amazingflapjack
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I have a 627-0 5 1/2 inch for sale on GB right now. It marvelous, but it is time to sell it.
Who likes 5" Ns....
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hkcavalier
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Just the one, right now. 629-3.
crsides
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Does 5.5" count.
Charlie
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BCDWYO
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Here are a few: (sorry I got excited about the 5" and forgot we were restricted to Ns so you get to see one L-frame as a bonus!)
27-2
610
686-5
627-5 (with its snubbie brother)
27-2
610
686-5
627-5 (with its snubbie brother)
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BCD...that isn't a snubbie...it is a "Stubbie".....
This is the best shooting .44 Magnum I ever owned... My best friend bought this first year of production 629 as a 6". He really wanted a 5" and had it cut back...unfortunately it didn't come out as planned and just looked like someone had whacked off the end of the barrel flat and stuck the front sight back on..so it never got shot for about 20 years.
He complained to me about it one day and I tld him to call the factory and have it restored to 6". He did but asked if they had any 5" barrels around. Smith said they had one Classic barrel left over from a special run for a distributor that was Mag-Na-Ported....he drove over to the factory and they screwed it on while he waited.
...but he ended up not liking the underlug wanting a true 5". Well he fell in lust with a 4" 629-3 Mountain Gun I had so we traded. It was the nicest shooting .44 I had ever owned. A couple of years later, 2010, my friend died of a heart attack. We also had been shooting with his nephew, a very fine young man who had just graduated from the same same college that my friend and I had in 1975. The following year while we were hunting he mentioned he wanted to get a .44...and I offered him his uncle's gun for the original price of $350.00. He now carries it each hunting season in a Simply Rugged holster....
...so this is probably the only no- 5" P&R 629 Classic you will ever see....as they never existed...
Bob
This is the best shooting .44 Magnum I ever owned... My best friend bought this first year of production 629 as a 6". He really wanted a 5" and had it cut back...unfortunately it didn't come out as planned and just looked like someone had whacked off the end of the barrel flat and stuck the front sight back on..so it never got shot for about 20 years.
He complained to me about it one day and I tld him to call the factory and have it restored to 6". He did but asked if they had any 5" barrels around. Smith said they had one Classic barrel left over from a special run for a distributor that was Mag-Na-Ported....he drove over to the factory and they screwed it on while he waited.
...but he ended up not liking the underlug wanting a true 5". Well he fell in lust with a 4" 629-3 Mountain Gun I had so we traded. It was the nicest shooting .44 I had ever owned. A couple of years later, 2010, my friend died of a heart attack. We also had been shooting with his nephew, a very fine young man who had just graduated from the same same college that my friend and I had in 1975. The following year while we were hunting he mentioned he wanted to get a .44...and I offered him his uncle's gun for the original price of $350.00. He now carries it each hunting season in a Simply Rugged holster....
...so this is probably the only no- 5" P&R 629 Classic you will ever see....as they never existed...
Bob
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BCDWYO
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This was a very nice 99% 27-2.
Untill i sold it to a friend
He took it to the range, no problem there
but a nosy "nogoods.o.b." dropped it on the asphalt
Where is the "dislike" button for that story!?? Only good thing is he dinged it up AFTER he paid you for it! Still a tragic story!
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It wasn't my friend who dropped it.
But he allmost ripped a new one on the one who did dropp it.
Mr "whatshisname" was told not to touch the revolver, but.. oops... sorry...
Yea.. right
...almost forgot I had this one...and at the time actually had two...
2001 627-7 Performance Center Jerry Miculek 5.25".45 ACP for Camfour Distributors. Sold one to my best friend who still has it in his .45 ACP revolver collection and the other on GunBroker for a lot more than I paid for it.
I've never had "seller's remorse" but if I ever did this would be the one I miss the most. Only sold it because I rarely shoot anything revolver wise that isn't .41...so why not make someone who is going to use it happy. My friend calls this one the one that goes with him....so I'll never see it back again...
2001 627-7 Performance Center Jerry Miculek 5.25".45 ACP for Camfour Distributors. Sold one to my best friend who still has it in his .45 ACP revolver collection and the other on GunBroker for a lot more than I paid for it.
I've never had "seller's remorse" but if I ever did this would be the one I miss the most. Only sold it because I rarely shoot anything revolver wise that isn't .41...so why not make someone who is going to use it happy. My friend calls this one the one that goes with him....so I'll never see it back again...
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I see my amigo has started a thread about what he knows to be my absolute favorite barrel length for N Frames.
The 5" addiction actually got started here when, after reading years of Keith, I purchased a 5" Classic model from N Frame.
The sheer volume of small game taken with that particular .44 would cause some to call me names...
The 5" addiction actually got started here when, after reading years of Keith, I purchased a 5" Classic model from N Frame.
The sheer volume of small game taken with that particular .44 would cause some to call me names...
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Superman and I shooting our n frames on the Pahsimeroi, of Elmer Keith fame, ask him how the enduro riding is... 
5" 29-2 built from an 8 & 3/8ths" gun:
5" 29-2 built from an 8 & 3/8ths" gun:
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He carried .38 Super 1911s for the majority of his career as a street copper.
Dennis The B
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Since they're technically not 5", I omitted my Model of 1917, Colt New Service Model of 1917, and my Model 22-4 Model of 1917, but they're great shooters.
This one is a favorite among my Model 27's
This one is balanced very nicely, and I traded a 625JM to get it:
This one is a favorite among my Model 27's
This one is balanced very nicely, and I traded a 625JM to get it:
Big Cholla
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For anyone that wants a 5" and can't find the gun, I have two 5" barrels available; one is a Classic from a M 29 44 mag, the other is a Classic from a 629 44 mag. Both are about 95%. PM me with an offer. ............ Big Cholla
Bill Bates
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I've owned all of the common barrel lengths of model 29s. The 5 inch barrels is the Goldilocks of 29s. It is just right. I'm not ever parting with my pre-29 5 inch .44 magnum.
akjaeger
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Mr. T about wore me out on one ride that went from a dirt road to a steep rock and sand 4-wheeler trail. KLR650s are great all around bikes and fantastic for dirt roads but since I had not done trail riding in 40 years, about the time T. was born, I had to go a little slower than he was able to... He did however make it a trip of a lifetime for me...although a few times my life did pass before my eyes...
A great trip... - 24hourcampfire
Bob
A great trip... - 24hourcampfire
Bob
kihnspiracy
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Man, you guy's are making me jealous with those 5" .44's. I have a 629 Classic with a 6 1/2" barrel that I like too much to have cut down. Looking at all of these pics is making me want to look for a project model 29.
I don't really have a favorite, I like them all
My oldest 38/44 Heavy Duty, April 1930
another 38/44 HD, July 1934
a shiny 5" 38/44 HD, March 1939
another shiny one, December 1938
a well loved 38/44 HD, December 1939
sequentially numbered 5" pre 27's, January 1951 and February 1951
Model 29-2, May 1966 - shipped as a 8 3/8" barrel
625-2 Model of 1988
My oldest 38/44 Heavy Duty, April 1930
another 38/44 HD, July 1934
a shiny 5" 38/44 HD, March 1939
another shiny one, December 1938
a well loved 38/44 HD, December 1939
sequentially numbered 5" pre 27's, January 1951 and February 1951
Model 29-2, May 1966 - shipped as a 8 3/8" barrel
625-2 Model of 1988
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I only ever had one 5 inch N frame and that was a Model 27-2 and someday I want another one.
Vanilla Gorilla
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I'm jealous. I've long wanted to take a trip out and tread the trails Elmer did, and shoot big N frames until I felt Saint Elmer smile down upon me.
keithherrington
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5" N frames...my all time favorite
Have owned several 5" Model 27s but sold them all. However, I'll never sell my Model 625-5 in 45 Colt. My favorite revolver.
Keith
Have owned several 5" Model 27s but sold them all. However, I'll never sell my Model 625-5 in 45 Colt. My favorite revolver.
Keith
jsfricks
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Shown here before, but this is my only 5" "N" frame, a mid "30"s HD.
Boxhead
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A M29-2 Classic.
A M29/25...
A M29-2.
A M29/25...
A M29-2.
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