From the Vault: Hank Williams Jr's S&W Model 629 Prototype
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ส.ค. 2024
- Even if we tried, we couldn't keep Brownells Gun Techs™ - and resident firearm historians - Keith and Steve away from Rock Island Auction Company, where they found a piece of Smith & Wesson history AND country music history rolled into one wheelgun. It's a prototype Smith & Wesson Model 629 .44 Magnum revolver, one of only 150 made, that was presented to Hank Williams Jr. by the company on his 40th birthday. The Model 629 is basically a stainless steel version of the Model 29, developed as a competitive response to a big-bore stainless steel double action revolver Ruger® had in the works, the Redhawk®. The barrel is pinned, the chambers are recessed so the rears of the cartridges sit flush with the rear face of the cylinder, it has target sights (red insert up front), and beautifully figured wraparound grips.... About as nice a Model 629 as you can get! There's a backstory involving the .44 Magnum, Hank Williams Jr, and his song "I've Got Rights" - sit back while Uncle Keith tells it. "I went down to the Mary Carter Paint Store. / Give me one of them Smith & Wesson Magnum 44s."
We'll save you the time searching for the song. Here's the link: • I've Got Rights
My parents bought me a pair of boots from the Mary carter paint store when I was a child. Lived in Cullman county, Hanceville to be exact for about two years. The best time of my life as a child. Fishing in the pond, shooting in the apple orchard, riding Honda three wheelers through cow pastures. Awesome place.
That's a lie. It's Cullman Alabama pal. Hank used to live here by us. U must be a Joe Biden loving gun banning clown
It doesn't get much better than hank Jr and an amazing s&w 629
When I turned 21 the 629 was first on my list, 64 now and its been just a great gun for me. Accurate, powerful, fun to shoot, easy to care for and looks bad ass. Would be on my short list for guns I would never part with.
To quote his son's song, "Sixpack of Beer":
"...and my best friend is my Magnum Fourty-Four!"
"He always wore his Sunday Feathers and held THIS OLD REDHAWK..." 'Kawliga', Hank Williams Jr., Garrett Coliseum, Montgomery, Alabama, 1987
Such a cool story! Thanks for sharing.
Great Video. I have a 629 no dash with 8 3/8 inch Barrel. Greetings
Steve and Keith are having ice cold beers tonight at happy hour...singing "All My Rowdy Friends"...
I always loved that song. Bocephus is the best
Hank has always been a die-hard Ruger man such as myself I love Ruger but I do own a few Smith & Wesson's myself including a Glock. Because we all know the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. Let's go Brandon fjb
Great story. Thank you again
One of few revolvers that I would consider buying.
The 629 is one I would love to own. Nice one right there!
Great show Hank Jr. and Guns that’s all AMERICAN 🇺🇸…. Nice firearm, that’s a hard one to separate with
I purchased an early variant of the 629 in 6". About 3 years later I sold that 629 to a friend. I just had obtained another N frame I liked better. It's a S&W model 29-2 8 3/8"in factory nickel. 99% condition and way cooler than a stainless 629 in my opinion. That beautiful nickle finish had a gold hue in certain angles.
I live close to Cullman in Muscle Shoals/Tuscumbia Alabama area. Its a big music and recording area he used to hang out around here. Appreciate the video and tid bit guys and appreciate Brownell's. 👍🇺🇸🐍💪
Nobody could keep Smith and Wesson 44 magnums in stock, in those days....I got mine by luck, it seems the manager of the firearms department at my local Montgomery Wards was off the day it came in and was put on the shelves. When I went to pick it up (thanks to my states mandatory wait period) he was there and asked how I got it and intimated that I couldn't have it...seems he was buying every one that came in and selling them on the side for a huge markup. In those times unless you bought from a big box retailer who sold goods for msrp, you couldn't touch a 44 Smith for less than 2x retail. I still have the gun and it's wood presentation case.
Beauty!
Cause there's a man that the Law let loose and justice was not done
Beautiful wheel gun!
Good Lord, absolutely beautiful 🤘
Hehe... a S&W with a Ruger eagle on it. Yup that's one of a kind.
Haha I kinda thought so too. I figured the guy with the Ruger firebird as a logo woulda had a Ruger revolver instead of a S&W. Still tho cant go wrong with either choice for a revolver.
That's not a Ruger Eagle. That's Hank Jr.s logo.
@@mikebaker2 Just curious... where did Hank get his logo?
A country boy can survive
And a Country Boy can survive.
Hank jr is the shit
I wonder why Bocephus parted with that pistol.
Recently Ive been seeing a lot of Hanks guns for sale on auction sites and what not, it seems like hes thinning the herd a bit.
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Man I wish I could find one. I don't have a ton of money but I would do whatever I could do get one to pass on down to my son.
who says he parted with it'? probly just loaned it for the show
Awesome.
Bocephus has good taste.
Awesome
I been in the Mary Carter paint store in Cullman. I live about 30 min away.
I had one at that time. Mine was 8 3/8.
Guess one of his son's is in trouble with money. That's the origin of the album three Hanks. To help Shelton with child support
Bocephus!
My super red hawk was ok but I prefer the smooth action of a Sw . A 29 is on the bucket list.
I got outbid hard on all those guns.
I have quite a few 44 magnum S&W 29- 629 but none are pinned and recessed plus Ruger Redhawk and Blackhawks
Sorry I don't understand, what does pinned and recessed mean.?
...plus Ruger Redhawk and Blackhawks.?
This is the best one ever. Yee yee.
Cant believe hed let that gun go.
they never said he let it go
@@tncountryboy06 well true story but assumed he did by it not bein in his collection but maybe hes still the owner it could be on loan.
Is that a 5 inch semi-lug barrel on that Hank Williams Jr. Prototype 629 Smith and Wesson 44 magnum revolver?
I’d be a lot more impressed if you had something that was HANK WILLIAMS
JR is keeping those.
How did Brownells get ahold of this gun? Or is it still owned by Hank
Maybe I'm biased, but I would be much more impressed with a gun company that gave the occasional gun to your average person instead of a celebrity. Obviously if the story is true, in this case it did boost sales. But I personally would be more inclined to purchase a quality gun from a company that seems to value their actual customer base as much as they do their celebrity parrots.
MrFixit Ga69
~I 100% agree with you, I thought about that many, many times before. I am older and not at all impressed with celebrity worship either, fake as four dollar bill, false God idol worship (idolatry) is for brainwashed indoctrinated people. Somehow a superior human being is humorously laughable. I do enjoy and respect people's talent, art, & crafts but not the worship part which stinks. At least a musician singer has something to immediately entertain about but the absolute worst are royalty, pro sports athletes, also actor & actresses who memorized lines that someone else wrote. I would not walk across the street to visit with them.
@@royjohnson465 I couldn't have said it better myself. That's exactly how I feel. I learned this lesson the hard way in the mid 90's. I think it was 94? I was 13 and I had my first ever major league tickets. It was a Braves game. They went on strike. All I remember reading in the paper was that it was over money. Something like two million a year apparently wasn't enough for them. It devastated me. I quit collecting baseball cards. Stopped my subscription to Beckett. Stopped playing in the town's little league. It screwed me up. Ihave sworn off pro-athletes and celebrities of any kind ever since.
I moved on with my life and got interested in motorcycles and fixing things. That's how I ended up with my username. 😆
Is that a Ruger eagle on the side?
What’s with that Ruger logo on the side plate?
😂
Hank Jr's logo. It's the same as Rugers. I believe I read that Ruger gave him permission to use it after he fell off the mountain
@@johnfisher1117 he looked a lot like John boy before that happened.........
@@johnfisher1117 thanks for the info. Makes sense to me. Gotta imagined it still irked the folks in Springfield Mass to see the Phoenix on their 629.
I would like to know what the barrel length on that revolver actually measures to. From the tip of the forcing cone to the end of the barrel run please. With sugar on top and whipped cream and a cherry on top to boot.
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Give me one them 44's Might be a double meaning!!!
Anyone who gives a thumb down on this has to be from a country where no guns are allowed and is a heavy metal music fan. 😏
What is the reason hank doesn’t own it anymore?
they never said he didnt
Rugerman
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Hey S&W.... Can I get a free kick ass revolver for my birthday?
One more reason i like Hank Jr. We both have firearms and nude women hanging on our walls. But I still prefer his daddy.
Is that a ruger logo on the side plate?
That's Hanks logo
@@Dubbin1 oh ok. I was about to say.
Fun fact: Hank Jr was friends with Bill Ruger and he modeled his logo after the Ruger logo (with Bill's blessings of course). So this S&W basically has the Ruger logo.
I have an Old highway patrol 357 Magnum in model 29. An excellent shape
Please tell me RIA is selling it and it'll only cost one kidney
That ain't Steve Austin. And that's the bottom line.
guns that don't get used are nothing but paper weights..just sayin.
REST IN PEACE HANK JR, YOU WERE THE BEST EVER
Pretty sure he is not dead
Rumors of his death are highly exaggerated.
Hank's still alive. He's even still doing tours.
he is very much alive and lives 30 minutes from me
Boring they should have let the man what owns the gun present it and show it Hank knows his guns just as well and this is the 1st an last of these short episodes I’m watching
Sorry but that’s not an old 45.
A country boy can’t survive.
Who said it was?
It's part of a lyric to a hank song
In I've got rights he says magnum 44
The 45 is mentioned in a different song, Country Boy Can Survive.
@@alswann2702 I know