Pawn shop treasure

That is just cool. Good deal!

Wow! That was a great deal. I don't care about the box. Looking at it I can't resist thinking of my 44 special reloads and rapid fire target sessions. (I save my stronger 44 mag. loads for the Super Blackhawk.)

Jeff

Very nice- good score!

A beaut!

If only I could find its little brother, a 657 4”, for a similar price .

Stay safe.

Nice score.

No box is just another reason to not baby it.

Great shootin' size.

Todd.

Nice. How do you like the grips? Those are the same grips I have on my 686 and even though I have large hands they seem like they are a bit too fat.

Elkins45 said:

I've never been a fan, but the S&W collectors think they add value to a gun. I took them off and put on a set of Pachmayrs, which collectors pejoratively refer to as "Goodyears" because they fit my hand better.

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I don't get any joy from shooting S&W large frame revolvers with the standard wooden bell-bottom grips either.

Sometimes - they aren't even good looking as in the cases where S&W used almost eastern European looking woods.

My 5 & 6 have different iterations of the S&W moonogrip (both Hogue?) and present quite differently.

The initial *feel* of the -5 (lower) is more pleasant and naturally pointing.

The -6 has more front-back mass and I think shoots a bit better with heavy loads for covering the backstrap but that's entirely subjective on my part.

Perfect world... I would have the more pleasing finger grooves of the -5 along with its more natural - to me - undulating side curves but still have the backstrap depth of the -6 grips.

Todd.

Very nice!

That's an amazing score; I've seen the same gun in worse condition going anywhere from $750 to $950 up around here. (But then we seem to have more guys with money to burn collecting older Smiths up here in the PNW that some other parts of the country.)

Nice find at a great price! Congratulations.

nice find. I like the target type grips on smiths. well, I actually think the service grips looks the best, but the target grips are much better for actually shooting.

Nice find!!!

surprised you beat @Eddietruett to it. Hah.

Beautiful. Great find, congratulations.

earlthegoat2 said:

Nice find!!!

surprised you beat @Eddietruett to it. Hah.

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Don't get to the pawn shops in Ky. But I would have jumped on that one so quick it would have scared the owner!! That's my kind of find.

Elkins45 said:

Pristine S&W 629-1 with original target grips. No box, but $600 out the door. Appears to have hardly been fired at all.

I'm pleased.

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Very nice! Love shorter barrels 4" or less.

Great revolver for a great price!

Elkins45

Pristine S&W 629-1 with original target grips. No box, but $600 out the door. Appears to have hardly been fired at all.

I'm pleased.

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You should be...that's a sweet deal on a S&W in such great shape!

NICE! Kudos!