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[S.B]

Just got this model 29-2 in a trade. Came with box(some damage) and tools.

[Tombstone Arms]

Just got this model 29-2 in a trade. Came with box(some damage) and tools.

 

 

Very nice.

I've got a 4-screw 29 (4" bbl.) and several 8 3/8" pinned & recessed 29-2's.

 

What I really want is one of Lew Horton's 3" 29's.

But, they're hard to come by.

 

The 29-2 was the last 29 that really gets me interested.

 

[FC]

I love S&W's revolvers. Sometimes I wonder if they really need to be as big as they are to take the magnum pressures?

[Tombstone Arms]

I love S&W's revolvers. Sometimes I wonder if they really need to be as big as they are to take the magnum pressures?

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I think the N-Frame is a nice size.

I really don't like the .500 . . . that frame is loo big, IMO.

 

I've been waiting for Smith to offer the .454 in the N-Frame.

I would think that would work.

All they really have to do is beef up the backstrap and bore out 5 instead of 6 . . .

I would think that would be enough, but I'm no engineer.

[AzRednek]

I think the N-Frame is a nice size.

I really don't like the .500 . . . that frame is loo big, IMO.

 

I've been waiting for Smith to offer the .454 in the N-Frame.

 

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The new large frame (X frame I think) chambered in the new 460 will also chamber the 454 and 45 Long colt. I haven't handled the new frame yet, it almost causes wrist pain just looking at the massive cartridge. I've only shot the 454 once, it was a massive single action revolver, don't recall the maker. Recoil wasn't to awfull for hunting but I just can't imagine firing it more than a few times without serious flinching and pain.