So pretty!

March 21, 2022, 01:50 PM

Nipper

Sigh! Takes me back to the days of my misspent youth. In the early days of the Seventies everybody wanted a M29 .44 Mag Dirty Harry gun. Me too. However none were to be had by mere mortals such as myself. Consequently, I ended up with a S&W M57 6" .41 Mag. Beautiful.

Dead nuts accurate. Knew a lot of farmers who gave me permission to shoot woodchucks on their property. Consistent hits at 50-yards using factory 210 JSP. That was quite a while back, when I was young, handsome and had a full head of hair.

Life was beautiful.

Thanks for showing it off.

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March 21, 2022, 01:57 PM

HRK

I have a model 29, yes, the purchase was inspired by the Dirty Harry series movies, used, blued, that is a fantastic looking pistol.

March 21, 2022, 03:55 PM

sigfreund

Some people wonder why those of us who had such revolvers still consider almost everything else to be ugly (namin’ no names, mind you

March 21, 2022, 04:00 PM

.38supersig

Sweet!

March 21, 2022, 04:54 PM

colt_saa

Very nice

That is a beautiful set of aftermarket grips on it

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March 21, 2022, 06:13 PM

GT-40DOC

I still have my Mod. 29 blue with a 4" bbl. I purchased it in the early '70s in the original wooden box. The finish on these guns is just awesome!!

The OP has to be very proud and happy.

March 21, 2022, 06:50 PM

got2hav1

Beautiful!

March 22, 2022, 09:23 AM

Nipper

quote:
Originally posted by GT-40DOC:
I still have my Mod. 29 blue with a 4" bbl. I purchased it in the early '70s in the original wooden box. The finish on these guns is just awesome!!...

Yeah. Back then the top of the line Smith's and Pythons had incredible blue jobs. As the saying went: "So deep you could fall into it."

I still wax nostalgic for high polish blue. Sure, not as durable as modern finishes or SS. Sure, more expensive. Sure, showed holster wear (In my vocabulary - "patina"). While the firearms industry has made many worthwhile notable advances, beauty has not been one of them.

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March 22, 2022, 09:47 AM

squad13

Hot Damn!! She's a real beauty!

March 22, 2022, 01:49 PM

randyman

Thank you for sharing! Absolutely gorgeous! It would make Clint Eastwood drool!

March 22, 2022, 01:55 PM

Pizza Bob

Assume those are KB's. Did it come with them or did you purchase and install?

Happiness is a big-bore N-frame.

Adios,

Pizza Bob

March 22, 2022, 03:25 PM

BlackAgnes

Pizza Bob-

I have a small stash of them. All my S&W revolvers have Keith Brown's Ropers on them.
These on my Model 27-2:

And on a Bowen .45 Colt Conversion of a Model 28-2:

Tim

March 22, 2022, 03:34 PM

Rey HRH

I guess you're feeling lucky? Do you, punk?!

Great looking piece.

"It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946.