Fixed-sight S&W 629 .44MAG snub...
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Nightcrawler
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Sweet.
arizcowboy
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Interesting, but the gun itself is too big and heavy to be a practical concealed carry gun which I would assume its purpose to be with the low profile fixed sights. If that is it's purpose the hammer should be bobbed too.
TYY
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Bear41mag
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NICE, I have always wanted a fixed sighted Model 29 Snub
Sistema1927
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Discussion? I can't think of much more than "Nice".
Nightcrawler
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When I started carrying an N-Frame, I was unaware at the time that to do so was effectively impossible. Now that I know this, you'd think I'd be inclined to stop, but...I don't know, it makes me feel like I have super powers or something.
A gun worth shooting Speer's short barrel .44 load out of. What's the barrel length 2.5" maybe? S&W currently a PC gun with a 3" barrel and porting. My next revolver purchase may well be a 3" 629. A local shop has one I REALLY like, called the "bounty hunter". 3" full-underlug barrel, matte black finish, fluted cylinder. I've never seen anything like it, and I like it's looks better than the Trail Boss. (I wish you could get a Trail Boss without porting but WITH a fluted cylinder...well, they sell one, but you have to buy that "emergency survival kit, apparently)
These are all 3" guns, though. .44s with barrels less than that, and especially fixed-sight .44s, are extremely rare.
Richard
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As usual, uou guys get all the nice toys and I have to go through life with this slug Regards, Richard
Custom 3rd Model HE 44 Special:
Regards, Richard Custom 3rd Model HE 44 Special:
Ok here goes.
If that is a new gun and has the lock on the other side it was a special run made for Camfour Distributors last year. I think they're some still listed on their website. If it doesn't have the lock then it still is part of a special run made for Camfour, but it was made back in the mid to late '80's(I think). Maybe even the early 1990's. I'm not sure of the time frame. The barrel 2.5" on those.
2-3" N frames really aren't that bad for carry guns. They weigh about the same as a Gov't model .45. I carry a 3" 25-2 .45acp every day. Dress around the gun and use a really good belt/holster combo and it's really no big deal.
TYY: That gun belongs to Cocked and Locked over on the S&W forum. You see the other pics he has of it. Makes me drool too.
Kor, do you have any contact info for the shop? If you're not going to buy it for yourself that is. Does it have the lock?
If that is a new gun and has the lock on the other side it was a special run made for Camfour Distributors last year. I think they're some still listed on their website. If it doesn't have the lock then it still is part of a special run made for Camfour, but it was made back in the mid to late '80's(I think). Maybe even the early 1990's. I'm not sure of the time frame. The barrel 2.5" on those.
2-3" N frames really aren't that bad for carry guns. They weigh about the same as a Gov't model .45. I carry a 3" 25-2 .45acp every day. Dress around the gun and use a really good belt/holster combo and it's really no big deal.
TYY: That gun belongs to Cocked and Locked over on the S&W forum. You see the other pics he has of it. Makes me drool too.
Kor, do you have any contact info for the shop? If you're not going to buy it for yourself that is.
Does it have the lock?Gator
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It has a MIM hammer and trigger, so I'm betting it has a lock. If not, SEND ME THE SHOPs PHONE NUMBER!!! 
Kor
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Rob, Gator, it DOES have the "doofus lock" - if it hadn't come with that abomination, I would have it on layaway at this very moment. I just couldn't get a pic of the other side of the gun(too busy). If you're still interested, call Diamondback Police Supply of Tucson, AZ - (520)886-8338.
Arizcowboy, I THINK this is designed and/or marketed as a hiking/bear defense gun(for people who don't want a Ti/Sc 329PD or an adjustable-sighted 629), hence they left the hammer-spur and SA-notch intact - although it could easily be pressed into service as a CCW gun.
I just thought it was a neat gun that S&W SHOULD have brought out long ago, and which I wanted to share with the board...
Arizcowboy, I THINK this is designed and/or marketed as a hiking/bear defense gun(for people who don't want a Ti/Sc 329PD or an adjustable-sighted 629), hence they left the hammer-spur and SA-notch intact - although it could easily be pressed into service as a CCW gun.
I just thought it was a neat gun that S&W SHOULD have brought out long ago, and which I wanted to share with the board...
Kor
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The "doofus lock" issue has already been done to death...
Let's just say that I have a deep-seated philosophical objection to the inclusion of certain parts, which DO NOT improve or enhance the reliability, durability or accuracy of the gun in any way, shape or form, and whose ONLY function is to PREVENT said gun from performing the function for which it was designed - that is, SHOOTING. :banghead:
If it were a simple matter of a thumb/finger/grip-operated safety, readily operable on demand by the user, immediately and under high stress, that would be one thing - a device that REQUIRES a small, easily-lost KEY for deactivation, is another matter altogether...
So the lock doesn't engage/disengage by itself...the fact remains that these components ARE NOT REQUIRED for the correct, reliable mechanical functioning of the gun, AND THEREFORE, IMO, HAVE NO VALID REASON FOR THEIR INCLUSION OR EXISTENCE.
Any dubious improvement in the "safety" of the guns in question is necessitated solely by, and comes as a result of, PATENTLY UNSAFE CONDUCT by individuals who, BY THEIR OWN ACTIONS, have ipso facto proven themselves INCAPABLE of keeping or handling guns in a safe manner UNDER ANY CONDITIONS WHATSOEVER.
OK, given the litigious nature of contemporary American society, some type of integral lock is now or will soon be necessary in order to sell new-manufacture handguns, in some jurisdictions if not eventually nationwide; nevertheless, this is an ARTIFICIAL requirement, imposed by politicians and liability lawyers, and NOT by the physical mechanical requirements of the design, or the exigencies of the mass-manufacture thereof, or as a result of end-user feedback...
Bottom line - I do not now, nor ever will, own a S&W or Taurus revolver with a "doofus lock." 'Nuff said. Rant ends. We now return you to your regular discussion thread...
Let's just say that I have a deep-seated philosophical objection to the inclusion of certain parts, which DO NOT improve or enhance the reliability, durability or accuracy of the gun in any way, shape or form, and whose ONLY function is to PREVENT said gun from performing the function for which it was designed - that is, SHOOTING. :banghead:
If it were a simple matter of a thumb/finger/grip-operated safety, readily operable on demand by the user, immediately and under high stress, that would be one thing - a device that REQUIRES a small, easily-lost KEY for deactivation, is another matter altogether...
So the lock doesn't engage/disengage by itself...the fact remains that these components ARE NOT REQUIRED for the correct, reliable mechanical functioning of the gun, AND THEREFORE, IMO, HAVE NO VALID REASON FOR THEIR INCLUSION OR EXISTENCE.Any dubious improvement in the "safety" of the guns in question is necessitated solely by, and comes as a result of, PATENTLY UNSAFE CONDUCT by individuals who, BY THEIR OWN ACTIONS, have ipso facto proven themselves INCAPABLE of keeping or handling guns in a safe manner UNDER ANY CONDITIONS WHATSOEVER.
OK, given the litigious nature of contemporary American society, some type of integral lock is now or will soon be necessary in order to sell new-manufacture handguns, in some jurisdictions if not eventually nationwide; nevertheless, this is an ARTIFICIAL requirement, imposed by politicians and liability lawyers, and NOT by the physical mechanical requirements of the design, or the exigencies of the mass-manufacture thereof, or as a result of end-user feedback...
Bottom line - I do not now, nor ever will, own a S&W or Taurus revolver with a "doofus lock." 'Nuff said. Rant ends. We now return you to your regular discussion thread...
SnWnMe
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Most folks will use it as an overbuilt 44 Special. I wonder what it really feels like with a righteous charge of W296 under a 240gr slug?
loud-mouth shnook
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Would give left prune for one.
'Bout all the discussion I can contribute.
'Bout all the discussion I can contribute.
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