Thank you guys. In your opinion when did the model 29 loose the smoothness of the original models???? After the pinned and recessed were gone????
I have no experience with the newest guns, but IMO most of them are pretty smooth. The Bangor Punta models were widely decried as inferior but...I dunno. Most of the ones I've owned were fine. I've owned a bunch of them too including old ones, Bangor's, etc. I'd say finding a smooth one is a crap shoot because I'm guessing the one you're looking at has been shot and even if they were a little burry, they smooth up.
One of the ones I REALLY wish I had back was a 4" nickel which a gunstore employee just sat there and dry-fired over and over and over. It was the smoothest one I've ever owned. Dang, now if I win the lottery I'll have to get a couple more 29's and I don't need them at all.
