Sorry guys I should have had these pictures up long before now, I just got busy at the Fire House.
My wait for a S&W 44 Magnum is over. On Friday October 29th I went to my local dealer, who's mortgage I am sure has been paid by me a few times. There I picked up the prize I won on gunbroker just 5 days prior. The case is blue and plastic with just plain old foam inside, nothing special there. On the side of the case it says S&W Model 29-7. Cal. 44 Mag, 6" barrel, SS Cylinder, Serial Number *******.
Wait a sec? SS Cylinder?
Thats right boys and girls. My own investigation as to why this revolver would be equipped as such led me to the S&W forums. There I emailed a local scholar on the subject, by his own account the 29-7 vintage is hard to come by, they were produced in the late 90's in very small numbers and often had parts on them from the 629 line. The intent was to use up all the blue parts stock and phase out the model, of course they were brought back in 2002 as the model 29-8, 9 and 10 but all of these models included the dredded internal lock. The Model 29-7 has all of the improvements made througout the years just none of the BS.
My only complaint would be the rubber grips, an asthetic complaint as of now but I always thought firing a 44 would be made easier if the gun was allowed to roll back in your hand. The Houge grips do not allow for movement at all. In the long run I would like to have a set of wood stocks made from Rowan or European Mountain ash as part of my family hails from Scotland and this is considered sacrid wood.
Now without further delay, pictures...
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