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07-14-2017, 03:11 PM
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My New Favorite Smith: 27-2
Was blessed enough to be born to a great father, who was generous enough to pass down this 27-2 to me. It has a total of five whole boxes of ammo through her, with my wife and I putting the last 100 rounds of use in.
Brought the gun home not too long ago and put the new stocks on while I was stripping it apart and smoothing out the action. She is in a solid 99% condition, with the only flaw that I found being a couple of tiny flattened spots on the top strap checkering.
Was taking some photos of it for insurance purposes and thought I'd share. Please mind the q-tip lint on the revolver, there are absolutely no flaws on this bluing minus the drag mark on the cylinder (which will inevitably get bigger as I plan on shooting the heck out of it).
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07-14-2017, 03:15 PM
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Looks great! Gotta love the 27 series.
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07-14-2017, 05:14 PM
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What a beautiful revolver! I look at the photos and just drool. :-)
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07-14-2017, 06:18 PM
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That's certainly one to drool over. You must've been a good kid to have gotten that beauty handed to you! I love the long tube guns. Enjoy!!
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07-14-2017, 06:24 PM
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Congrats on acquiring that fine revolver. And kudos to you for "shooting the heck out of it." That's what it was made for.
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07-14-2017, 07:08 PM
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I have a nickel plated brother to your long tom 27, which I bought early this year. I also have 5 other model 27's besides my long tom. So I guess you could say that I'm just a bit partial to the model 27 myself.
Enjoy that fine firearm man and shoot the heck out of it. My original model 27, which is a 5" barrel gun, I bought back in 1974 and it still shoots well and it has had 10's of thousands of rounds shot out of it.
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07-14-2017, 07:08 PM
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Looks like a great gun. Your father is very generous. What grips originally came with the gun when you got it?
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07-14-2017, 07:13 PM
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The model 27-2 is my all time favorite revolver. The 5 incher balances best for me.
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07-14-2017, 07:36 PM
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CAN I CALL YOU DAD?
VERY NICE gun porn, congrats.
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07-14-2017, 08:28 PM
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That top strap is so sweet!!! The whole gun is so sweet!!! That's a beauty, congrats, I love it!
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07-14-2017, 09:37 PM
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Originally Posted by boykinlp
Looks like a great gun. Your father is very generous. What grips originally came with the gun when you got it?
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Standard targets, weren't book matched. Thank you for the kind comments as well.
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07-14-2017, 10:56 PM
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Great Gun!!! The long tube 357s are some of my very favorites. Now after you shoot it for about 50 more years and slide it in and out of a holster a few thousand times, it will look a little like my favorite shooter...
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07-15-2017, 08:36 AM
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Great Gun!!! The long tube 357s are some of my very favorites. Now after you shoot it for about 50 more years and slide it in and out of a holster a few thousand times, it will look a little like my favorite shooter...
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Beautiful gun. I don't think I have 50 years left on this earth (at least I hope that I don't), but I do plan on enjoying this one until it gets passed down to one of my children.
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