27-2

[BLR]

I love 357 revolvers. Especially 27-2s and Pythons.

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/1911s/IMG-20121129-01959.jpg

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/1911s/IMG-20121129-01961.jpg

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/1911s/IMG-20121129-01964.jpg

Checkering!!! Drool!

I got this because Tam wouldn't sell me here Heavy Duty.

[66L]

Absolutely beautiful. They don't make 'em like that anymore.

[WDW]

I love mine. 6" 27-2 unfired...
http://i865.photobucket.com/albums/ab217/10mm4me/image-1.jpg

[TCinVA]

This reminds me that I need to get decent pictures of my 27-2.

We could start our own club!

[WDW]

And this one. Unfired 8 3/8 Nickel...
http://i865.photobucket.com/albums/ab217/10mm4me/image-2.jpg

[Tamara]

I got this because Tam wouldn't sell me here Heavy Duty.

...or my '64-vintage 3.5" 27-2 (http://cosmolineandrust.blogspot.com/2007/09/sunday-smith-14-model-27-2-1964.html). :)

The bluing on those old pre-Bangor Punta top-of-the-line Smiths is just unbelievable. I've heard tell that a guy wasn't allowed to do the polishing work on a 27/29/57 until he had several years under his belt working on the more plebeian offerings in the catalog.

I remember stepping into my living room in the pre-dawn gloom at my old place, and that 27 was lying on the coffee table between a 544 and a 19, and it was such an oily deep black that the other two guns looked parkerized by comparison...

[BLR]

...or my '64-vintage 3.5" 27-2 (http://cosmolineandrust.blogspot.com/2007/09/sunday-smith-14-model-27-2-1964.html). :)

The bluing on those old pre-Bangor Punta top-of-the-line Smiths is just unbelievable. I've heard tell that a guy wasn't allowed to do the polishing work on a 27/29/57 until he had several years under his belt working on the more plebeian offerings in the catalog.

I remember stepping into my living room in the pre-dawn gloom at my old place, and that 27 was lying on the coffee table between a 544 and a 19, and it was such an oily deep black that the other two guns looked parkerized by comparison...

I wish I made more money. My 27 and Python collection is embarrassingly light.

Sell me your HD. I'll give you visiting rights.

[Al T.]

I'm in the process of rescuing one badly abused M27 3.5. Got it from a shop that does police trade-ins. It looked for all the world like someone had held it briefly in the shower, shook it off and threw it in an evidence bag. Not a square centimeter unrusted. Had to soak it for a month in oil in order to get the side plate off.

Probably going to send it to CCA for refinishing...

[Joe in PNG]

The great thing about tablets is that its easier to wipe the drool off of them than a keyboard.

[Tamara]

I wish I made more money. My 27 and Python collection is embarrassingly light.

Sell me your HD. I'll give you visiting rights.

You mean Mr. Middleton's bullseye gun (http://cosmolineandrust.blogspot.com/2007/07/sunday-smith-8.html)? :)

[BLR]

You mean Mr. Middleton's bullseye gun (http://cosmolineandrust.blogspot.com/2007/07/sunday-smith-8.html)? :)

Yeah, that's it. The other pic is MUCH better. Love guns with a little history.

JMHO.

[ACP230]

I missed a six-inch M27 years ago, just before prices really jumped.
My concentration, and cash, at the time were going toward M57s and M657s.
Got an M28 four-inch and it shoots great.

[gtmtnbiker98]

What's the opinion on the new "Classic" Mod. 27's, sans lock and MIM?

[WDW]

What's the opinion on the new "Classic" Mod. 27's, sans lock and MIM?

They're fine. Just like any other recent manufacture Smith. Not near the level of fit & finish of the older ones. But for the price of those new you can buy a damn nice used older one so why settle for less?

[NETim]

It's time for a new one!

"N" is for "nimble as a nail gun."

"K" is for "charisma."

1187

[WDW]

It's time for a new one!

"N" is for "nimble as a nail gun."

"K" is for "charisma."

1187

If you're suggesting a comparison between the N & K frame .357's, there is none IMO.

[Tamara]

It's time for a new one!

"N" is for "nimble as a nail gun."

"K" is for "charisma."

You're just saying that because you know that my State Department contract overrun 4" RB 19-5 (http://cosmolineandrust.blogspot.com/2008/01/sunday-smith-29-model-19-5-1988.html) might be my favorite handgun I own. (Well, except for maybe my PC13 (http://cosmolineandrust.blogspot.com/2008/01/sunday-smith-32-model-pc-13-1995.html)...)

[BLR]

You're just saying that because you know that my State Department contract overrun 4" RB 19-5 (http://cosmolineandrust.blogspot.com/2008/01/sunday-smith-29-model-19-5-1988.html) might be my favorite handgun I own. (Well, except for maybe my PC13 (http://cosmolineandrust.blogspot.com/2008/01/sunday-smith-32-model-pc-13-1995.html)...)

I love your blog. It makes me need a Registered Magnum.

[NETim]

If you're suggesting a comparison between the N & K frame .357's, there is none IMO.

Feelin' ornery today. Just having some sport with the N-Framers is all. :)

[NETim]

You're just saying that because you know that my State Department contract overrun 4" RB 19-5 (http://cosmolineandrust.blogspot.com/2008/01/sunday-smith-29-model-19-5-1988.html) might be my favorite handgun I own. (Well, except for maybe my PC13 (http://cosmolineandrust.blogspot.com/2008/01/sunday-smith-32-model-pc-13-1995.html)...)

You are a bad influence. :)

[Joe in PNG]

Yeah, I'd love to have a go at solving the N vs K vs Python debate scientifically... all I would need is a mint example of each gun... make that two of each, with at least 2000 rounds for each gun... and proper holsters... plus a few good revolver focused classes so I know what I'm doing.

It would be a sacrifice, but I would be happy to make the effort.

[jdw174]

That short-barreled 27 is one of the meanest looking wheelies ever made:cool:

[NETim]

That short-barreled 27 is one of the meanest looking wheelies ever made:cool:

I was strongly considering picking one up at a recent gun show. It was near mint and looked unfired. Gorgeous gun. But the price tag of $1400 put me off.

[Tamara]

I was strongly considering picking one up at a recent gun show. It was near mint and looked unfired. Gorgeous gun. But the price tag of $1400 put me off.

I keep a spreadsheet with a "fair market value" column, so that just in case I unexpectedly choke on my last cookie or drive the Zed Drei off a cliff or something, whoever's stuck with getting rid of my stuff won't get ripped off. I should probably update some of the numbers in that column... :o

[Rex G]

A local dealer often has nice older Model 27 sixguns, and pre-Model 27 sixguns, as well. If I could reach the trigger of an N-frame for a proper DA pull, I would probably have gone bankrupt long ago.

[BLR]

I keep a spreadsheet with a "fair market value" column, so that just in case I unexpectedly choke on my last cookie or drive the Zed Drei off a cliff or something, whoever's stuck with getting rid of my stuff won't get ripped off. I should probably update some of the numbers in that column... :o

Leave 'em to me, I'll make sure no one gets ripped off.

[Spr1]

What's the opinion on the new "Classic" Mod. 27's, sans lock and MIM?

Wait, did they start making classics, real classics??

[gtmtnbiker98]

Wait, did they start making classics, real classics??No, they have the ILS and MIM hammer and trigger.

[Spr1]

Ok, now I am tracking.

[NETim]

A local dealer often has nice older Model 27 sixguns, and pre-Model 27 sixguns, as well. If I could reach the trigger of an N-frame for a proper DA pull, I would probably have gone bankrupt long ago.

It appears difficult, at least to me, to get an N frame gun w/o that damnable "target trigger." I regard it as a fairly major impediment to comfortable DA work.

[NickA]

(Well, except for maybe my PC13 (http://cosmolineandrust.blogspot.com/2008/01/sunday-smith-32-model-pc-13-1995.html)...)

So apparently I need a 3" S&W to go with my Python. That PC13 is just.. Wow.

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[Spr1]

Confession time.....
A local fun store, Atlantic Guns, back in the day, had a PC-13 and an F-comp side by side in the display case. I bought the F-comp, spurned the PC-13, and then a few years later sold the F-comp......
We will always be able to buy no lock, Performance Center guns with forged fire control components, right??

[Tamara]

We will always be able to buy no lock, Performance Center guns with forged fire control components, right??

I'm starting a support group. It's called "S&W Revolvers Will Always Cost $200, Right?" ;)

[Joe in PNG]

I'm starting a support group. It's called "S&W Revolvers Will Always Cost $200, Right?" ;)

Sign me up.

"Hi,my name is Joe, and I'm ashamed at passing up on those S&W Model 64's J&G had last year..."

[WDW]

You can still get good shooter model 10's for around $200.

[Tamara]

You can still get good shooter model 10's for around $200.

I do generally try to keep up with Smith revolver prices, yes.

The difference is that, for instance, nine years ago, $275 bought me this (http://cosmolineandrust.blogspot.com/2007/08/sunday-smith-9.html) (and I could have had the gun alone without the box for $225.) And when I bought that gun, it was in primo condition; that picture is after four years of shooting and the wear and tear of being used as a prop gun in the History Channel show Crime Wave (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0960750/combined).

[WDW]

I do generally try to keep up with Smith revolver prices, yes.

The difference is that, for instance, nine years ago, $275 bought me this (http://cosmolineandrust.blogspot.com/2007/08/sunday-smith-9.html) (and I could have had the gun alone without the box for $225.) And when I bought that gun, it was in primo condition; that picture is after four years of shooting and the wear and tear of being used as a prop gun in the History Channel show Crime Wave (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0960750/combined).

I know, I know, but we have to have something to hold on to. I have found the key to buying nice Smiths is old people, preferably widows. I know that sounds evil, but, many of them have tons of guns & want to sell them. I'm not advocating ripping them off. I never would do that, but if you buy a lot with cash you can get some nice guns @ a great price. That's how I've gotten all my older smiths.