Manufactured between 1969 and 1970 according to Smith & Wesson. Beautiful 8-3/8" solid rib barrel, blued finish with exquisite custom engraving and gold fill throughout, believed to be attributed to Joseph Condon who was dubbed "Engraver to the Stars." Scroll engraving highlighted by gold inlay with punch dot background accents on both sides - rear, center, and muzzle end of the barrel. Left side of the barrel gold inlaid "SMITH & WESSON", right side "44 MAGNUM" is gold inlaid. Blade front sight with red center highlight, rear adjustable notch sight. Six round fluted swing-out cylinder with scroll engraving between the flutes and gold inlay border. Frame is blued and features intricate scroll engraving on both sides of the frame. Left side features a gold embossed face of a mountain lion with gold border and scroll inlay. Right side features a gold embossed mature elk with gold inlaid border and scroll. Standard 29-2 features include square butt N frame, full rib with engraved border, case colored target hammer and trigger. Sports a beautiful pair of custom two piece ivory grips. Joseph Condon, born in 1929, had a varied and interesting career as a commercial artist, amateur heavyweight boxing champion, stunt driver, magician, custom jeweler, holster designer, stock maker, escape artist, and health club manager. By 1970 he had been a gun engraver for 20 years and catered his arts to many celebrities such as Elvis Presley. CALIBER: .44 MAG. S/N: 1N13541. FFL STATUS: Curio & Relic.

Barrel and frame retain 98%+ blue finish with only minor handling marks. The ivory grips do show some age cracks. Good bore and mechanics.