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Couldn't Bring Myself to Buy the S&W 629
Frogdog
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After all the advice (http://forums.GunBroker.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=677429), I had my mind made up on the S&W 629. Went over to the store to make the buy, but after another good look at the thing (2 of them actually), I just couldn't bring myself to do it. Granted, the action was very smooth. That said, S&W quality must not be what it used to be. The stainless finish was really rough, with lots of machine marks (far rougher than my Ruger), and I just could not get over the "case hardened" hammer and trigger. They absolutely looked like garbage - like somebody burned them in a campfire and installed them straight on the gun. Paying that much for a revolver, I'd expect a lot more, so I passed.
In the end, I think I'm going to go another way and stick with Ruger. I think this will be just the ticket....if I can ever find it at a good price:
In the end, I think I'm going to go another way and stick with Ruger. I think this will be just the ticket....if I can ever find it at a good price:
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And fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit
While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain
Redhawk is generally a better bargain...
...and a better pistole....
I have noticed the new S&W wheel guns are not as finely finished as they used to be. I look at the 586 and 686 all the time and they are just not as finely finished. I was thinking perhaps you had found a nice pre-owned 629.
Luckily, not that much more money.
Sorry, I find the pic of your red hawk above to be just as ugly as select fires new Camaro. Make that fugly!
But, alas, it matters not what Bert thinks, just ask my wife!
Hmm....maybe. But guns are sometimes like women.... the uglier ones are tougher, work better, and serve you longer. [:D]
I would look for a good used 629. I find a lot of them, very reasonably priced. I like the 8 3/8" barrel. I had three of them, now just the one that I keep at the cabin. Oakie
exactly, anything pre-lock.