question for you guys. a friend of mine has this s&w 29. he wants to sell it and brought it to me first. well im trying to find out the value for him(and me if i buy it). the problem is, it looks like some dufus tried to blue a nickle gun. has anyone seen anything like this before? it is blotchy and very very lite blue, like the color of bluing in the bottle. am i assuming correctly? did some idiot try bluing this poor gun? what a shame for the gun, but good for me. lol if the finish is roached i should be able to pick it up for a song. the finish dont matter a hoot to me as a hunter.

another thing is the recoil. im no stranger to 44s but never shot a 29. i had a redhawk for years and hated, the punch to the hand, from the full house "kieth loads". i traded even up for a new model super blackhawk. now those full house loads are one handers! love the roll back of the plow handle apposed to the shove of the redhawk style. im assuming the 29 will be the same abuse as the redhawk.

thx