29-3 Lew Horton 1 of 200 made in 1983.
29 No dash (1960). I've got a 29-1 that I can't find pics of... probably because a previous owner kept it in the glove compartment...
29-3 Lew Horton 1 of 200 made in 1983.
29 No dash (1960). I've got a 29-1 that I can't find pics of... probably because a previous owner kept it in the glove compartment...
Is your 29 a four-screw frame, or a later 3-screw? I've seen one, an 8 3/8-inch barreled version, that was a 5-screw like the old M1917s and M27's, and had a 3-digit serial number. It belonged- and still does- to one of the three real-world cops who was the model for the Harry Callahan character, a SF region DEA agent who was the only one of the three who really used a S&W M29. The real-life SF cop who was involved in the 1975 apprehension of Sara Jane Moore after she attempted to shoot President Gerald Ford in SF used a .357 Colt Python, also used in two other fairly famous/notorious SF gunfights in which its owner prevailed, and the personality of SFPD Inspector Dave Toschi of the SF Zodiac investigations.
That snub nose must kill your hand and wrist every time it’s fired.
The pic is my Model 24, it had a hammer spur and a worn blue finish when I bought it. Now the spur is gone, it's been hard chromed and sports meprolight night sites. Mmmmmm
