped either in June or August to one of two locations (the advantage of being an SWCA member!).

Anyone here have the duplicate? Sure would be fun to have Truly matching .44s!

It's not THE duplicate but S&W accidently produced 105 Single Shot 22's with the same SN's back in 1920. They added a D prefix to the second group.

 

[jcelect]

I can not explain how a pair of guns end up with the same serial number, but in the
S1679xx serial numbers I show 9 pre 29 duplicate pairs! All shipped in the time period from Mar 1957 - May 1957