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Post by highplains on Dec 8, 2018 17:32:27 GMT -5
How do you like it ?
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Post by win1894s on Dec 8, 2018 20:09:33 GMT -5
Nice shooting handgun. Haven't seen one in person in quite awhile.
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Post by matt56 on Dec 8, 2018 20:17:19 GMT -5
I just bought one last week
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Post by bradshaw on Dec 9, 2018 0:42:32 GMT -5
***** To see a pair of M-29-2 8-3/8-inch sixguns, go to the Gallery section, pull up Bradshaw Photo Volumes 66 through 70. These Model 29’s happen to represent brilliant gun making. David Bradshaw
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Post by matt56 on Dec 9, 2018 10:43:06 GMT -5
Here is the one I just picked up. The bluing is what got me, when I first learned of the gun I thought to myself what do I need another model 29 for? Then I got to see it. I have a 29-4 and a few 29-6s and the comparison isn't even close.
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Post by highplains on Dec 9, 2018 18:39:30 GMT -5
That is really nice matt56, Do you know what year it was manufactured ?
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Post by bradshaw on Dec 9, 2018 19:07:20 GMT -5
That is really nice matt56, Do you know what year it was manufactured ? ***** matt56..... that is a fine looking revolver. highplains..... on the Model 29-2, year of manufacture is not important. The INDIVIDUAL REVOLVER is what counts. The M-29-2 variant had been in production for some years before Bangor-Punta took over ownership of Smith & Wesson. During the Bangor-Punta reign, quality control hit an all-time low. Nevertheless, extremely fine examples of S&W revolvers continued to be manufactured and shipped. I have shot revolvers both great and lousy during the Bangor-Punta ownership and suggest quality falls to the individual example. The fierce battles in IHMSA silhouette between the Ruger Super Blackhawk and S&W M-29 almost always involved M-29-2’s built under Bangor-Punta ownership. To compete at that level, your revolver has to be good enough to plant 5x5 shots into 6-inches @ 220 yards, preferably less. Nobody shoots that tight all the time, but the sixgun has to equal the job ALL THE TIME. You can walk a 6-inch group @ 200 meters back to 25 yards, these 5-shots shrink inside 2/3-inch. A “2-inch revolver”----meaning it is capable of 5x5 shots=2” @ 100 yards----can and will play the game all day long. To have a revolver which you outshoot forces you to SHOOT INSIDE YOUR OWN SHOOTING; in the stamina game this gets rough on nerves. A proper Model 29-2 is a wand for marksmanship. David Bradshaw
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Post by matt56 on Dec 9, 2018 21:33:52 GMT -5
That is really nice matt56, Do you know what year it was manufactured ? The serial number dates it to 79 or 80. It's a later gun and it does have a few minor spots, scratches and muzzle wear. Nothing too serious but not so nice it can't be shot.
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Post by seminolewind on Dec 9, 2018 22:47:31 GMT -5
My first handgun for deer hunting was a M29 8 3/8" in 1980. I killed 3 deer with it, and for some reason I can't remember, traded it away. What I would give to have it back. Such a classic handgun.
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Post by bradshaw on Dec 9, 2018 23:17:20 GMT -5
matt56..... take a very close look into the muzzle. Is there CROSSHATCHING on the LANDS? If so, take a bunch of photos from different angles, with strobe or natural light. Post the best one or two. Presence of crosshatching indicates the bore was micro-honed before the barrel was put in the rifling machine and a broach pulled from breech end to muzzle, producing five grooves at 1:20” twist. The crosshatching is very fine, but resembles the crosshatch pattern on an engine cylinder wall. The crosshatching eventually wears away from shooting, especially jacketed bullets. Like most of the parts on the M-29-2, the barrel begins as a drop forging, which is machined, gun drilled, reamed, and in some cases micro-honed, before rifling. David Bradshaw
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Post by matt56 on Dec 10, 2018 12:22:13 GMT -5
David I have noticed the cross hatching on the lands in some of my other S&W barrels, that’s usually how I tell the gun hasn’t been shot much. I didn’t look at this 29-2 though, I’ll look when I get home. I know the barrel face/forcing cone don’t show any signs of wear
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Post by crazycarl on Dec 10, 2018 14:13:38 GMT -5
Beautiful pistola right there. I'm not a .44 fan, but an early 8 3/8" model 57 would certainly make me smile.
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Post by highplains on Dec 10, 2018 17:26:12 GMT -5
Hey guys, I'd like to replace the red insert ramp sight with a partridge sight. What height do I need for going out to 200 yards?
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Post by highplains on Dec 11, 2018 17:36:58 GMT -5
Pretty sure I've got it figured out now, with Bradshaw help and a guy over at Brownells. The shooting world is a special place for sure.
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Post by squigz on Dec 12, 2018 8:22:43 GMT -5
I love mine though I don't shoot it as much as I want too and as much as I should. I also have the brother that's a model 57 no dash that I love even more so. I'd like to get a 27 8 3/8" as well so I have one in each of the original magnum calibers.
Been trying to dream up some new loads for the 29-2 so I can take it out to longer distances that have been mentioned in this thread for some fun.
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