A few years ago S&W offered a great discount to military types and I decided to take advantage of it. At the time I was routinely in touch with John Taffin and this is the gun he recommended, except for the elk stocks that I added not too, too long ago:
Model 27 Classic:
Earlier photo before I replaced the stocks, which I still have but didn't like because they were not a perfect fit to the gun:
I figured it's not quite as lovely as the OP's gun but, still, more eye candy for everyone.....