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Originally Posted by BUFF
Actually, the .357 L frame is heavier than the .357 N frame when barrels are the same. Catalogs list the 6 inch M-686 as 46 ounces, and the 6 inch M-27 as 44 ounces. The original L frame barrel's underlug is quite heavy.
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The 686 has a bull barrel with a full length underlug. That's why it weighs more than a 27, which has a tapered barrel and an underlug that is really nothing but an ejector shroud. Disassemble the two guns and weigh each part--barrel, frame, cylinder--and you will see that the 27 frame weighs more, the 27 cylinder weighs more, but the 27 barrel weighs less.