S&W 29 3in?

[JBhunter]

I recently saw a used S&W 29 at the gun show.

It was a 3in barrel, un-fluted cylinder, Pachmayr grips, wide hammer, wide serated trigger, and the deep blue finish.

The only wear that I found was the drag marks on the cylinder. \
Believe it was a 29-4.

Asking price was $525 + 6% tax.

What info can you give me about this model?
Is this a good price?

 

[yesterdaysyouth]

i would have ripped my pants going for the wallet...

well not exactly, but the last one i priced at a show, "how much?" uhhh.. $850.. i nearly dropped the gun on the table..

 

[Steve F]

Not sure if this helps,but I bought the same gun,letter for letter,unfluted cylinder,wide target,hammer and trigger,same grips,BUT a 6" barrel and a siloutte(sp?) 4 position front sight and it's a 29-3.Gave $495 for it here in Calif a year ago,if what you are describing where here, it would gone in flash!

Aren't they just the sexiest thing with that unfluted cylinder

 

[Shootcraps]

It's called a Lew Horton Special. He odered a run of these back in the 80s. I have one and love it. That's not a bad price either.

 

[rbmcmjr]

I bought two of them for $400 each ten years ago. I turned one of them into this and left the other one stock (so far). Fun shooters.

 

[medmo]

I hope you have the number of the guy selling.... In great shape that pistol is worth a lot more than what he was asking. It is an LH and pretty limited production.

 

[Standing Wolf]

I was looking for a four-incher when I found this compact .44 magnum right here at the High Road. I thought the matter over for about ten seconds, then beamed the seller a message to let him know he'd made the sale.

I figure as long as I live in an open carry state, I might as well carry something pretty.

 

[1911austin]

I figure as long as I live in an open carry state, I might as well carry something pretty.

Nice gun! Are those Nill grips?

 

[JBhunter]

I went ahead and put some money down on it today.

Any Idea of how many were produced? And what they are valued at?

 

[happy old sailor]

JBhunter - the value is in the gun itself. had i one, nothing but some outlandish price would get it, like enough to buy a new 4X4. enjoy it for what it is, a great, and unusual, gun

 

[JBhunter]

I have never sold a gun yet.
Add don't plan on selling this one.

It will go great with my 3" M66 F-Comp.

 

[Shootcraps]

I have seen them sell for $450 to $650. Depends on its condition. I think they made a couple of thousand. Check the S&W forum for details. FORUM

 

[JBhunter]

I have a post running over there also.

 

[BluesBear]

I bought one of the original 3" fluted, short lug 29-3 Lew Horton models when they first came out. I carry it regularly.
It's one of my all time favorite handguns. It's a joy to shoot. I am one of the lucky few who have hands that fit the factory S&W grips prefectly.
I'll never sell mine.

 

[Standing Wolf]

Are those Nill grips?

Yep. Actually, they're stocks, not grips: stocks are made of wood or ivory, whereas grips are made of plastic or rubber.

Nill still hasn't reestablished a way for Americans to buy its products. Its stocks have been unavailable since late last summer. Great stocks. Incredibly slovenly company.

 

[Sir Aardvark]

Not meaning to hi-jack this thread, but....

Nill makes an incredible product!. I have a long list of items I wish to purchase from them.

They need to send someone in their Upper Management to a Marketing School because it seems that they are run by idiots.

Apparently, they tend to piss off every distributor that they deal with for USA imports, and to willfully destroy your distribution network multiple times in what is most likely your biggest market is not a mark of true brilliance.

Either that or they just don't care???.

 

[Standing Wolf]

Sir Aardvark:

Yep. Nill stocks used to be premium-priced, but are now price-competitive with Hogues, and the company's match pistol stocks are truly excellent.

It's a German company, and I'd guess it's essentially a one-man operation. Maybe it's making so much money it can afford to throw away the American market.

Nill may be using the Colt business model.

All I can tell you for sure is that if I were handy with tools, I'd go into the stocks market myself. I'm sure I could sell everything I made, and charge essentially as much as I'd like.

 

[medmo]

I think it is 1000 copies made. I know it is in the "blue book of gun values" because I owned one for a real short time. I found one at a pawn shop for $375 and bought it immediately. I soon found someone who "really" wanted it more than me and was willing to pay me $400 more than I paid for it. We both parted satisfied.

 

[rick_reno]

What calibers were these guns? I've been looking for a 3 inch 44 mag - were any produced in 44 mag?

 

[BluesBear]

They sure were Ric,

Here's the blue one I still have.

And here's the stainless one I was forced to sell last year to pay medical bills.

There weren't many blued ones made but they have produced several runs of the stainless ones.

There was also a model with an unfluted cylinder and full underlug in both blue and stainless.

The 29s and 629 are .44 magnun.
The 624 looks the same as my old stainless except it had a lighter tapered barrel and was .44 special only.

 

[Shootcraps]

They were made in .41 Magnum too.

 

[BluesBear]

They were made in .41 Magnum too

Yes but those were Models 657 and 57-1.

 

[rick_reno]

BluesBear - thanks (!) for that info. I'm going to have to start looking around at gun shows for one of these in .44 mag. That looks perfect for what I want.
I don't care if I find blue or stainless. It looks like the models I want to look for are 29 and 629.

If you've got a minute, could you measure the overall length of the gun? and do you have a guess at what they weigh?

 

[BluesBear]

About 8 inches and according to my bathroom scale 2½ pounds.
I CCW mine in an old Galco Silhouette holster.

With a good belt I think it carries nicely.