Several years ago I found a 5 screw pre-27 with 5" barrel, I had Hamilton Bowen convert it to .44 Special it is the finest S&W that I own. I have been saving for a while to have it engraved like the gun in this thread. I hunted the San Juan mountains in southern Colorado as a young man, taking several fine bull elk. My sidearm at the time was a 6 1/2" M/29-2, I built a .44 Special on an old police trade in HD using a barrel purchased from J&G Rifle Ranch, it served me well until I could afford M/1950 Target S&W's. I owned all the different barrel length 1950's, foolishly letting a beautiful 4" example slip through my fingers. No regrets though as I like the Bowen converted pre-27 the best of all of them, it has the rather unique serial number S XX2727.