Been wanting a .327 but built 2 in .32 in long. The first was more of a classic .32 and had the bbl cut to 5" to match a 5" pre 14 I have, its a ISP gun from 1957. When I picked up my gun from Andy Horvath, Froggie's project 616 was there waiting for the barrel to be returned being re-bored. This gun was made from a model 17-2 and he used the floating rim-fire firing pin, he bushed the hole and moved it to centerfire.
The second came when I found a 6" .32 cal PPC barrel. Used a model 15 and a .22 cyl. Andy slab sided the bbl and cut this one to 5" also to make it a tad lighter. I didn't use a rib for this one. Both guns have a Weigand interchangeable front sight base and a narrow trigger for double action shooting. Both guns were finished with a set of Keith Brown grips. The 2 guns shoot very accurately, thats a good thing.
Fast forward to Oct 2016 when I found 2 14-6's with the rare 4" barrels. The only run of 4" 14 full lug barrels. Now I wanted a 4" 16-4 and a 4" 17-6 full lug to have a set of guns. The 16-4's are pretty expensive now. There was a 4" 16-4 .32 mag barrel in the classified and I got it today in the mail. Here comes a gun in .327. I'll get a model 15 from Gun broker. This one will be a little cheaper then the last 2 I had made. I already had the .22 cyl just in case.
Thoger, you have a very nice gun. it was worth the wait I'm sure. You did a lot of shooting in one session. Enjoy what you created. Larry
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