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Old 04-13-2013, 09:54 PM
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I'm late to the 4" Scandium PD revolvers & missed out when they were all for sale. I was lucky enough to buy the 4" 325PD .45acp revolver from a board member her & LOVE it. Well I just found out about the 8 round 327PD model and they seem even harder to find than the 325 model. Does anyone here have one & how do you like it? Pros, cons? I like the looks of them & an 8 round .357 revolver just sounds rights to me. Thanks folks.
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I bought one of these back when they first came out. Still have it. Nice back pack piece.
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Lots of us have them, however few of us are willing to sell them.

If you think that the 327PD is hard to find, go looking for a 357PD.
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I've got a 5-inch M327 in my s/n collection: DCA43XX, which shipped March 15, 2008. It had the 8-shot Scandium cylinder, rubber grips (probably Hogues, since they were still using them in this era), a Patridge front sight, and provisions for scope rings on the barrel. Product code was 170292.
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I've got a 5-inch M327 in my s/n collection: DCA43XX, which shipped March 15, 2008. It had the 8-shot Scandium cylinder, rubber grips (probably Hogues, since they were still using them in this era), a Patridge front sight, and provisions for scope rings on the barrel. Product code was 170292.
Your cylinder would have been Titanium, not Scandium.
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Your cylinder would have been Titanium, not Scandium.
Beat me to it
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Your cylinder would have been Titanium, not Scandium.
Actually, I just check S&W's product page on this item and according to the Mother Ship the cylinder is stainless steel and the frame is a Scandium alloy. So, we're both wrong.

BTW, it's not a gun I own. It's one I saw once and I wrote "Sc" in my notes. Slipped my mind that Scandium alloy was used for frames not cylinders.
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Actually, I just check S&W's product page on this item and according to the Mother Ship the cylinder is stainless steel and the frame is a Scandium alloy. So, we're both wrong.

BTW, it's not a gun I own. It's one I saw once and I wrote "Sc" in my notes. Slipped my mind that Scandium alloy was used for frames not cylinders.
Forgive me, I was commenting on your reference to a Scandium cylinder, not to a unknown revolver configuration that we do not even have a photograph posted for.

I will rephrase my comment for correctness.

S&W does not now and never has made Scandium cylinders for sale to the public.
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My post was in regards to product code was 170292. I don't think it's possible to be more specific than that.
I was making no comment on product code 170292, which has noting to do with the revolver in question from the OP

I was commentating on S&Ws use of Scandium alloy in the production of revolver cylinders which does not happen. All exotic alloy cylinders used in modern S&W revolvers are Titanium

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I've got a 5-inch M327 in my s/n collection: DCA43XX, which shipped March 15, 2008. It had the 8-shot Scandium cylinder, rubber grips (probably Hogues, since they were still using them in this era), a Patridge front sight, and provisions for scope rings on the barrel. Product code was 170292.
The firearm you are describing has no bearing on what the OP is discussing. Your description is also incorrect since S&W does not now nor have they ever provided a Scandium cylinder on their firearms.
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And yet you included that specific number in your post. Strange.
Perhaps you are correct that I should not have quoted your entire post.

Next time I will selectively edit what you write to make the response more appropriate. Instead of this silly nitpicking, how about making a comment or two relevant to the thread?

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I did have something relevant to add to the thread. A few days ago I was surfing the web, looking for something else, and stumbled upon S&W's patent for the Scandium alloy handgun. (Was actually looking for S&W patent on the M547's extractor. And "yes", it's there too). If you want to learn more about Scandium alloys it's all there, in excruciating detail. (Along with one of the better S&W revolver cutaway drawing I've ever seen. The name of each number item is in the Patent abstract itself).

Scandium containing aluminum alloy firearm



Here's another patent for just one aspect of the two-piece barrel.

Firearm frame and barrel assembly, method of assembling and assembly tool

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Here's the item names corresponding to the numbers for the first drawing.....

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I have a 357PD, bought brand new from Sportsman's Warehouse 9 or 10 years ago. Stolen in a burglary about 6 years ago, and recovered a year later. I love to carry that gun when I go hunting, but I don't like shooting full power loads all that much, even with the x frame grips I have on it. Even though it's not my favorite to shoot, I'll never get rid of it.
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I got into guns two years ago and I became obsessed with finding the ideal gun. I decided on a wheel gun because of reliability. Scandium due to the weight. 4 in was a good compromise between accuracy and size. 357 Magnum to me is the ideal caliber because it can pack a punch and then you can also plink with 38. And finally 8 shots addresses the downfall to some degree of the limited capacity of six shooters.
Then I looked for it. And I couldn't find it anywhere. I searched everyday for two years and I finally won it on GB. The guy who sold it to me had it in storage never fired. He was an interesting guy. He found a ton or so of scandium and sold it to S&W. Sometime afterwards he came to possess the second one ever made. Serial number 002. I bought that from him.
How is it? Unfortunately due to its rarity, I will never fire or carry it. It just sits in my collection pointing westward. Oh yeah it's the 327pd.
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That's awesome! I'm still on the hunt for one but will probably never find one I could afford. My 325PD is still my favorite pistol.
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