627-4 PC .38 Super - How Many?

[Pizza Bob]

I believe that these were produced for and sold by Bangers Dist (along with some 686 .38 Supers) in 2003. Anybody have any idea of the quantity of the 627's? Serial prefix on mine is SUP0XXX...

Thanks for any response.

Adios,

Pizza Bob

 

[colt_saa]

How could anyone forget that revolver.

It came with the Red/White/Blue JM grips .

Obviously in addition to non-original grips, the one you have pictured also has a different front/rear sights and a different cylinder release

I think it was 2002 that those were introduced at SHOT. It was one of the first 627s to have the frame mounted lock that was phased into Smith and Wesson revolvers after Saf-T-Hammer bought Smith and Wesson from Tompkins

Between the grips, caliber choice and lock, the Smith and Wesson purists were up in arms. The complaining was even worse than when the company started using rubber grips instead of wood on their revolvers.

Sorry but I can not recall how many were produced

 

[Lou_the_welder]

I believe that these were produced for and sold by Bangers Dist (along with some 686 .38 Supers) in 2003. Anybody have any idea of the quantity of the 627's? Serial prefix on mine is SUP0XXX...

Thanks for any response.

Adios,

Pizza Bob

6"? Steel cylinder?
I've never even seen one. It kinda looks like my 929- but this IS different.
Does it also come with a power port cap?
Very nice Bob!

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[Wise_A]

Alright, so I'm not insane for wanting a Super .38 revolver. Good to know.

 

[colt_saa]

6"? Steel cylinder?
I've never even seen one. It kinda looks like my 929- but this IS different.
Does it also come with a power port cap?
Very nice Bob!

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5 1/2" Barrel
Black coated steel cylinder. I think Birdsong did the cylinders
Yes, the PowerPort could be replaced with a false muzzle

 

[colt_saa]

Alright, so I'm not insane for wanting a Super .38 revolver. Good to know.

Insane? No

I have 3 Smith and Wesson Model 940s that can all shoot 38 Super

My 627 Pinto has a second black fluted cylinder chambered for 9x23 Winchester. Obviously it will also chamber and fire all of the shorter cases from that family of cartridges

 

[S&WIowegan]

627-4s

I have one that had at least 2 owners I know before I got it. Mine has no red,white and blue stocks and has been worked on for action games. I intended to use mine in gun games but extraction is very sticky making it too slow on reloads. Another local shooter owns one which he fought for years because of extraction problems(in the heat of a stage, one may punch a hole in the weak hand). He has solved the problem by using 38 Short Colt brass which extracts much better. I haven't tried 38 Short Colt in mine because I'm happy running 2 627-5s in competition; one has a red dot mounted, the other is an iron sight gun.

A different local shooter had an original 627-4 with red, white and blue stocks but it went down the road when he lost his job.

 

[philbrook3]

I had my gun dealer order the 686 at the shot show that year, Bangers had announced there would be 300 of the 627's and 150 of the 686's. I used my 686 for many years in IDPA and it is a great gun.

 

[Pizza Bob]

Thanks Lou - I believe that colt saa answered all your questions.

I found this gun on another gun forum, misidentified, and purchased it a couple months before Smith introduced the 929 at SHOT. It came to me with plain JM grips (no R,W & B or JM initials) in a non-matching blue plastic case, but with all the accessories, including about a dozen S&W moon clips - which I have found work the best with the Starline brass I use.

This is my USPSA and ICORE gun and has been modified as such. Those are KSD grips and an LPA rear sight mated with a Dawson Precision .100" FO front sight. That's a CCW cylinder release and Dave Olhasso tuned the action and converted it to DAO. I'm kind of perplexed as to the difficult extractions noted above - aside from Dave chamfering the charge holes nothing else has been done to the cylinder AFAIK and I've never had a problem. I would think a simple honing of the chambers would correct that on those that had the problem.

Currently using 160 gr RN .357" Bayou bullets over Clays (I have to look up the actual load) with Federal deep seated primers.

Philbrook3 came the closest to actually answering my question and it kind of squares with what I heard - and I don't remember where. I had heard that there were two production runs of the 627's of 300 guns each. My serial number (assuming chronologically numbered guns) would put mine in the first (or only if phibrook3's info is correct) production run. I was just looking for something more definitive.

Thanks for the responses thus far. Anyone with any further info, please chime in. Thanks.

Adios,

Pizza Bob

 

[S&WIowegan]

I had my gun dealer order the 686 at the shot show that year, Bangers had announced there would be 300 of the 627's and 150 of the 686's. I used my 686 for many years in IDPA and it is a great gun.

I had a local gun smith ream the cylinder chambers of a 4" 686 to fit 38 Super rounds with moonclips. It works but I soon went to 627-5s

 

[tjpopkin]

I absolutely love mine and have had no extraction problems whatsoever. I purchased this gun, new, in 2003. I use VV3N37 (my reloading date is downstairs but if anyone is interested, I can find it for them) under a Montana Gold 124gr JHP. Accuracy is stellar and it will shoot 9mm as well, but I bought a 929 when I was working.
Retirement is challenging, but I really like this gun, so I will keep it. Mine is #242, so they likely made 300 or so.

 

[KATTMAN]

I have one each of these----PC 627 and the PC 686. My PC 627 is serial number 1

Seems like long ago on the 627. It was my very first of many SW PC guns. Still have most.

Kattman from Michigan