I check some different sites regularly to see if there are any guns for sale. I'd been sitting in my recliner in front of the tv all evening trying to keep from falling asleep before bedtime and when I felt more awake I looked over the local craigslist. I find that non-gun folks here tend to put their guns for sale on craigslist. Sometimes the ads get flagged, but they're usually left alone.

I saw an ad that was about an hour old with pics, for a 6 1/2" S&W 29-2, a regular Dirty Harry gun. The asking price was a very reasonable $500.00 o.b.o. The pictures showed some holster wear on the end and side of the barrel and some more on the cylinder, but it still looked pretty good. I could see that the gun had the factory targets too, so I immediately sent the seller an email with an offer of $450.00. I would have gone to $475.00 but he answered back after a while with "Deal", so I was able to buy a nice shooter.

This 44 has been a using gun but I think it will clean up nicely. It has a nice tight barrel/cylinder gap and the cylinder locks up without too much extra side to side or end to end play. The action feels smooth and nice. It was made in about 1975, according to the serial number. The seller also included his last 21 factory rounds with the deal. I'm pretty happy with it. Good buys are still out there!