In praise of Smith & Wesson...

[Aiala]

Last spring I bought this beautiful (used) S&W Model 29-3 .44 Magnum:



After firing enough rounds to fall totally in love with it, I sent the gun back to S&W for a fresh finish and a trigger job. Well, after five weeks they wrote back and told me that –horror of horrors! – the frame was cracked!! And, bottom line, they couldn’t repair it back to a safe condition.

Damn! I thought I was scrued to the tune of 900 clams... until they told me that since their products come with a lifetime guarantee, they would send me a brand-new revolver absolutely free... not even any shipping charge!

Well, you could’ve knocked me over with a feather... In this day and age, when it sometimes seems as if everything is cheap and designed to fall apart in a year or so, to think that a firearms company would stand out like this... simply incredible. And, true to their word, they delivered me this beauty, a stainless 629 Classic Deluxe:



Sweeeeet!! I haven’t had a chance to shoot it yet because my indoor range has swamp coolers instead of AC and it’s still too bloody hot, but not for much longer... I can’t wait to try it out!

My hat’s off to S&W... they are a flat-out brilliant American company, and I will remain an admiring and loyal customer for however long I last.

~Aiala~

[Dano3467]

That sir is Beautiful !

That said, the range I go to (but not all summer long) has A/C & still stupid hot in there.

I no longer go, if I'm gonna sweat, then the free use of outdoors is fine w/me, as I'll not pay for that !

Congrats on a nice firearm !

[firefly416]

That's lovely! I have been hearing such things about S&W as well as Ruger. Good these companies are making things right for their customers, it really means a lot.

How did you work out receiving the new revolver? Because it is quite a different revolver, not even just a different serial number of the same model, did you have to work it out through a local FFL?

[rcslotcar]

Wow, nice upgrade!

[Aiala]

Originally Posted by firefly416

How did you work out receiving the new revolver? Because it is quite a different revolver, not even just a different serial number of the same model, did you have to work it out through a local FFL?

Exactly right... S&W shipped the new revolver to my FFL, then I had to DROS it and wait ten days to pick it up.

More than worth it, though!

Aiala

[jeffyhog]

Originally Posted by rcslotcar

Wow, nice upgrade!

Not really, but you must give them credit- they did the best they could and did right by the customer.

[jarhead714]

That was cool of them but... it's not as nice as what you had..

[jarhead714]

Originally Posted by rcslotcar

Wow, nice upgrade!

No that's a down grade. Still nice though.

[Gundiver]

Um yeah where's the old one? Broken or not.

[Aiala]

Originally Posted by Gundiver

Um yeah where's the old one? Broken or not.

I guess you'd have to ask S&W.

And yes, I'll still be on the lookout for a bright-nickeled classic like the one I lost... after all, a lady can never have too many 29's!

~A~

[garagemonkey]

Nice to hear. I had to ship my Performance Center 327PD back to S&W about 5 years ago to address a light strike timing issue. They took it back no fuss, no drama, fixed it, and shipped it back to me with the original grips and threw in a set of the new-style Performance Center walnut grips as well.

[Canucky]

Originally Posted by Aiala

I guess you'd have to ask S&W.

And yes, I'll still be on the lookout for a bright-nickeled classic like the one I lost... after all, a lady can never have too many 29's!

~A~

Did they tell you where the crack was on the revolver?

[Aiala]

Originally Posted by Canucky

Did they tell you where the crack was on the revolver?

No, they just said the frame was cracked, but didn't say where.

~A~

[jarhead714]

Do you think it was cracked when you got it?

[Aiala]

Originally Posted by jarhead714

Do you think it was cracked when you got it?

There's no way for me to be absolute certain, but I imagine it was already cracked. I put very few rounds through it after the purchase... probably fewer than two dozen, and more of those were .44 specials than magnums.

~A~

[jarhead714]

I hope you get another 29 eventually. That one you had was nothing less than stunning.

[Aiala]

Originally Posted by jarhead714

I hope you get another 29 eventually. That one you had was nothing less than stunning.

Thanks, Jarhead. I'm keeping a sharp eye out, believe me!

~A~

[Aiala]

Well, I finally got to test-drive the replacement 629 S&W sent me, and...

ZOWIE!!

Even just getting warmed up, I did reasonably well (for me, anyway!)



44 mag 240-grain RNFP at 20 feet... boy, what a sweet gun! And those Pachmayr American Heritage grips are the cat's meow. Let me tell you, I was one happy ol' gal... you betcha! Can't wait to go again.

~A~

[Red-Osier]

Originally Posted by Aiala

Well, I finally got to test-drive the replacement 629 S&W sent me, and...

ZOWIE!!

Even just getting warmed up, I did reasonably well (for me, anyway!)



44 mag 240-grain RNFP at 20 feet... boy, what a sweet gun! And those Pachmayr American Heritage grips are the cat's meow. Let me tell you, I was one happy ol' gal... you betcha! Can't wait to go again.

~A~

Very nice Aiala, 240 grain 44 mag is just plain fun

[movie zombie]

nice shooter and shooting, Alala!

[Considerizer]

Right on