My latest acquisition prompted me to post up, and this is a two for one deal. It was never my intention to own two .44 Magnum revolvers, but sometimes that's how things work out.
My first specimen is a child of the 80's, a Smith and Wesson Model 629-1, this one with a Mag-Na-Ported barrel. Sadly, this one predates the Endurance Pack that was applied on the -2 models, but it's still in rock solid condition, and it surprisingly still has the original grips. This particular revolver came to be after having to return a New Model SBH that had been Frankensteined to the point that it was unreliable. Though I had defected on this one, sweet, sweet vindication was just around the corner.
Picture this, you put a S&W Model 686 .357 Magnum on layaway yesterday. It's almost mint condition, barely used, just has a Pachmahr rubber grip installed. You're now here to pay it out and take it home, a 4473 form is all that stands between you and your prize. As you are filling the form out, you happen to glance down into the case below and and spy this on the top shelf:
What would you do? I think you know. I think I did too :lol: .
I walked away with an absolute textbook Triple Screw Ruger Old Model Super Blackhawk, with a non-prefix 4-digit serial number that puts it's manufacture year around 1960. It had been reblued, but everything else was in picture-perfect condition, even the original lockwork is intact, no conversion kit installed. Sweet, sweet vindication indeed.
One more picture of the ancestors together:
Don't they just look natural together
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My first specimen is a child of the 80's, a Smith and Wesson Model 629-1, this one with a Mag-Na-Ported barrel. Sadly, this one predates the Endurance Pack that was applied on the -2 models, but it's still in rock solid condition, and it surprisingly still has the original grips. This particular revolver came to be after having to return a New Model SBH that had been Frankensteined to the point that it was unreliable. Though I had defected on this one, sweet, sweet vindication was just around the corner.
Picture this, you put a S&W Model 686 .357 Magnum on layaway yesterday. It's almost mint condition, barely used, just has a Pachmahr rubber grip installed. You're now here to pay it out and take it home, a 4473 form is all that stands between you and your prize. As you are filling the form out, you happen to glance down into the case below and and spy this on the top shelf:
What would you do? I think you know. I think I did too :lol: .
I walked away with an absolute textbook Triple Screw Ruger Old Model Super Blackhawk, with a non-prefix 4-digit serial number that puts it's manufacture year around 1960. It had been reblued, but everything else was in picture-perfect condition, even the original lockwork is intact, no conversion kit installed. Sweet, sweet vindication indeed.
One more picture of the ancestors together:
Don't they just look natural together
.
