[Brian Williams]

I was at a local shop today and they had a 3" 629 with fixed sights?
Who or what distributor ordered it?

Handled real nice and would be quite concealable.

[Tamara]

Don't think I've ever seen or heard of a 629 w/fixed sights.

Were these Cylinder & Slide Extreme Duty (http://www.cylinder-slide.com/sites.htm) sights?

[C.R.Sam]

Lot of variations of the 629.
There were some, product code 170012, made by performance center for Lew Horton Distributing in 1992. FIXED rear sight. They were 629-3s.

From Std Cat of S&W 2E page 201.

Sam

[only1asterisk]

I sold 5 or 6 fixed sight 629's in 2000, but I seem to remember them being 2.5". Tamara will testify to the inaccuracy of my memory. I didn't get save one for myself; I was cash poor and prefer a 3".


David

[Brian Williams]

Tam just a Sweet Reminder that I have both a S&W 13 and a 940, It was a fixed sight frame with a 3" barrel (i have to check on the barrel, it was fair week so Icould only stay a few minutes) it felt like a fat 13 only it had ugly rubber on it..

[C.R.Sam]

product code 170012 listed as 3" barrel.

Sam

[Brian Williams]

Price is $549 it is NIB
If anybody wants it
Sportsmen shop
101 W Main st
New Holland, PA
717-354-4311

[Old Fuff]

Smith & Wesson also made some fixed-sight model 19 Combat Magnums. Think of a model 13 with oversized target stocks (square butt), narrow spur hammer of the kind used on the model 13 or 10, and a heavy 4" barrel with the usual model 19 underlug. Finish with a very low ramp and Baughman style front sight.

They called it the model 19-P

Most went to South America or Europe.

[C.R.Sam]

Agree re the 19-P Fuff.

Also 19 related. Couple years ago there was a discussion on THR re reality of fixed sighted 19s. Someone came up with some special order ones for French (police or military, can't remember which.

Sam

[Tamara]

Wow. Offer a rumination, ask a question, and get a Sweet Reminder... :scrutiny:

[C.R.Sam]

Tough crowd here.
Scratch your head and someone will tell you how to synthesize a hair follicule.:)

Love it.

Sam

[poe]

This piece may be one of the run Smith made for Camfour Distributors.

[BluesBear]

Fluted or unfluted cylinder?
Full underlug or just ejector rod shroud?

[Brian Williams]

I called the shop and
It is a product code 103839 Special order num 9319
Supica and Nahas put it as part of a run of 2000 for Camfor dist.

Serial num CBT5961
gives it a date around Aug to Oct 1997

it is a 2.5 barrel and full lug with a fluted cylinder and fixed sights.

I think this would be a hoot with 44 spec and a wrist breaker with full Thunder LoudenBoomers 44 mags.



This would be a great frame to put a 45 colt cylinder in with a Mountain gun barrel and rework the front sight down to match the fixed rear frame.

Alas I am dreaming again.

[BluesBear]

Thank goodness it has a full lug. Now I can pay the rent. ;)

[C.R.Sam]

Threw us a curve with the 3" in the original post.:D

Sam

[only1asterisk]

I thought they were 2.5"! You people had me doubting myself.

David