August 20, 2001, 08:58 PM | #1 |
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629-5 vs. 629-6...???
John Taffin's site has a good explanation of the changes in the 29/629, but doesn't discuss the changes from the 629-5 to 629-6...does anyone here know what changes were made?
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May 15, 2005, 05:44 PM | #2 |
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Kinda curious myself...
Come on, don't be shy--you've had 4 years to think about it!
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May 15, 2005, 08:16 PM | #3 |
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Well, rats!
I read this one and whupped out my trusty Standard Catalog of Smith & Wesson Second Edition. Uh-oh. Nothing there on the dash six. Book published in 2001. Sorry 'bout that.
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May 15, 2005, 10:04 PM | #4 |
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Here's what prompted this bit of thread-reanimation on my part.
I was recently offered a decent deal on a 629-6 by a coworker and couldn't resist. I now own a 5"bbl 629-6 marked "629 Classic" on the left side of the barrel with S&W marked Hogue rubber grips. I was going to take the cylinder/crane off to clean the revolver and found to my surprise that the screw that used to perform that function doesn't exist anymore! I don't know for sure that this happened between the -5 and the -6, I'm not a 629 expert, I've only owned a couple and the most recent model (before this one) was a -2. The manual conveniently doesn't even have an exploded diagram or a parts list and has absolutely no information on disassembly.
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