Thanks. If I were to buy one again today, I’d probably buy a 5” 629 for the easier maintenance of stainless steel. But I prefer the look of that really dark bluing, and I think that 5” is about the perfect barrel length for a general purpose .44 mag—long enough to develop velocity, but short enough to still be "handy".
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- Sat May 09, 2020 11:44 am
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Re: Lock VS Pre-lock S&W’s
- Sat May 09, 2020 8:08 am
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Re: Lock VS Pre-lock S&W’s
The only picture of my 5” Model 29 Classic:
- Fri May 08, 2020 6:25 pm
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Re: Lock VS Pre-lock S&W’s
I have 1 no-lock Model 29, and 4 other S&W revolvers in .357 and .38 Special that have locks. The 29 and one of the .357s are N-frames. All the others are J-frames. The two N-frames are the on,y ones with external hammers that can be cocked and fired single action.....so it’s not really a fair comparison to compare the triggers of the 2 larger guns to the smaller DA-only smaller guns.
It is however fair to compare the trigger on the no-lock 5” Model 29, to that of the Performance Center 5” TRR8 with a lock. Honestly, there’s not a significant amount of difference. The 29’s single action pull is a tiny bit better than the TRR8's, but the gun is 25 years old, has probably had a lot more rounds through it over the years, and is well broken in. I’m the original owner of the 29, and I think the second or third owner of the TRR8. Double action pull on both guns feels about the same to me, although I’ve never measured the pull weight on either. Both are stupid accurate.
Frankly, I don’t worry about the lock mechanism. I’ve never experienced a reliability problem with any of my guns with locks, and near as I can tell, it makes no difference to the trigger feel. I suppose that it’s theoretically possible for the lock to cause a malfunction, but there seems to be a dearth of reported real-world cases in which a failure of the lock mechanism caused a stoppage in a gunfight.
It is however fair to compare the trigger on the no-lock 5” Model 29, to that of the Performance Center 5” TRR8 with a lock. Honestly, there’s not a significant amount of difference. The 29’s single action pull is a tiny bit better than the TRR8's, but the gun is 25 years old, has probably had a lot more rounds through it over the years, and is well broken in. I’m the original owner of the 29, and I think the second or third owner of the TRR8. Double action pull on both guns feels about the same to me, although I’ve never measured the pull weight on either. Both are stupid accurate.
Frankly, I don’t worry about the lock mechanism. I’ve never experienced a reliability problem with any of my guns with locks, and near as I can tell, it makes no difference to the trigger feel. I suppose that it’s theoretically possible for the lock to cause a malfunction, but there seems to be a dearth of reported real-world cases in which a failure of the lock mechanism caused a stoppage in a gunfight.