sub-moa
US Veteran
4" 27s rare ?
I must be even luckier than I'd originally thought.
My S&W accumulation habit started with the 4" and 6" revolvers, mostly Ks, I carried on duty and competed with in local PPC matches.
Once I started branching out to models and calibers I just liked, I limited myself to 4" & 6" versions. For 27s, I picked-up a Blue, 4", 27-2 (P&R) first, 20+ years ago which was followed shortly thereafter by a Blue, 6", 27-2 (P&R).
Years later something dawned on me; at my original Police Academy, now 37 years ago
, we had to check out revolvers from our individual command armories on range days. My command was 30 miles away from the Fort at which the Academy was being held. Apparently I'd shown some promise on the range, so the Academy Director Mr. Luther K. Duffield offered me his personal 3 1/2" 27 for quals. That is exactly why my next 27 had to be a 3 1/2" 
.
Unfortunately, that did not just happen. I just couldn't find an appropriate 3 1/2"er, anywhere. I became convinced the 3 1/2"er was the Holy Grail of 27s. Although I had/have no personal interest in 8 3/8" revolvers, I was offered and bought, a perfect condition Blue, 8 3/8", 27-2 (P&R) for a song, with the expressed purpose of putting a 3 1/2" barrel on it. WRONG again, even harder than finding an appropriate 3 1/2" 27-2 was finding just a perfect condition 3 1/2" barrel by itself.
Other projects came and went while the 27-2 status quo remained, that is until several years ago. I finally found that Mr. Duffield clone, a Blue, 3 1/2", 27-2 (P&R). Having previously fallen into that 8 3/8 my 27-2 family was only one short of complete. A couple years ago I finally filled that remaining void with a 5", Blue, 27-2 (P&R).
Through a comedy of errors over the years I've ended up with all the barrel lengths of the 27-2s, makes it almost like having a "Collection"
...
All that and no Photos? Maybe later. Just had a new hip installed last week, dragging the 27s out for a photo op is not up there on my "To Do" list right now...
Thanks for letting me tell the story though
I must be even luckier than I'd originally thought.
My S&W accumulation habit started with the 4" and 6" revolvers, mostly Ks, I carried on duty and competed with in local PPC matches.
Once I started branching out to models and calibers I just liked, I limited myself to 4" & 6" versions. For 27s, I picked-up a Blue, 4", 27-2 (P&R) first, 20+ years ago which was followed shortly thereafter by a Blue, 6", 27-2 (P&R).
Years later something dawned on me; at my original Police Academy, now 37 years ago
, we had to check out revolvers from our individual command armories on range days. My command was 30 miles away from the Fort at which the Academy was being held. Apparently I'd shown some promise on the range, so the Academy Director Mr. Luther K. Duffield offered me his personal 3 1/2" 27 for quals. That is exactly why my next 27 had to be a 3 1/2" .Unfortunately, that did not just happen. I just couldn't find an appropriate 3 1/2"er, anywhere. I became convinced the 3 1/2"er was the Holy Grail of 27s. Although I had/have no personal interest in 8 3/8" revolvers, I was offered and bought, a perfect condition Blue, 8 3/8", 27-2 (P&R) for a song, with the expressed purpose of putting a 3 1/2" barrel on it. WRONG again, even harder than finding an appropriate 3 1/2" 27-2 was finding just a perfect condition 3 1/2" barrel by itself
.Other projects came and went while the 27-2 status quo remained, that is until several years ago. I finally found that Mr. Duffield clone, a Blue, 3 1/2", 27-2 (P&R). Having previously fallen into that 8 3/8 my 27-2 family was only one short of complete. A couple years ago I finally filled that remaining void with a 5", Blue, 27-2 (P&R).
Through a comedy of errors over the years I've ended up with all the barrel lengths of the 27-2s, makes it almost like having a "Collection"
...All that and no Photos? Maybe later. Just had a new hip installed last week, dragging the 27s out for a photo op is not up there on my "To Do" list right now
...Thanks for letting me tell the story though
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