4D5
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I was at one of the pawn shops I check regularly and about a month ago and the gun guy said he has a S&W revolver coming out in about a month, but no details.
Well I went by to check it out a few days ago and it was a 27-2 in really good condition except for the grips. It came with a display box (not sure it’s original S&W maybe someone could help me out with this) screwdrivers and cleaning rod and the label from the box. I could see tape on the case that matched the label in the box under the felt.
We haggled quite a while over price and finally met in the middle and it came home with me
After I got it home I took the grips off and checked them as they were a little lose. The grips were in a little worse shape that I though after seeing them in the daylight. I discovered the reason that the grips were loose is because the stock roll pin in the bottom of the frame was missing and in its place was a cut off piece of clothes hanger
I decided that the grips would need some TLC so I gave them a light sanding with 220 and 400 grit sandpaper followed by 0000 synthetic steel wool. I taped the medallions and gave the grips a coat of spray clear gloss urethane and they turned out really good in spite of the original condition.
I replaced the stock roll pin and will replace the side plate screws. Someone got carried away with polish and removed quite a bit of the blueing on the screw heads.
I stripped it down completely and disassembled everything. It really needed it. Most of the action was bone dry and the yoke/cylinder/ejector had a huge amount of dried caked grease/powder/crud.
I removed the tape/residue on the display box and gave it a good cleaning with Murphy’s oil soap. It also cleaned up nicely. The flocking has some dirty spots and is broken in places. If it turns out to be original S&W display box, I’ll have it re-flocked.
Took it out today for the first range trip (fitting for the 4th) and here’s the pictures.
S&W 27-2
DOB ~ 1977
Pinned & Recessed
Blued
Target hammer
Target trigger
357 mag
8 3/8” barrel
Well I went by to check it out a few days ago and it was a 27-2 in really good condition except for the grips. It came with a display box (not sure it’s original S&W maybe someone could help me out with this) screwdrivers and cleaning rod and the label from the box. I could see tape on the case that matched the label in the box under the felt.
We haggled quite a while over price and finally met in the middle and it came home with me
After I got it home I took the grips off and checked them as they were a little lose. The grips were in a little worse shape that I though after seeing them in the daylight. I discovered the reason that the grips were loose is because the stock roll pin in the bottom of the frame was missing and in its place was a cut off piece of clothes hanger
I decided that the grips would need some TLC so I gave them a light sanding with 220 and 400 grit sandpaper followed by 0000 synthetic steel wool. I taped the medallions and gave the grips a coat of spray clear gloss urethane and they turned out really good in spite of the original condition.
I replaced the stock roll pin and will replace the side plate screws. Someone got carried away with polish and removed quite a bit of the blueing on the screw heads.
I stripped it down completely and disassembled everything. It really needed it. Most of the action was bone dry and the yoke/cylinder/ejector had a huge amount of dried caked grease/powder/crud.
I removed the tape/residue on the display box and gave it a good cleaning with Murphy’s oil soap. It also cleaned up nicely. The flocking has some dirty spots and is broken in places. If it turns out to be original S&W display box, I’ll have it re-flocked.
Took it out today for the first range trip (fitting for the 4th) and here’s the pictures.
S&W 27-2
DOB ~ 1977
Pinned & Recessed
Blued
Target hammer
Target trigger
357 mag
8 3/8” barrel
