This is my new favorite caliber discussion quote.
OP - The "dash" -2 version is worth more to hard core SW collectors than you may realize.
Yours has a pinned barrel and recessed cylinder, both of which are lustful for to a collector, in addition to hand fitted rather than MiM molded parts
Per wiki ... 29-2s were made in the 60s, aka SW's hayday
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_%26_Wesson_Model_29
While yours is a 29-2 E, it's bones are still 29-2, just some sort of special version of it as you note
Mechanical condition ... in addition to what you checked, when you cock the hammer back very slowly, do you hear a click (cylinder bolt locking) before the hammer is all the way back? No observable cracks in the forcing cone?
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