The Russian Mosin Nagant Forum

So I said to wifey that I found a "Dirty Harry" gun online. A Smith and Wesson model 29...I told her that this one has a 5.5 inch barrel and Dirty Harry had a 8 3/8th inch barrel.

She looked at me and said.. "Your's is too short"..

I think she told me this before.

There'rs a lot of silence going on here.

I think they got pills for that now Sonny, see your doctor, maybe it's covered by that national health shit you got up there. N frame S&W, big medicine.

Looks nice. Big enough to scare, small enough to conceal...in the winter. Which is 2/3 the year I suppose up there.

I need a longer barrel..

Nice pistol but dang that's a steep price.

https://www.wolverinesupplies.com/Produ ... nut-Grips-

I bought my Model 29 a couple of years ago and it was expensive to me then.

You know you want it. Go get it.

millman wrote:You know you want it. Go get it.

haha.. I also want the winning Lotto ticket.

Guess my question is what do you guys in the USA consider a fair price for a S&W model 29?

I used to pine for a .44 mag. Then I shot one.

SA1911a1 wrote:I used to pine for a .44 mag. Then I shot one.

No worse than the 1847 Colt Walker with the full house load. S&W N frames aren't exactly for concealment, with all the bears you have just walking around on the loose up there the .44 mag is at the lower end of the scale for defensive purposes. .454 or .500 would probably be better if you must depend on a sidearm for dealing with 800 pounds of teeth, claws, and bad disposition moving faster than a locomotive.

Sonny wrote:

millman wrote:You know you want it. Go get it.

haha.. I also want the winning Lotto ticket.

Guess my question is what do you guys in the USA consider a fair price for a S&W model 29?

I just looked at two, $650 and one $750. Nice guns.

Longcolt44 wrote:There'rs a lot of silence going on here.

LMAO!!

It's not the length of the barrel, it's where you aim it, Sonny.

entropy wrote:It's not the length of the barrel, it's where you aim it, Sonny.

No, that is just what they will tell you.

Like JYD said, they have pills for that. Problem is, if you use those pills and your barrel stays long for more then 24 hours, you will have to take your gun into a "gunsmith" to take care of that....I guess.

dolk wrote:

entropy wrote:It's not the length of the barrel, it's where you aim it, Sonny.

No, that is just what they will tell you.

Like JYD said, they have pills for that. Problem is, if you use those pills and your barrel stays long for more then 24 hours, you will have to take your gun into a "gunsmith" to take care of that....I guess.

I don't know too many gunsmiths that'd touch that barrel, no matter what length.

Model 29 was the first handgun and revolver I ever shot- I wasn't ready for it, and the front sight almost hit me in the forehead. took me 3 rounds to hit my target. Beautiful guns.

Sonny wrote:I need a longer barrel..

Nice pistol but dang that's a steep price.

https://www.wolverinesupplies.com/Produ ... nut-Grips-

I would be happen if my Detective special just worked at all......

entropy wrote:

dolk wrote:

entropy wrote:It's not the length of the barrel, it's where you aim it, Sonny.

No, that is just what they will tell you.

Like JYD said, they have pills for that. Problem is, if you use those pills and your barrel stays long for more then 24 hours, you will have to take your gun into a "gunsmith" to take care of that....I guess.

I don't know too many gunsmiths that'd touch that barrel, no matter what length.

The best gunsmith I ever knew was a Canadian who served in the American Army during the Korean war. (His father, A Canadian officer during WWII, almost disowned him for that) He apprenticed under an old German gun maker. The man could do anything with a gun, mechanical or artistic. Compared to his skills, all the other smiths I have known were just parts changers. A few months after he died, I found out that he was gay and the "partner" he frequently spoke was not a business partner, as I assumed, but a life partner. I knew him for years and did not have a clue. The subject never came up in our conversations.....Not that it would have made any difference.

SA1911a1 wrote:I used to pine for a .44 mag. Then I shot one.

Agreed 100% Cool yes, but what a shooting experience. When I had the chance to shoot one years ago there was no hearing protection available. Huh, whad ya say ??????