What do you all think of this one?

[Jst1mr]

One thing is for sure - if you ever decide to sell it, hire the guy who did that write-up!
You paid a premium for as-new condition, so I would think your best chance of preserving value is to keep it that way...there are plenty of lesser condition examples out there to shoot the heck out of and not worry about losing value.
I don't know the situation with gun values in CA, and only you can judge if you paid too much. Sometimes you gotta have a certain one to round out a collection. Enjoy it whatever you decide.

 

[Art Doc]

Doesn't matter what we think. If you like the gun that's all that counts. Everyone knows my feelings about Model 27s. Can't be a bad deal if you wind up with a 27 in the end...

 

[lrb1200]

Everyone that has ever put a gun for sale online should
take note of this sellers marketing strategy and learn from it.

Leave the phone in your pocket for pictures, get a real camera, and learn how to use it, take lots of quality photos.

One sentence descriptions don't cut it Detail, detail, detail.

Can't even tell you how many guns for sale online I look at,
I spend about five seconds, on baaaad photos, and vague descriptions.

This seller, amazing marketing skill.

Oh, and by the way, gorgeous 27-2!

 

[Dewy12]

I have lived on GB now for months and have seen them close to that without being as good as yours. In my opinion there is nothing common about a gun that old in that shape. Look at it this way- at $1200 everybody would think its a deal. Would you pay a $300 premium to have it now that you have received it? I know that I paid a premium price for mine but I'm glad that I'm the owner now. Gorgeous gun!

 

[Nightowl]

First, that is one beautiful model 27, great blue and case colors on the hammer and trigger. Second, and it makes little difference now, but I think the seller may be a little bit confused on the special order. Or, I might be confused! However, I believe that the 27s were shipped normally with Magna grips in 1974, and standard hammer and trigger. The target stocks, target hammer and trigger were added in 1975, and 27s began to be shipped with the wood presentation case. As it comes in it's own numbered blue box, and not the presentation case, I believe the special order would have been for the hammer and trigger, not the grips.

And by the way, you won't get my boxed 27-2 for any less than $1500! It's getting harder and harder these days to think about paying that kind of money for shooter grade guns, or collector grade condition that you want to buy for a shooter.

 

[keninnavarre]

I personally think that gun is worth what you paid for it. You thought so, and you weren't far from the other bidder, what, 25 bucks? So yeah, that's a 1500ish gun.
Honestly, I could care less about $100 one way or the other to get a gun I want.

 

[Abbynormal]

I found a unfired, new in the box M27-2 6" TT, TH with Magna grips in 97' or 98' at the Indy 1500 gunshow for $299. P&Red N frames then didn't bring what they do now.

My N frames will stay with me till I croak, then the shark frenzy begins.

 

[mj2008]

Wow!!! Beautiful.

 

[watsonrg]

Never mind the naysayers. That gun is GORGEOUS!

 

[old bear]

Robbins, you MAY have overpaid by a small amount but you appear to have the "total" factory package. Remember in 12 18 months you very well be bragging about the good deal ya got on one of the best revolvers ever produced.

Now, when are you going to shoot it?

 

[ben_g1]

That's a beauty for sure. Even if you paid a little more than some of the other posters say you should have, I got a feeling in the same condition, that in a couple of years you could be sitting on a gun that's worth more .

As for shooting it. Your gun and money, but boy,, I'd have a hard time pulling the trigger on that one. How many 40+ year old complete package guns like that are out there.

Enjoy "your" gun either way. Can't go wrong with a 27-2.

 

[Robbins H Gray]

The photography bothers me. The finish is beyond bright. I looked at another gun on this seller's channel and it also has that look. What is going on here?

Let us look at some other photograph from The illusive 33's channel to see if we notice anything.

1. Pre Model 29 4 Screw. Hmmm?

2. Another example of his photography is this 1947 revolver.

3. I think this is another 27-2

4. Let's look at a Ruger he offered. Holy Carbona finishes! No, Ruger didn't use that finish method IIRC.

What comes to mind is Photoshop tools possibly being used to fraudulently make the finish look better than it is. Call it misrepresentation if you like. It is a bit slicker than a phony box label but it is in the same neighborhood. In both cases the buyer usually pays more!

And if someone is unscrupulous enough to pump up the finish what is to say they are not airbrushing away a bit of pitting here and there? I would not trust this guy.

OP, Have you received the gun and is it as stunning as the photographs?

I won't be able to see the pistol until Friday the 4th.

However, I purchased a new in the box, with the box etc., model 94 winchester 30/30 made in 1956 from this seller previously. It was/is gorgeous. I don't shoot it, as I have two others that are minty. I have gotten to know Robert and Scott (the sellers) a little and I like them both. I will report back when I get this gun. I do have other S&W 27's (check my recent gunbroker purchases) that I would say are in similar, stunning, condition.

 

[bigmoneylewis]

I know one thing ..If I saw that at the local gun store for $1,500 ...I'm buying . Beautiful gun . The 27-2 is the pinnacle of all Smiths , and to find one "new" in the box ..well..despite what some people might think...that doesn't happen very often anymore . The turn line does concern me a little , if not for that , I'd be a buyer at $ 1,700 .
It wasn't but 3 or 4 years ago that Pythons were too "expensive" @ $ 1,000 Now just try to find one for less than $ 3,000 .
The 27-2 is Smith & Wessons "Python "
If the gun in question ends up as nice in hand as the pics ..I think
you got a great gun at a good price . Ten years from now ..you will be thrilled that you made this purchase.

Lewis

 

[Walter Rego]

That is a beautiful Model 27-2 and as others have commented, the seller did a very good job of presenting it. That alone can inspire confidence in bidders and thus get top dollar if a bidding war erupts. I can say this: If that gun was on display at a retail gun shop here in CA for $1500 it would be gone within a few weeks. I see it time and time again, I see a nice gun that I would like to own but think the retail shop price is higher than a cat's back. Next time I'm in the shop the gun is gone. You have to remember that the supply is finite, and there are people out there to whom $150 or $200 more than what market value "should" be means nothing if it's a nice example of a hard to find gun. They will blow that much money on dinner and drinks to celebrate their new acquisition

 

[BC38]

Obviously this seller is a top-notch marketer. Maybe he's just really good at "detailing" the guns up and an excellent photographer. Just like selling a car, doing a really good job of detail cleaning and waxing one can up its resale 10%-20% easily.

 

[handejector]

The photography bothers me. The finish is beyond bright. I looked at another gun on this seller's channel and it also has that look. What is going on here?

OIL
Oil, like love, covers a multitude of sins.

The gun in that auction is smoothly coated with a high quality oil very evenly applied.

Let's look at some pics-


The first tipoff is the general shininess of every part of the gun in every pic.
Best examples are the hammer and trigger.
Case colored parts just aren't that shiny on a Smith-

When wiped dry, Smith hammers look like this-

Oil and angles can completely alter the appearance of any gun.

Look at this cylinder front.
It is dry, and I want you to see the rings.
It is a USED gun.

Here is the SAME cylinder.
It is now evenly oiled, and from a different angle.
Does the gun seem as USED now?

The recoil shield from that same gun.
It is dry.
I'm trying to show you.....
See the cartridge imprints?
See the wear?

SAME recoil shield, OILED.
Different angle.
Does it look the same?

What comes to mind is Photoshop tools possibly being used to fraudulently make the finish look better than it is. Call it misrepresentation if you like. It is a bit slicker than a phony box label but it is in the same neighborhood. In both cases the buyer usually pays more!

And if someone is unscrupulous enough to pump up the finish what is to say they are not airbrushing away a bit of pitting here and there? I would not trust this guy.

Easy there, big fella.
Without facts in evidence, you are going too far there.
None of the pics I use above were altered by me.
Simply oiling and changing angles does a lot.

The gun the OP bought is a NICE gun.

Is it new in the box?
Is it unfired since the Factory test?

The OP will have to decide that when he gets it.

 

[nicholas.pane]

Price Paid

Hello Mr. Gray:

Am I to understand you paid $1535.00 for that model 27?

Thank you, Nicholas

 

[19leben]

The photography bothers me. The finish is beyond bright. I looked at another gun on this seller's channel and it also has that look. What is going on here?

Let us look at some other photograph from The illusive 33's channel to see if we notice anything.

1. Pre Model 29 4 Screw. Hmmm?

2. Another example of his photography is this 1947 revolver.

3. I think this is another 27-2

4. Let's look at a Ruger he offered. Holy Carbona finishes! No, Ruger didn't use that finish method IIRC.

What comes to mind is Photoshop tools possibly being used to fraudulently make the finish look better than it is. Call it misrepresentation if you like. It is a bit slicker than a phony box label but it is in the same neighborhood. In both cases the buyer usually pays more!

And if someone is unscrupulous enough to pump up the finish what is to say they are not airbrushing away a bit of pitting here and there? I would not trust this guy.

OP, Have you received the gun and is it as stunning as the photographs?

I haven't done anything special to my M29-2; and no special photography either. Pic taken just outside my garage with cell phone around 6pm.

 

[Robbins H Gray]

Well I saw the gun today. It was what I expected. The pics are well done, no doubt, but the gun is gorgeous. Everything I would have expected. Color me very happy.

 

[19leben]

Congrats on the new M27 Robbins.