Swamp Yankee
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Six shots starting to be a disadvantage.
Matches I've been shooting at the club I belong to, and other local clubs, are being dominated by the guys with 7 & 8 shots in revolver competitions, ( pin, dueling tree or plate). The old Monson 6 round DW 715 and the old guy hanging on to it seem to be at a disadvantage from the start. The extra round or two, not having to reload does help. Ideally I'd never miss, but hey it happens to the best of us more often than we like to admit. Too old to beat the younger crowd, but still want to be in the hunt.
OK, enough of that. At the LGS today checking out the revolvers and the salesman pulls out a pair of Performance Center S&Ws, a Model 627 and a Model 327 TRR8. Both 8 shot 357mag with very slick actions. Pricing on the two was within $25 of each other. The 627 was everything a S&W revolver should be, beautiful in form, fit, and function. The 327 had the fit and function down pat but it seemed like the black finish was an afterthought. Other than the color, I think I actually liked the 327 better for my purpose especialy the lighter weight and ease of mounting a red dot for a couple, but the 627 in classic stainless just screamed elegance.
So here I sit trying to decide. To make things more fuzzy he has a Performance Center 686 Plus arriving possibly by Wednesday, but early next week for sure that he wants me to take a look at.
Any and all thoughts are most appreciated especially if you have hands on with one or hopefully more of these three.
Take Care
Matches I've been shooting at the club I belong to, and other local clubs, are being dominated by the guys with 7 & 8 shots in revolver competitions, ( pin, dueling tree or plate). The old Monson 6 round DW 715 and the old guy hanging on to it seem to be at a disadvantage from the start. The extra round or two, not having to reload does help. Ideally I'd never miss, but hey it happens to the best of us more often than we like to admit. Too old to beat the younger crowd, but still want to be in the hunt.
OK, enough of that. At the LGS today checking out the revolvers and the salesman pulls out a pair of Performance Center S&Ws, a Model 627 and a Model 327 TRR8. Both 8 shot 357mag with very slick actions. Pricing on the two was within $25 of each other. The 627 was everything a S&W revolver should be, beautiful in form, fit, and function. The 327 had the fit and function down pat but it seemed like the black finish was an afterthought. Other than the color, I think I actually liked the 327 better for my purpose especialy the lighter weight and ease of mounting a red dot for a couple, but the 627 in classic stainless just screamed elegance.
So here I sit trying to decide. To make things more fuzzy he has a Performance Center 686 Plus arriving possibly by Wednesday, but early next week for sure that he wants me to take a look at.
Any and all thoughts are most appreciated especially if you have hands on with one or hopefully more of these three.
Take Care