Pricing a 29-2 6 1/2"

[bottlerocket]

Found a nickel 29-2 local to me with no box or papers. Finish looks excellent with a slight turn ring. It looks like a 6.5 inch but he's saying it's a 6 inch gun. The part of the barrel in front of the lug looks longer than the lug itself by just a little, which from pictures I've seen the lug and barrel that extends past the lug are the same length. He wants 900 for it which seems high with no box. Thhoughts?

 

[fyimo]

In todays market that price doesn't sound like a bad deal especially if it's a 6.5 inch barrel.

 

[bottlerocket]

I'll have him measure it to see which it. So good for a 6.5 and average for a 6 I assume

 

[Mblhopo]

That's not a bad deal, like ...fyimo..said especially if it's 6.5 barrel. Measure from the front of the cylinder out..........................M*

 

[bottlerocket]

 

[lowriderfxr]

We could tell you if you provide the serial number. As Mblhopo said measure from the front of the cylinder to the end of the barrel. 900 isn't a great deal but I'd probably pay that for a very clean 6.5" nickel 29-2.

 

[bottlerocket]

I can get the serial. Is there a way to find the barrel length based on serial?

 

[murphydog]

It has the proportions of a 6.5" barrel. Both these and the 6" were made concurrently for a few years, but an earlier N prefix number (less than about 600000) is more likely to be the longer version.

 

[fat tom]

No. Don't you have a tape measure or a ruler somewhere around the house?
f.t.

p.s. Sorry,just realized that you don't have immediate access to the gun.

 

[gkitch]

that is a 6.5" gun.

 

[stmry]

From what I've seen around here and what I've paid for similar specimens, 900 is just "another day at the office."

 

[bottlerocket]

From what I've seen around here and what I've paid for similar specimens, 900 is just "another day at the office."

Really? I must be looking in the wrong place. I haven't seen a 6.5 29-2 in a long time for sale

 

[deyomatic]

LGS has a 29-(3 or higher)- no pinned barrel, for $750. That's the first model 29 I've seen in a long time. If I saw that for $900 in my LGS, I'd probably jump on it.

 

[KEN L]

Even if it's a 6", that's not a bad deal. There were actually a lot fewer of the the 6" 29-2's produced. Either way, you won't go wrong. Don't forget to post the pics once you bring it home!

 

[John Fugate]

The gun if clean with no issues other than being lightly fired , all original with no cosmetic flaws and will rate a solid 99% is worth easily 500.00 dollars more than you have been ask whether its a 6 or 6.5 inch. Throw away your tape measure and get out your pocketbook, your burning daylight.

 

[fat tom]

Really? I must be looking in the wrong place. I haven't seen a 6.5 29-2 in a long time for sale

I have a very nice S pre-fix (is the one you're lookin' at an S or an N?) 29-2 with the presentation case. $900 wouldn't come close to buyin' it. Just sayin'.
f.t.

 

[YeshuaIsa53]

Fine gun. Most folk just don't sell those.

 

[moralem]

Think of it this way, about 150-200 for the grips and the rest for the gun. I have that gun with pachmyars and I wouldn't let it go for under 900. If it is a gun you want go for it. But it is a beast to shoot with 44 mag, but a kitten when pumping 44 special through it. I traded for the gun a couple of plastic guns and am often tempted to just sell it off but what would I get for 900 bucks. Go get it.

 

[19leben]

I have a 29-2 blue w/6.5" barrel, 99% + no box....
I wouldn't take twice what they're asking for the nickel gun you're looking at.
You need to jump on that deal before someone else does.

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[19leben]

BTW the pictured gun has a 6" barrel from my perspective.
Doesn't matter though because it's still worth the ask.

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