Latest Acquisition.....Pre Model 27... Shipped in 1953... S83XXX 6"bbl... FLAWLESS Carbona BRIGHT BLUE... ALL matching numbers in the proper places...it locks up TIGHT as a bank vault and the action glides and cycles like oiled ball bearings on greased teflon rails....ANY S&W MAGNUM from the 50's and 60's is the "NE PLUS ULTRA" ... the last gasp of the lost art of YANKEE CRAFTSMANSHIP IMPOSSIBLE to duplicate today....now wears a set of Herrett Jordan Trooper Exhibition Grade Bastogne Walnut Grips "made to measure" to my right hand........