Patience; and carry cash.

C.R.Sam · November 16, 2002, 10:20 PM

I like to get holster worn but low mileage guns and will not pay book. Often don't get what I look at.

Today was followed home by a 6" Model 29-3 with the cyl latch upgrade done. TG, TT, TH, TS, RR, WO. Test fired only. Condition LNIB with papers, card and tool. 99 percenter to this jaundiced eye. $265 out the door. Timing spot on, Double and single action pulls nice. Needs a bit of smoothing out to feel like a K. Me happy.

Sam

LAH · November 16, 2002, 10:28 PM

And you should be happy. I bought a dash 3 about 10 years ago with a cheap nylon holster for 300.00. Thought it was the deal of the decade. I shot it 8 years and sold it for 325.00.

dsgrntldPW · November 16, 2002, 10:44 PM

Ok C. R., where prey tell do you find those kind of windfalls in this God-forsaken state? Every time I happen to see something that good they want an arm, a leg and my 1st born (which, now that she is in her teenage years, might not be such a bad idea!). Some people just have all the luck and fall into a bucket of rose petals. Me, I mostly fall into buckets of....well you know what I mean.

ATTICUS · November 16, 2002, 10:45 PM

Patience and cash....both are strangers to me unfortunatly. Sounds like you got a great deal C.R.Sam. Is it gonna be a shooter or collector?

C.R.Sam · November 16, 2002, 10:55 PM

Shooter. Bein a -3, I can't get excited bout tryin to keep it pristine.

One thing that helps on the prices is I didn't really need another 29. Acted, it was real, uninterested.

In my old age I am starting to appreciate the big bores with warm loads. Even us deaf and blind folk can tell if they went off or not.

And N frames have enough heft that when you carryin a couple of them, don't have to check by hand to see if you armed.

Sam

mdlowry · November 16, 2002, 11:05 PM

Quote:

TG, TT, TH, TS, RR, WO.

Ok, I know what most of these mean, but can someone help with the rest?

TG: Target Grips
TT: Target Trigger
TH: Target Hammer
TS: ?sights?
RR: ?
WO: ?

C.R.Sam · November 16, 2002, 11:19 PM

Red Ramp front sight
White Outline rear sight.

They just used the two letter initials on the box for all that bell n whistle stuff.

The cylinder stop upgrade was on a work order inside the box.

Sam

**Mike Irwin** · November 16, 2002, 11:44 PM

You old fart.

Now I have to out do you, and in this area it's tough...

vulcan · November 17, 2002, 01:52 AM

WOW C.R. Sam, Everytime I have the cash on hand, the patience part loses.... I bet you are a great fisherman

Blackhawk · November 17, 2002, 02:49 AM

Good for ya, Sam!

tex_n_cal · November 17, 2002, 03:50 AM

Good job!

Four years ago I moved to this little city, and one dealer had a clean 5 screw M17 Smith, for $400. Nice, but too high for my interest.

This summer I happened to notice that they still had it, and the price was down to $250. There were having a S&W promotion that day, complete with rep on site. They were running a 20% discount on all Smiths that day, so naturally I inquired, did that include used Smiths, too?

Much to the annoyance of the Smith rep, I grabbed up that 5 screw .22 for $200 plus fees

It shoots good, too.

Ala Dan · November 17, 2002, 08:13 AM

Congrat's there Sam; what an excellent find!

Best Wishes,
Ala Dan, N.R.A. Life Member

BigG · November 17, 2002, 08:57 AM

Nice gun! I bought one of the earlier 44 Magnums that became available to non police officers. Don't know what iteration it was, I was not into dash whatevers at the time but it was 6 1/2, nickel, with all the trimmings you mentioned in a nice wooden box. Shudda kept it but you know the way of all things...

sm · November 17, 2002, 09:00 AM

Way to go Sam! You rascal !

C.R.Sam · November 17, 2002, 10:27 AM

tex_n_cal won big time with that 5 screw 17 for $200.
Been lookin for nuther one of those cheap for years.

Sam...droolin

22lovr · November 18, 2002, 11:11 AM

There's nuthin' sadder than an un-shot revolver. Cancha hear it faintly callin' to you? "Shoot me, shoot me.....s-h-o-o-t me ! !"

Kinda like an old friend of mine wanted to put an automatic in his wife's Corvette and pull out the 4-speed so she could drive it easier. I felt like strangling him!

Sam, bully for you. Good things come to those who wait.

WIL TERRY · November 18, 2002, 12:57 PM

on an old non-descript S+W sixgun. It makes us old farts look bad, ya-know-what-i-mean??
The last one I bought I paid 140 bucks for and screamed bloody murder about it the whole time...'bout a year ago if memory serves...maybe longer....can't remember whatinell I had for breakfast this morning either....oh it wasn't a M29 though, it was a 1957 K22....so i guess I didn't get skinned as bad as I thought, huh..

Frenchy · November 18, 2002, 02:28 PM

Don'cha just love it when a deal comes together! Real nice pick-up Sam.

bpisler · November 18, 2002, 07:35 PM

That's a heck of a buy sam

,i did pretty well myself this weekend.I picked up a mountain gun in 45 colt thats in prestine condition for 389.00 out the door with the box,lock and all paperwork,the cylinder has NO play at all and the rest of the gun is spotless.

FPrice · November 18, 2002, 07:55 PM

Congrats on the good buy, Sam. You just cannot find that kind of low-priced firearm here in the People's Commonwealth any more. The last 6" M29 I saw was $500. However it was also pretty much hand-built for the guy who owned it. I considered it for a time but I really want a 4" version.

November 16, 2002, 10:20 PM	#1
C.R.Sam Senior Member Join Date: October 29, 1999 Location: Dewey, AZ Posts: 12,858	Patience; and carry cash. I like to get holster worn but low mileage guns and will not pay book. Often don't get what I look at. Today was followed home by a 6" Model 29-3 with the cyl latch upgrade done. TG, TT, TH, TS, RR, WO. Test fired only. Condition LNIB with papers, card and tool. 99 percenter to this jaundiced eye. $265 out the door. Timing spot on, Double and single action pulls nice. Needs a bit of smoothing out to feel like a K. Me happy. Sam

November 16, 2002, 10:44 PM	#3
dsgrntldPW Member Join Date: June 22, 2001 Location: Valley of the Scum, AZ Posts: 57	Ok C. R., where prey tell do you find those kind of windfalls in this God-forsaken state? Every time I happen to see something that good they want an arm, a leg and my 1st born (which, now that she is in her teenage years, might not be such a bad idea!). Some people just have all the luck and fall into a bucket of rose petals. Me, I mostly fall into buckets of....well you know what I mean. __________________ If the choice is between death and working for the Post Office, choose death...you'll feel better in the long run! Inbreeding- A southern tradition since 1794. Every time I try to thin the herd, I wind up buying more cows.

November 16, 2002, 10:45 PM	#4
ATTICUS Senior Member Join Date: June 7, 1999 Location: Central Ohio Posts: 2,100	Patience and cash....both are strangers to me unfortunatly. Sounds like you got a great deal C.R.Sam. Is it gonna be a shooter or collector? __________________ Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest. Mark Twain

November 16, 2002, 11:44 PM	#8
Mike Irwin Staff Join Date: April 13, 2000 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 41,380	You old fart. Now I have to out do you, and in this area it's tough... __________________ "The gift which I am sending you is called a dog, and is in fact the most precious and valuable possession of mankind" -Theodorus Gaza Baby Jesus cries when the fat redneck doesn't have military-grade firepower.

November 17, 2002, 03:50 AM	#11
tex_n_cal Senior Member Join Date: July 14, 2002 Location: North Carolina! Posts: 308	Good job! Four years ago I moved to this little city, and one dealer had a clean 5 screw M17 Smith, for $400. Nice, but too high for my interest. This summer I happened to notice that they still had it, and the price was down to $250. There were having a S&W promotion that day, complete with rep on site. They were running a 20% discount on all Smiths that day, so naturally I inquired, did that include used Smiths, too? Much to the annoyance of the Smith rep, I grabbed up that 5 screw .22 for $200 plus fees It shoots good, too. __________________ With top loads & hard cast bullets, a .357 mag, .41 mag, .44 special, .44 mag, .45 Colt, .454 Casull, .475 Linebaugh, .480 Ruger, .500 Linebaugh Maximum, and .500 S&W will all shoot through Bison. To select the gun, determine how big a hole you want to put in the Bison, and how much recoil you can stand

November 16, 2002, 10:28 PM	#2
LAH Senior Member Join Date: March 22, 2002 Location: In The Hardwoods Posts: 1,188	And you should be happy. I bought a dash 3 about 10 years ago with a cheap nylon holster for 300.00. Thought it was the deal of the decade. I shot it 8 years and sold it for 325.00.

November 16, 2002, 10:55 PM	#5
C.R.Sam Senior Member Join Date: October 29, 1999 Location: Dewey, AZ Posts: 12,858	Shooter. Bein a -3, I can't get excited bout tryin to keep it pristine. One thing that helps on the prices is I didn't really need another 29. Acted, it was real, uninterested. In my old age I am starting to appreciate the big bores with warm loads. Even us deaf and blind folk can tell if they went off or not. And N frames have enough heft that when you carryin a couple of them, don't have to check by hand to see if you armed. Sam

November 16, 2002, 11:19 PM	#7
C.R.Sam Senior Member Join Date: October 29, 1999 Location: Dewey, AZ Posts: 12,858	Red Ramp front sight White Outline rear sight. They just used the two letter initials on the box for all that bell n whistle stuff. The cylinder stop upgrade was on a work order inside the box. Sam

November 17, 2002, 01:52 AM	#9
vulcan Senior Member Join Date: September 22, 2002 Posts: 265	WOW C.R. Sam, Everytime I have the cash on hand, the patience part loses.... I bet you are a great fisherman

November 17, 2002, 02:49 AM	#10
Blackhawk Senior Member Join Date: November 4, 2001 Posts: 5,040	Good for ya, Sam!

November 17, 2002, 08:13 AM	#12
Ala Dan Member in memoriam Join Date: August 13, 1999 Location: In The HOT, Humid, and Mu Posts: 6,116	Congrat's there Sam; what an excellent find! Best Wishes, Ala Dan, N.R.A. Life Member

November 17, 2002, 08:57 AM	#13
BigG Senior Member Join Date: May 19, 1999 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 4,334	Nice gun! I bought one of the earlier 44 Magnums that became available to non police officers. Don't know what iteration it was, I was not into dash whatevers at the time but it was 6 1/2, nickel, with all the trimmings you mentioned in a nice wooden box. Shudda kept it but you know the way of all things... __________________ o "The Earth is degenerating today. Bribery and corruption abound. Children no longer obey their parents, every man wants to write a book, and it is evident that the end of the world is fast approaching." Assyrian tablet, c. 2800 BC o "In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man brave, hated, and scorned. When his cause succeeds, however, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot." Mark Twain o "They have gun control in Cuba. They have universal health care in Cuba. So why do they want to come here?" Paul Harvey o TODAY WE CARVE OUT OUR OWN OMENS! Leonidas, Thermopylae, 480 BC

November 17, 2002, 09:00 AM	#14
sm Senior Member Join Date: February 5, 2002 Posts: 1,819	Senior Sage Way to go Sam! You rascal ! __________________ Use Enough Gun TFL Alumni

November 17, 2002, 10:27 AM	#15
C.R.Sam Senior Member Join Date: October 29, 1999 Location: Dewey, AZ Posts: 12,858	tex_n_cal won big time with that 5 screw 17 for $200. Been lookin for nuther one of those cheap for years. Sam...droolin

November 18, 2002, 11:11 AM	#16
22lovr Senior Member Join Date: January 4, 2002 Location: The "burbs," just southwest Atlanta Posts: 757	I'm glad you'll shoot it..... There's nuthin' sadder than an un-shot revolver. Cancha hear it faintly callin' to you? "Shoot me, shoot me.....s-h-o-o-t me ! !" Kinda like an old friend of mine wanted to put an automatic in his wife's Corvette and pull out the 4-speed so she could drive it easier. I felt like strangling him! Sam, bully for you. Good things come to those who wait. __________________ Jeff the 22luvr ><> "You can't know the future but you can know the one who does...." I'm the "Will Rogers" of guns; I've never met one I didn't like.

November 18, 2002, 12:57 PM	#17
WIL TERRY Senior Member Join Date: July 6, 2000 Location: BLACK HILLS Posts: 1,322	DANG SAM, I HATE TO SEE YOU GET SKINNED LIKE THAT on an old non-descript S+W sixgun. It makes us old farts look bad, ya-know-what-i-mean?? The last one I bought I paid 140 bucks for and screamed bloody murder about it the whole time...'bout a year ago if memory serves...maybe longer....can't remember whatinell I had for breakfast this morning either....oh it wasn't a M29 though, it was a 1957 K22....so i guess I didn't get skinned as bad as I thought, huh..

November 18, 2002, 02:28 PM	#18
Frenchy Senior Member Join Date: February 15, 2000 Location: Mid-Missouri Posts: 719	Don'cha just love it when a deal comes together! Real nice pick-up Sam. __________________ ...Steve Charter member/Plank owner of XD Talk. Com

November 18, 2002, 07:35 PM	#19
bpisler Senior Member Join Date: June 18, 2001 Location: phoenix az Posts: 375	That's a heck of a buy sam,i did pretty well myself this weekend.I picked up a mountain gun in 45 colt thats in prestine condition for 389.00 out the door with the box,lock and all paperwork,the cylinder has NO play at all and the rest of the gun is spotless. __________________ 'Fear the goverment that fears your guns'

November 18, 2002, 07:55 PM	#20
FPrice Senior Member Join Date: April 25, 2000 Location: People's Commonwealth of Massachusetts Posts: 1,456	Congrats on the good buy, Sam. You just cannot find that kind of low-priced firearm here in the People's Commonwealth any more. The last 6" M29 I saw was $500. However it was also pretty much hand-built for the guy who owned it. I considered it for a time but I really want a 4" version. __________________ Frosty Price "No matter where you go, there you are." Buckaroo Banzai