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Smith Can Still Deliver a Nice N-frame

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It seems like everything revolver-related from S&W these days is stainless and huge. Further, they always seem to forget they have all these great old designs in the vault that would totally go bonkers on a re-release. For instance, if they were to reboot the Registered Magnum— and do it right– or take the original small frame Boyko Chief’s Special (which I recently got to handle) and deliver a short run of similar snubbies, I think they would sell every single one on allocation.

Speaking of special runs, they just released this batch of 250 specially engraved N-Frame .357 to salute the 200th Anniversary of the Texas Rangers.

I have to say, they are beautiful, with Goncalo Alves grips, a deep-blued steel frame, and a fluted cylinder, although a bit garish when it comes to the inlays but hey, it does fit the aesthetic of a Texas BBQ Gun– which may be what they were trying to go for. 

The bad news is, it is $3K.

Still, knowing the following that the Rangers and anything Texas has, these will not be gathering dust on the shelves.

Lawman Hogleg

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I came across this bad boy in our warehouse at Guns.com.

An early 4-inch Smith & Wesson Model 629 (no dash) .44 Mag from around 1981-82, back when the company billed the gun as the “Stainless Magnum” because such a thing was rare.

Recessed and pinned, red target insert, target hammer, serrated trigger, custom grips. Nice

The 629, introduced in 1979, was the stainless version of Elmer Keith’s Model 29, which was first introduced back in the 1950s.

This bad boy.

One of the coolest things about this particular 629 I came across is that it is named to what is likely a Texas lawman who picked up his commission 46 years ago.

That’s something you don’t see every day.

If anyone knows of a “B.F. Parrish” who wore a badge in Texas in the 1970s, drop me a line.