S&w 329pd

[rgv]

Head on over to the S&W Forums (smith-wessonforum.com)

It sounds like S&W took a page out of the Dan Wesson book but the barrels are not end user swappable.

A similar set-up is used in the 500's too.

It's a great system, cheaper to manufacture and more accurate. However, the trade off is no real end user mod's are realistic.

As for a simple steel liner and aluminum shroud, it's a fully tensioned system. S&W have had failures with the threading at the barrel also with the 3XX series too. Not something a person wants to muck with.

thanks for that info. A year back i was in the Big Delta, and damn near the whole crew had one. I shot one quite a bit, and played with it, but didn;t really look at the barrel construction.

Well, when buds gets some XL's in at the $800 mark I think I'll buy one anyways. I've carried a 6" N-frame before, maybe I'll like it due to the low weight/long sight radius/lower blast

 

[tjhaile]

I asked S&W about this a couple years ago. Shortenig the system is very difficult they told me...they said MAYBE Cylinder and Slide could do it.....but no warranty or support after. My respone from C&S was.....no.

S&W said they would do a 4.2 inch run if I ordered 200 of them...so whos in for a group buy???

I don't think I'd be interested in a 329, but I would definitely be interested in one of the steel framed Mountain Guns in either .44 Magnum or .45 Colt. A 4.2" Model 24 in .44 Special would also be another option I would be willing to consider.