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Making my rounds of the pawn shops this morning paid off. 629-1 3" round butt , with correct box.

That's a nice find, Troutnut. Congrats.

Troutnut: DAMN.... that was a great find!
And what a way to start off your morning.
Wishin I had got to that pawn shop just a minute or two before you.
Good for you - enjoy.
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy

Good deal.

Sure did pay off!

Sweet

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Still need to get it cleaned up. I'm happy with it though. Box isn't the best shape but it's matching the serial on the revolver. All factory paper Still inside

Very cool. An early post-81, so still has all the nice stuff (other than pinned and recessed), e.g., hammer mounted firing pin, forged steel instead of MIM, no frame mounted lock, no sleeve barrel. Nice find. I've got a few early post-81s as well, including an early post-81 six inch Model 29.

Nice score Troutnut, I bought a set of those grips once for $50 at a gunshow. My bud says I didn't know you had a rd butt N frame, I said I don't but they are worth 3 times that. Sold them a couple years later for $150. That's a dang scarce buy in really nice looking condition. Mb

Probably one of the best finds of the year!

Very nice!

That's a nice 29.

Thanks. Any punks got to ask themselves one question: Do they feel lucky?

3" roundbutt .....is that a Jovino or Ashland special?

That's a nice find!

Honestly not sure

Memory aint diddly anymore.
Maybe a Lew Horton run?

Cool rig!

Lew Horton made some 3" 629s . I thought the boxes were marked and the one I recall was unfluted cylinder. But I'm far from knowledgeable about them

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I’m jealous! 😬

Cool gun, the Combats suck with magnum loads but they’re super cool just because they complete the package.

Iirc, Horton commissioned a run of 3” 629s in 87 or 88. No doubt these were patterned after the Jovino Enforcer custom conversions. Shortly after running the LH guns S&W released the 3” as a standard production item.

Contrary to the beliefs of some S&W produced some high quality and very cool revolvers in the late 80s and into the 90’s. They cranked out a bunch of short runs during that timeframe that are unique and very sought after by many. I had one of the Lee Horton runs of 3” 625s that was possibly the best put together S&W I’ve ever owned, it was astonishingly accurate and had a perfectly timed action, like a fool I swapped it off for something. Even had the matching S&W branded holster that was available from Hortons.

Very cool find

Awesome pickup. Jealous...

Yes, that's the deal that we're all looking for and you found it!
Congratulations!
I've owned several of the 3" N-Frames, including the unfluted models mentioned. Fun to shoot with .44 Special loads.

I'd like to see the muzzle flash at night with those 3" barrels and full power .44 mag loads.

I'm sure a full load of H110 or 296 would be impressive

I also have a 625 that shoots very well. Makes me look like I Know what i'm doing. Lol.

Max'd 180s from my 4" were dazzling LOL

That’s a good score.

Had it out this morning. Started with 240 gr SWC over 10 grains of unique. Then a few cylinders full of 240 gr XTPs over 23 gr H110. They got your attention but easily manageable

Good shootin👍

Nice Shooting!

I once took a 29-5 3" with unfluted cylinder and full underlug to the range with my Father-in-law.
I loaded up 3 .44 Specials and the 4th was a full bore Magnum load.
After shooting a couple of rounds he commented on how controllable and accurate it was.
Then the 3rd round then the Fireball!
Still chuckle every time I remember the look on his face.

Enjoy that .44 Smith.
I'm down to just one. It's a No-dash 4" that is tight and shoots fantastic.

Thank you. Yeah I'm sure that did get his attention

Just a nice piece

Congrats on a nice Smith Tommy.

Thanks. Came from your neck of the woods 🤫

Man, I have two model 629s and a 29 and I really want one of these. Really cool grips.

boy, you got lucky finding that beauty!

Nice find!

Ugghhh... just saw this. Where'd you find it? You have more shops on your side of the mountain than we do here, yet you come and cherry pick our inventory. haha.

👍👍. Virginia has high humidity during summer, fall plus some people have caustic sweat so be sure to take grips off and check for oxidation especially around exposed backstrap area. This is were rust can sometimes be found. Good news is if present rust is easy to remove from surface of stainless steel.

The one downtown in the yuppie section of town

Yeah they've already been off and everything was clean

Had a meeting down there today and dropped in, but nothing caught my eye.

Really nice! Love those grips. They seem to round out the whole package.

Thanks. The grips do feel good in my hands at least.