Smith and Wesson Model 27-2

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Are you sure that isn't a 6" barrel?

Most of the 5" barrels had ramp sights and not patridge sights. Either way, it's a fine revolver. I actually prefer the 6" with patridge sight to the 5" with ramp sight.
 
what Dog Soldier said

27-2 3.5"

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and its Grandpaw...pre-27 5-screw 3.5" barrel (1953)

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with some bones...

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Bullseye, How can anyone not love that graceful beauty. :) Not correcting your message. But your revolver is a Deluxe model it has the wide "Target" trigger and "Target" hammer and "Target" Grips. A nice S&W 27 2 with the "3 Ts".:thumbup:
 
Nice find and I am glad you found a way to get it . It is hard finding away to buy a gun this time a year , but you don't run across 27's all the time , especially a 5" .
 
Congratulations, and great find.

I've owned three or four 27's over the year. A -2 with both 5" and 3.5" barrels, a "Pre" with a 5" barrel, and a -9 "Classic" with a 4" barrel. All great guns. I sold the first three during a time of "personal economic downturn" (lost my job) and sold the last one to get something else. I'm more of a K-frame guy really.
 
Barry the Bear

Fantastic find, and a 5" barreled version! Perfect; one of the all-time classic .357 revolver. Good move with putting it on layaway too; I definitely wouldn't have left that pawnshop without locking that gun up.
 
Barry the Bear said:
Yes it is a 5 inch , measured it myself . I was enamored with the front sight myself, it is my belief that it was changed out at some point.
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Did you measure from the end of the barrel all the way to the face of the cylinder? I'm not trying to be contentious, but it really looks like a 6" to me.

For reference, this is my 6" pre-27:





And this is my 5" 27-2:



If you compare the distance from the end of the lug to the end of the barrel in these photos (or the end of the Smith & Wesson lettering) to your photo, yours looks a lot more like my 6". That being said, it would be far from the first time I misidentified something from a photo!

Either way, sweet revolver!
 
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Rio Laxas said:
Did you measure from the end of the barrel all the way to the face of the cylinder? I'm not trying to be contentious, but it really looks like a 6" to me.

For reference, this is my 6" pre-27:





And this is my 5" 27-2:



If you compare the distance from the end of the lug to the end of the barrel in these photos (or the end of the Smith & Wesson lettering) to your photo, yours looks a lot more like my 6". That being said, it would be far from the first time I misidentified something from a photo!

Either way, sweet revolver!
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Hmm.... Perhaps it is a 6 inch barrel. Regardless it should hunt fairly well.
 
My personal preference runs to the 6 or 6.5" barrels with the patridge sight over shorter barrels with a ramp sight. It would definitely make an excellent hunting revolver. Have fun with it!
 
I love my 27 5"! I am sure that will make a great companion. Mine is so accurate and is beautifully made....However after all the picture of the 3.5's, I think the search is on for one of those....
 
Darn........it's threads like this that ruin my day. Sold my 27-3 early this year to buy something else in a fit of insanity.
 
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