The new model 36 with half moon front sight is cool. I’m not even a boomer and I’ll scour the earth for a vintage version. Scour is a bit harsh. If it’s at a gun show or one of my local shops that has good used selection I’ll strongly consider if at a good price. I have a 1/2 dozen j frame so don’t carry or shoot now so I don’t need one that badly.
There’s another thread now about a car that might sell for $25 million(!!!). How will that vehicle transport someone to and from the grocery store any better than something costing 1/1000 as much? If someone buys one of these guns, it won’t be because he is seeking the least expensive option that goes Bang! when he pulls the trigger, and that’s true of probably 99% of all gun purchases. Not everything is purchased for their practical utility. If Colt can reintroduce the Python for no “practical” reason, it’s good to see S&W do something similar, and I’ll wish them success.
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“ Enlightenment is man’s emergence from his self-imposed nonage. Nonage is the inability to use one’s own understanding without another’s guidance. This nonage is self-imposed if its cause lies not in lack of understanding but in indecision and lack of courage to use one’s own mind without another’s guidance.” — Immanuel Kant
Posts: 48043 | Location: 10,150 Feet Above Sea Level in Colorado | Registered: April 04, 2002
..and just when I was thinking of one of the 19s, S&W sends me another email about new products. Two new Mountain Gun configurations. And a large frame .357 with a long skinny barrel dubbed the Model 20. I feel the 629 tugging on my wallet...
As mentioned, the Mountain Gun is back! Lipsey's put the deal together. I've got a 629-5 Mountain Gun that I still cary often as a woods gun. I've had a 686-4 7 shot and a Mountain Gun barrel that I have meant to have a gunsmith put together for years. May have to rethink that...
Originally posted by iron chef: [FLASH_VIDEO]<iframe frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6nSKkwzwdW4?si=AiGjycAe9LRMWrOg" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe>[/FLASH_VIDEO]
Posts: 2118 | Location: TX | Registered: October 28, 2010
Originally posted by Flashlightboy: I'm not a fan, at least when compared to older revolvers.
The older ones have a more scalloped side next to the hammer where the newer ones, these models too, have a shallow scallop.
I have enough S&W revolvers to know what looks good to the eye.
The shallow scallop is needed to accommodate the lock mechanism. These don’t have that but it wouldn’t be practical to make a different frame. And yes, the older ones look better. I have one of the original 1989 Mountain Revolvers.
Oh man. I've been jonesing for a 4" steel .44 to serve as a trainer for my 329, because that thing hurts to shoot. I'd been considering a 4" 69, but that 629 Mountain Gun has my attention!
Posts: 9683 | Location: In the Cornfields | Registered: May 25, 2006
I’ve wanted a 686 mountain gun for 20 years. Never found one for sale. 7 shot and gold bead sight and nice grips is icing. Only thing better is if it was a square butt. But I’ll buy one of these for sure.
Originally posted by Riley: A 625 Mountain Gun in .45 Colt would end up in my hands, if they make one…
In the Lipsey's video he mentions that these two are the first to be released. 45 Colt would be cool as would a 41. No doubt 10MM will make an appearance too.
I've wanted a Mountain Gun for years, and never was able to make it happen. That 686 is really calling me, but I like the 629 too. I'll probably get whichever one I can get ordered.
