i will freely admit to being totally addicted to the small-frame snubbies, but i will concede that the 27s are indeed the coolest! i honestly believe that anyone who is even remotely interested in s&ws owes it to themselves to own at least one of the generations of them. i have shifted through a few, but currently have two that are here to stay. a sweet nickle 27-2:
and, what i consider to be the ultimate barrel length, a 5 inch -2 in blue: