If I could afford to have Hamilton Bowen build me a "K" frame .327 Fed. Mag. in a 4 and 7 1/2" barrel, I'd be willing to pay up to $2000.00 each to have them "smoothed out" a slick as you please.

Yes sir, the cartridge really isn't a bad one. You can do some serious hunting with 115-120 grain bullets. In the longer barreled specimens, it's a true performer. (Look into BBTI - Ballistics by the Inch :: Home to understand what I mean.)

the old rubric of "Americans want bigger bullets" holds true for a lot of old dinosaurs that seem to have forgotten that the .327 has superseded both the .30 Carbine and the .32-20. The .30 Carbine only works in the single action Ruger and the .32-20 suffers from pressure limitations and short-lived brass when consistently loaded to their pressure limits!

The .327 was the "logical" progression for the .32 S&W, .32 S&W Long, .32 H&R Magnum. If S&W were to make a full-lug 6.5", 7.5" or 8 3/8" barrel, there would be sufficient buyers to keep the run going.

Scott