Speaking of a 5" model 29 Smith, they were quite rare & I almost came up with one on one of my trips to Salmon to visit Elmer. Two weeks before that I had sold a very nice 4 digit Ruger #1 to Jed Wilson, sheriff of Lemhi County & told him I would deliver it because I would be spending the day with Elmer. Jed told me he had a 5" S&W 44 magnum with ivory stocks that he might be willing to trade for my #1, or we would do a cash deal.
My first stop was at Elmer's house & leaving my wife to visit with Lorraine me & Elmer went out back to his trophy/writing room to talk. He had his Engraved 375 #1 out there & I took the following photo of him holding it. Some of you have seen this photo before. It's the photo I sent to the guy in Texas who bought the gun when Elmer's collection went up for auction.
Anyway, after leaving Elmer's place we went over to Jed Wilson's house & he opened up a big iron box or home made safe sitting in the middle of the floor in a bedroom. Under several other guns covered with blankets was the rare 5" 44 magnum with the ivory stocks. I wanted it pretty bad & we were close to making a deal but at the last minute Jed decided he wanted to keep it & bought my #1 for cash.
On the way home I stopped south of Leadore & shot some Jackrabbits with my Ruger 41 & 44 & called it a day. I also bought another of Elmer's books while I was there. This was sometime in the mid 70's, maybe 1974.
Dick