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Smith Colt Smith Colt Smith Colt Part 2:

Vintage carry holster for a vintage gun??

after to repair or replace the ejector rod

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OK! you guys in the 70’s were pretty dirty!

just google 70’s Detectives and a magazine (s) came up in the photos and …. You old timers were something else
 
Tallball said:
Cool purchase! I'm jelly! :)
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Gun is Old and rusty! but lock is TIGHT! and action is smooth, (except the bent ejector rod) will be a cool retro redo gun! Put some electric tape on the grip, fix the rod, 60’s holder, and a detective hat and small cheap cigars, make a flask of Jim Bean
 
GeoDudeFlorida said:
Just keep it away from “+P” loads. That’s a 1960’s plain clothes detective’s gun, not a front-line combat weapon. The DS is probably the best handgun ever made for point shooting training, in my opinion.
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oooh yeah! plain Jane hollow points! cool detective hat too! working on my Real Estate license, wear that as my badge
 
Riomouse911 said:
The .45 Colt New Service would be on my radar.

The rest are cool, too, but the NS rises to the top for me.

if the commemorative is priced less than a similar condition corresponding model I could look at that. If it is priced at a premium, no.

Stay safe.
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JTHunter said:
Mark_Mark - Jim is probably correct in his assessment of commemoratives in Post #3 but I was a NAHC "Life" member until they folded or were "absorbed" by somebody years ago. I might inclined to buy that revolver just for that reason. But I would surely try to chew them down on that price.
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Looks like they drop the price to $1050! lol

always wanted a 6” or shorter 29 no lock. I handles the gun. It was normal, nothing special, kidda felt untuned or new-ish trigger pull, like it needed about 500 trigger pulls or something.

commemorative value.. none… Was looking at other 29-3 6” and looks like they are selling $1200-ish. But they have the S&W logo on it and stamped factory marking on the barrel. the NAHC has no factory stamping, just gold foil stuff. so I think it take away from the gun value.

NAHC… yep when down that internet rabbit hole! How much was a Life Member per year? they are now defunked with very angry ex-members …

So. is the gun worth $1050???? I like the box… gotta be worth $50. Will be a shooter for sure. Love the controversy of the Club…
But, should I just wait for a normal 29 no lock? I feel this gun will only go down in value, But I would shoot the living daylights out of it.

thoughts?
 
Hookeye said:
A Smith K frame w a Python barrel would pique my interest.
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I have wanted a "Smython" since I first heard of them back in the 70's?....80's?. I have always thought they were the reason Smith and Wesson and Ruger went to full lug barrels on the 5/686's and the GP-100's. I actually considered having one made up back then, but the darn kids kept wanting silly things like food and shoes so I never did it. I don't think I have ever even seen one out in the real world.

Mark_Mark said:
Smith with a Colt barrel! is that even legal?
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They were a big deal back in the day. All the cool kids had one. I was never a "cool kid" you understand. You have to remember, back in those days, you could order a Python barrel from Colt just like any other part of the gun. Then a gunsmith would have to rethread either the barrel or the frame, the threads were different of course. I'm sure some did one way, some the other. I suppose most were done on a Model 19 frame. At least the ones I remember reading about.

They were originally done by the PPC crowd I suppose. They wanted the rifling twist and full lug weight of the Python barrel, with the action of a Smith and Wesson or Ruger. I don't know if they really shot any better but they sure were COOL

Mark_Mark said:
Looks like they drop the price to $1050! lol

So. is the gun worth $1050???? I like the box… gotta be worth $50. Will be a shooter for sure. Love the controversy of the Club…
But, should I just wait for a normal 29 no lock? I feel this gun will only go down in value, But I would shoot the living daylights out of it.

thoughts?
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I think I might be tempted. If it was a 4" barrel, I know I would. I mean it is a Model 29 even if it's sort of gawdy. I was a member of the NAHC back the first year. I still have the patch on my old hunting vest. The vest must have shrunk over the years, but it's still here somewhere.
 
CajunBass said:
I have wanted a "Smython" since I first heard of them back in the 70's?....80's?. I have always thought they were the reason Smith and Wesson and Ruger went to full lug barrels on the 5/686's and the GP-100's. I actually considered having one made up back then, but the darn kids kept wanting silly things like food and shoes so I never did it. I don't think I have ever even seen one out in the real world.



They were a big deal back in the day. All the cool kids had one. I was never a "cool kid" you understand. You have to remember, back in those days, you could order a Python barrel from Colt just like any other part of the gun. Then a gunsmith would have to rethread either the barrel or the frame, the threads were different of course. I'm sure some did one way, some the other. I suppose most were done on a Model 19 frame. At least the ones I remember reading about.

They were originally done by the PPC crowd I suppose. They wanted the rifling twist and full lug weight of the Python barrel, with the action of a Smith and Wesson or Ruger. I don't know if they really shot any better but they sure were COOL


I think I might be tempted. If it was a 4" barrel, I know I would. I mean it is a Model 29 even if it's sort of gawdy. I was a member of the NAHC back the first year. I still have the patch on my old hunting vest. The vest must have shrunk over the years, but it's still here somewhere.
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I just wish they had the S&W Logo on the gun. I’m debating on getting a modern 29, love shooting big bore guns
 
Mark_Mark said:
That trooper is smooth like silk! almost too smooth, hammer cocks back effortlessly
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Too smooth may be a problem but can be fixed easily.
I bought a Colt Diamondback with a smooth almost too easy hammer cock, when released, gravity was as strong as the
hammer drop. I got the Diamondback cheap and had the backbone replaced in about 3 weeks.
Colt parts were hard to get back then, I got lucky, don't know about today's supplies.
Love the Trooper best.
 
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