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This used .44 was $595 out the door at a local gun shop. It was a consignment piece. I'm thinking, based on what I've seen, $600 wasn't too bad a deal. ![[Linked Image]](http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f46/DanChamberlain/IMG_0909_zpskxephjul.jpg)
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Dan, does that one have a square-butt grip frame. They did make a few before they switched to round butt. Either way, you got a heck of a bargain on a great handgun.
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-4 should be a round butt. Key word SHOULD. I think you got a deal there.
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Gentlemen, I'm embarrassed. The tag in the gun shop said 629-4, but the gun is stamped 629-1 when I open the cylinder. The serial numbers are the same on the tag and on the gun. Looks like it's a 629-1. Is the price still good?
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Like money in the bank!!
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Were you wearing a mask when that deal went down?
You did very well for yourself.
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^^^ Rip's kidding, of course. But, yeah. Had your mask on?  Nice gun. Good deal.
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-4 should be a round butt. Key word SHOULD. I think you got a deal there. The first 629-4's were square butt. They switched to the round butt somewhere in the production run. In my opinion, that was the last of the real 629's. I've just never been crazy about the round butt on that gun.
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Gentlemen, I'm embarrassed. The tag in the gun shop said 629-4, but the gun is stamped 629-1 when I open the cylinder. The serial numbers are the same on the tag and on the gun. Looks like it's a 629-1. Is the price still good? Since you can't buy anything that would come close to matching it for the price you paid, I'd say you did OK. I hadn't looked at any new S&W's for quite a while, the last one I picked up reminded me of my good Taurus.
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Had a .45 Colt Mountain Gun a while back with a lock and no hammer mounted firing pin. It sounded tinny when the trigger was pulled. There was an overall feeling that the gun wasn't up to S&Ws standards - or at least, the standards I recalled from my youth.
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Had a .45 Colt Mountain Gun a while back with a lock and no hammer mounted firing pin. It sounded tinny when the trigger was pulled. There was an overall feeling that the gun wasn't up to S&Ws standards - or at least, the standards I recalled from my youth.
It's a source of great pride to my family that when my name is googled, one finds book titles and not mug shots. Daniel C. Chamberlain
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Having a long memory can be a problem, can't it? I remember the way those old Smith's felt and looked, too.
Makes it tough to lay down the money for a new manufacture.
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By the way, I forgot to congratulate you on picking up a fine Smith and Wesson at a good price.
Lately, I've been seeing folks trying to get in the 900 range for an old blue 29.
That's a little crazy, in my opinion.
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The first 629-4 models included all the durability enhancements including the changes made to the -3s plus the new rear sight configuration and case hardened hammer and trigger, but still had the square-butt frame. I owned one of those and wish I still did.
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Nice score on a great revolver.
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Nice revolver. You did just fine. Price around here runs $750-$850 usually.
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