In my younger LEO days, 1975, I purchased a 5" pre-27 because that is what Skeeter Skelton carried. I found out it was really heavy and when you had to drag your butt out of a patrol car many, many times each day, you begin to understand why you started out with a 4" 19. I " lived the legend" for a few months and returned to the 19, which I still have.