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Originally Posted by Smithboomer
Mod. 27 vs. Python? A no-brainer for me. I'll take a S&W over the Python every time if we're talking about a shooting gun.
The pony people made a sweet-looking snake, but the N-frame Smith fits me like no Colt ever will. No Python will ever replace my 5" Model 27.
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Well , talk about a mirror opposite!
I too am lucky enough to own a 5in S&W 27-1 and a 1960 vintage Colt Python. Made the same year I was born!
The Python is the one gun I lusted for longer than any other till I finally owned one. An original .44 AutoMag is next. And when I finally had enough money and went to a show looking to buy one , I found THE ONE. No box or papers , but mint condition , maybe had a few hundred .38 wadcutters thru it. $550 1991 dollars. A Hogue cocobolo grip is on it , as the factory grips just don't fit my hand. It mostly gets shot with a semi-hot .38s , a 158gr hardcast SWC at maybe 900fps. And 148gr mid-range wadcutter target rounds. For a few years I shot it in a lot of club matches. It occasionally gets shot with hot .357s , but I'm not really a .357 shooter. I'm a .41 mag man.
My Model 27 kinda fell in my lap , right place , right time with cash in pocket. Yeah I like it. Yeah it's accurate. Yeah , it's extremey well made. It's a keeper.
The 5in S&W Model 27 is probably one of the finest .357 magnum revolvers ever made.
But just like a Corvette is not a Ferrari , it's not a Colt Python!
Actually , those two aren't mine. Just a great pic.
This one is MINE!
