629-2 Follows me home

[Master Blaster]

Yesterday I went into my favorite purveyor of fine firearms, and there in the case was a 6" 629-2. It had a unfluted cylinder, and probably about one box of ammo had been fired through it by the previous owner.

It has an excellent trigger pull in double and especially in single action.
Everything is nice and tight, No endshake at all, side to side play also nonexistant. This revolver is tighter than my new 686.

No mim, firing pin on the hammer, date of manufacture around 1989.

Perfect condition, no flame cuttingon the topstrap, faint turnline on the cylinder.

Now I was not going to spend any money for the next 6 months, but I really wanted a 29 or a 629 without the lock. So I offered $390 and the owner agreed to $400, Thats the out the door price, too hard to pass up,

I also asked about a 629 mountain gun, and he showed me the wholsale book, dealer price on a new one is $529 $6 shipping and then the shop markup is 25%, 20 for me.

So I decided on the used one.

Here it is:

 

[P. Plainsman]

Good find. Looks like a keeper.

 

[Standing Wolf]

...probably about one box of ammo had been fired through it by the previous owner.

I'd guess at least a quarter of all .44 magnums on the market would fall into that class. People buy them because they're cool, discover they're expensive to feed factory fodder and prone toward recoiling, keep them for a year or two, and sell them.

 

[jdberger]

Hmmm.....that doesn't look right to me. Better send it to me for inspection...

the Tanto, too....











congrats on a great gun at a great price. I love mine, and it LOVES pigs...

 

[DT Guy]

Doggone it, I'm going to have to pick up a 629 now.


I'm telling my wife it's your fault!


(She's little, but watch out for the left hand...)


Larry

 

[mattman the gun fan]

looks like a fair deal.with so little rounds fired in it sounds like you got the better of it.

 

[Bandit01]

That's a great deal. Last Fall my local shop was selling a used 629 for $550. I was desperate to buy it but a buddy told me that by being patient, I would get a better deal. Several months later, I got a slightly used Super Red Hawk with a scope and holster for $450.

My question to you is, what's the difference between a 629 and 629-2?