Needs help for FIRST purchase plz...

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Ricard350

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Hi folks,

I need your help for my first purchase,

First of all let's say that i'm a Muscle Car enthusiast so in term of firearms naturaly my taste is large frame revolver! :)

Was looking for a Colt Python or Anaconda Stainless (fell in love for the heavy nice looks of them since I saw them in the video game Resident Evil back in 1996)
but they are sooooooooooo hard to find and soooooooooooo $$$$$

So I went to my local firearms supplier ( my friend works there) and he showed me a nice .44mag revolver that the owner got from a former police officer weeks ago....

I dont know much about revolver except what I read on forums and wikipedia

When I saw it I immediatly said to myself "Looks like the Dirty Harry gun" and BOOM! S&W Model 29-2 S/N N820036 with "Recessed" (it has what appears to me as a seating place for the cartidge rim for it to became completly flush when inserted)

I heard those were eleminated in order to save mass production cost. Also heard having this is a desirable factor....
I havent mesured the barrel but I can tell its either a 6 or 6 1/2 inch. Wikipedia says 61/2 version were changed to 6 in 1979 and according to S/N it should be a 1981 or 1982 since the recessed barrel last year was supposedly 1982.

The revolver looks like to be in pristine condition its very clean with no apparent scratch on the finish except a small worn mark on the finish of the wood at the bottom of the handle.

Since its registered to the owner and not the store I can have it tax free. I could get it at 750$ i could pay 300$ now and have it layawayed up to end of janurary for the rest of the amount.

Is it a good deal?
What should I check for usage?
Should I go back tonight and take pictures for u guys?

By the looks it seems really nice! The owner which i spoke directly says he garanties that it shoots flawlessly and to return it anytime if it is not!

Need your inputs plz I would have been alright if it would be a car lol..... im a total ignorant when it comes to a used firearms appraisal

thanks

David
 
Ok well, no reply in 24 hours, ill go on a S&W forums then.
Seeing some post getting replys in less than 15 min must mean either im new at forums and have no patience or the majority of ppl arent into revolver anymore.

Anyway Merry Christmas to everyone!

David
 
Yo peep dis nephew. Revolvers aiigt but dey aint nuthin compare to da semi. Da glock strait up murders da revover. In da hood no one rolls wit da revolver cuz u only get like 6 shots. Real talk. Represent shaolin peace
 
Ricard350 said:
So I went to my local firearms supplier ( my friend works there) and he showed me a nice .44mag revolver that the owner got from a former police officer weeks ago....
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Your friend works there, yet you have to come to the internet for help? Some friend...
 
I have a S&W 629 stainless, I would wait until having the money to buy brand new, but that's me. for $1000 for a brand new one, it's only $250 more than what you are looking.....

Patience my friend, let the force be with you....

well, let get serious....., firts purchase....., what do you intend to do with it ? go to the shooting range and shoot 600-1000 rounds ? ..... if so, I would recommend you something with cheaper ammo. do the maths for the amount of ammo you want to shoot at the range..., if you intend to shoot only 50-100 rounds at the shooting range, that 's ok to go for a .44 magnum for a first purchase, however it will cost you at least $100-125 each time .....

if you want to go for 600-1000 rounds at the shooting range with a reasonnable budget, go for a 9mm ....(600 rounds for $125-150)
 
tazik said:
I have a S&W 629 stainless, I would wait until having the money to buy brand new, but that's me. for $1000 for a brand new one, it's only $250 more than what you are looking.....
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I'd rather have a mint condition lightly used one for $750 myself. Since it's got the recessed chambers that means it likely also has the pinned barrel. These two features put it well ahead in the running over a new gun for $1000 in my books. But as the old saying goes "YMMV".

Ricard, if you're starting out with your first handgun being a .44Mag I strongly suggest that we can expect you to develop a really healthy flinch that will be tough to beat. There is two ways around this.

First is to buy a companion .22 handgun of some form and learn the basics and keep returning to it whenever you find that your shooting is getting "flinchy" and the shot groups are opening up.

The second option is to jump into reloading right away for this gun. By doing so you can load up "mouse fart" loads to practice with and learn to shoot well without a flinch. This certainly doesn't mean you can't or shouldn't enjoy some full power rounds along the way. Just don't expect to learn to shoot really well with that sort of "baseball bat full swing to the muzzle" sort of recoil that the full power ammo has. Build up to it and learn to shoot tightly accurate groups over time and in steps.

On top of that you can reload .44Mag for around 23 cents a round vs paying up near a buck a bang for factory ammo. So that alone says that reloading right away only makes perfect sense. On the other hand a round of .22LR ammo is just over a nickel. If you do the math you'll see that you can quickly pay for the cost of a .22 handgun compared to even reloading.
 
BCRider said:
Ricard, if you're starting out with your first handgun being a .44Mag I strongly suggest that we can expect you to develop a really healthy flinch that will be tough to beat. There is two ways around this.

First is to buy a companion .22 handgun of some form and learn the basics and keep returning to it whenever you find that your shooting is getting "flinchy" and the shot groups are opening up.
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Thanks for the advice,

My father has a Ruger Super Single Six .22lr and I've used it plenty of times against soda cans and doing group shots :) Also had a couple of rifle, first purshase meant it was my first Handgun purchase for myself and I just wanted to know if it was a ripoff....

I'm not really consern about flinch since I'm military and went to the range too many time to count... its not high caliber but I know the basics of the shooting mechanics.

50-100 rounds is the max ill go for per session...
I also plan on getting a .22 and a .357 and use it mainly for .38special.

Ill plan on getting into reloading :)
 
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