M27-2 (parts gun?)

[Checkman]

Earlier today I was in one of the local gunshops and looked at a nickel plated M27-2 w/5" barrel. But this particular model is peculiar. For one it has the recessed chambers, but the barrel isn't pinned. Then the empty case extractor is a dark blue. Now I'm not real familiar with the nickel plated models so is it possible that the extractor wasn't plated on them? But what about the recessed chambers and the crushed barrel instead of pinned? Did S&W make models during the switch in 82 that had someof the older features as well as the new features? Like Remington when it went from the 740 to the 7400 the company actually made an interim model called the 741. I know this because I own one. Anyway the gun is in good shape and the dealer is asking $475.00. If it's a parts model I could probably talk him down $75.00 to $100.00 dollars. Any speculation, guesses?

 

[popeye]

As to the extractor: I have several nickel Smiths and the star is blue on all of them.

 

[Dave Markowitz]

FYI,

The barrel is threaded into the frame, not crush fitted. On the older pinned models, they were also threaded in, then pinned.

 

[thatguy]

I believe that it is correct for the extractor star to be blue on all guns even the nickel plated ones. I also think that as S&W ran out of pinned barrels in the 1981-82 era some guns were made that were technically models that should have pinned barrels, like a 27-2, but did not have them, instead being fitted with the later unpinned barrels. I have personally seen about half a dozen such revolvers.

 

[Checkman]

okay that's it then. I used the term crushed because I picked it up from a gunwriter article. He wrote that S&W went from the pinned barrel to the crushed in 82. Learn something new or rather unlearn something everyday.

 

[BluesBear]

Transition Models

I have a Model 57 and a Model 629. Both are dash-nothing, late 1981 production "transition" models. The cylinders are recessed but the barrels are not pinned. S&W used up all of the recessed cylinders in stock before starting to use the non-recessed ones. It seems that they had more N-frame cylinders than frames in stock.

I have seen K-frame Magnums that were just the opposite. Pinned barrels and non-recessed cylinders.

 

[BluesBear]

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