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Originally Posted by muddocktor
I don't know about the 70's or 80's but S&W has come out with 6 1/2" barreled 27's since the 60's. I happen to have one, which is a 27-5 and dates from late 1990 for a shipping date. They made a run of 500 then for the 12 Revolvers collection (the Outnumbered revolver)
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Yes. I should have been more clear in my previous post. In the 1990s and beyond (dash 5 and up) there were some more 6 1/2" variants made. But on the earlier dash numbers, the 1/2" longer barrel was discontinued in 1967 and not made again until the last decade of the century. Since I pay almost no attention to anything made after 1982, those later throwbacks don't even enter my consciousness.
Sorry for the misleading statement.