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I would love to own one of those sloppy old sloven, rattle trap -2's.

Speak for yourself. I know I could shoot a model 29 loose in short order.

I'm embarrassed to say I shot a 29 in 44 mag loose, then done the same to two Anacondas, one a 44, the other a 45 Colt, left all three with my 'smith at different times, went and bought a FA 454C and a Ruger Super Blackhawk 44 mag, those two will ride the river with anybody.

My SBH is not exactly tight anymore, some of those shims might be in order.
The hand and a whatchamacallit have needed replaced.
Stuff does wear.
Bought it fairly used in '87. And have run a lot of rounds through it.
Nothing overly hot, or over 250 gr.

Blasphemy, I say!

Have over 8500 rds on a current 29-4. about 3000 mag loads. in 6" carry it in a Safariland "Dirty Harry" shoulder just for fun.
forcing cones don't count. end shake maybe if you shoot PPC.
pawls wear fast

44s shot out - forcing cone erosion, accuracy below acceptable levels.

29 silhouette model back when
Dan Wesson
Ruger SRH
629 4"

stopped shooting much 44 mag when the Casull came along.

Yeah it will be strong but damn its ugly and all you will have is a Ruger...I always heard the old saying that "If you get tired of shooting a Ruger revolver you can always use it as a boat anchor" 😁......Hb

Whereas that clapped.out.model 29 makes a stunning paperweight...

I shot all those D/A guns loose with 300gr Speer uni-cor/plated? bullets in both 44 and 45 cal, a young re-loader with modern guns using modern load data I remember using AA#9, WW-296 and H-110 powders, I only worked once or twice a year back then, had a couple horses stabled down by the river and went to the shooting range near daily, had a chit-ton of time on my hands.

I only wish I had a few model 29's around. I trade them for Super Redhawks and Super Blackhawks so fast...
And obviously, beauty is in the eye of the beerholder.

RedHawks are good looking in their own distinct way.

Yup, and so are Super Redhawks especially when one considers the functionality of the platform. It doesn't need to be pretty. I would rather the revolver be durable. Granted I have Model 29s and love them, but they don't do my heavy lifting.

Hahahahahahahahaha!

It is fulfilling to see that everyone has fully clabberated in clabberation on this. When everyone comes into togetherness and a humongus mass.

Yes.


Here is an older pic from one of many elk excursions.




That particular -2 has many thousands of rounds and is fine.


If people did a fraction of the shooting as they did regurgitating bad information on the interwebs they would be almost as good of shots as they claim to be....

2000 more pieces of .44 magnum Starline just arrived today..






Sure hope those fragile and delicate old Smiths can handle it.









Ruger or Smith, I will take 'em.




Three old classics here:

I remember Elmer loved the Redhawk when it came out. I remember his Gun Notes column with a pic of him with the new Redhawk and a Jackrabbit he'd kilt with it.

A while back 29’s were known to double tap. Don’t know when S&W addressed the issue.

I didnt know S&W had anything to do with Double Tap ammo.
Wonderness will never cease. I learned something new.

LOL, may have been due to what I saw a guy do while shooting my old S&W 500 magnum, on firing, they lose grip on the revolver, while re-gripping and trying to not drop the revolver they hit the trigger again causing a double tap.