What is it about the 3.5" Model 27?

[Snapping Twig]

This is mine
3 1/2 "
Just beautiful and full of soul

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Could be wrong, but I think that's a 4".

I have one and looked for a very long time before I found it. They are WAY more rare than a 3.5"

 

[BAM-BAM]

What is it about the 3 1/2" N-frame Model 27? The proportions!!!!! ...... The frame size; to butt to barrel length the proportions are pleasing to the eye ......... not to go all Harvey Weinstein; but kind of like the old 36-24-36
it just looks 'right" and is pleasing to the eye.

Inverse is also true..... pre-war service stocks on a 8 3/8" N-frame..... IMO looks wrong and out of proportion.



From all the pictures here; generally there's nothing else in the picture to judge size against....I wanted a 3 1/2" 27 for about 10 years......but when I finally held one.... OMG it's "BIG". Turns out when I actually am holding them,I like the 4 and 5 inch barrel length 27s and 28s better than the 3 1/2 for overall size. LOL I see rcortesvargas in post #59 above agrees with me!!!!

Take a look at a 3" K-frame 66.....smaller but the same proportions..... frame to butt to barrel are similar to a 3 1/2" N-frame...............but the overall size allows for easy concealed carry.

 

[rcortesvargas]

What is it about the 3 1/2" N-frame Model 27? The proportions!!!!! ...... The frame size; to butt to barrel length the proportions are pleasing to the eye ......... not to go all Harvey Weinstein; but kind of like the old 36-24-36
it just looks 'right" and is pleasing to the eye.

Inverse is also true..... pre-war service stocks on a 8 3/8" N-frame..... IMO looks wrong and out of proportion.



From all the pictures here; generally there's nothing else in the picture to judge size against....I wanted a 3 1/2" 27 for about 10 years......but when I finally held one.... OMG it's "BIG". Turns out when I actually am holding them,I like the 4 and 5 inch barrel length 27s and 28s better than the 3 1/2 for overall size. LOL I see rcortesvargas in post #59 above agrees with me!!!!

Take a look at a 3" K-frame 66.....smaller but the same proportions..... frame to butt to barrel are similar to a 3 1/2" N-frame...............but the overall size allows for easy concealed carry.

Yes, it is 4" but still beautiful and soulful


Now I want a 27 of 5" and another of 3.5"
I think the charm of the 3.5 is that profile of combat revolver.

 

[calmex]

3.5 inch holster

If you were going to carry a 3.5 inch Model 27 on a fairly regular basis around your property and sometimes perhaps C.C. the same off-property, is there any "favorite holster" that one might look into? I would prefer a belt holster as opposed to inside-the-waistband.

I realize you're not going to get "pocket j-frame" concealment carrying an N-frame in a belt holster, but I'd like some suggestions on holsters for the 3.5 inch Model 27 if anyone has any.

 

[SmithNut]

I honestly don't know the attraction...

Nice gun, proportions, looks, etc., and I can stop any time, really...

Now, if you don't believe the above statement, I have to admit that I did stop, it was hard, but I made it and am still in (sorta) recovery...

Here's the current stable of the 3 12" N frames in my safe.

So, it can be done (stopping, that is), just need to put your mind to it and join regular counseling meetings (usually at Pawn shops or gun stores.. )

 

[CH4]

"What is it about the 3.5" Model 27?"

As Pink Floyd aptly put it, "I can't explain, you would not understand."

Personally, the 3.5" is my favorite. It just has a certain je ne sais quoi.

I would love one in nickel to go with my remaining blue 3.5".

11/15/22 Update:
Finally found my nickel 3.5” and it’s sweet. I found it at a VFW swap meet, of all places.

 

[BLACKHAWKNJ]

Patton described his 3.5" .357 as his "killing gun" though there's no evidence he ever shot it in anger. $48 in 1935 dollars is approximately $1,038.05 today.

 

[LPD256]

If you were going to carry a 3.5 inch Model 27 on a fairly regular basis around your property and sometimes perhaps C.C. the same off-property, is there any "favorite holster" that one might look into? I would prefer a belt holster as opposed to inside-the-waistband.

I realize you're not going to get "pocket j-frame" concealment carrying an N-frame in a belt holster, but I'd like some suggestions on holsters for the 3.5 inch Model 27 if anyone has any.

In answer to your question I would look at DM Bullard leather or Lobo Gunleather.

 

[calmex]

In answer to your question I would look at DM Bullard leather or Lobo Gunleather.

Thanks! I'll do that right now. I have a 3.5 inch Model 27 barrel (in Mexico) and am looking for a "beater Model 27" -- either when I'm actually down there or when I'm not I have friends keeping an eye out -- to install the 3.5 incher onto.

I intend to have one, even if I have to build one myself. Obviously I won't be building it in Canada. But it's an itch I have to scratch and Mexico will do fine.

 

[Laketime]

I had a real nice one from the late sixties ,action job ,jeweled hammer and yellow insert front ramp.I quickly traded it because I just couldn't find a look with grips I liked with it.To me it just look odd unless it was wearing service stocks which I'm not a fan of on an N Frame.This was back in 1988.

 

[calmex]

Yes, it is 4" but still beautiful and soulful


Now I want a 27 of 5" and another of 3.5"
I think the charm of the 3.5 is that profile of combat revolver.

My 3.5 inch barrel is "in the shop" getting remarked to .38 Special somewhat like yours. I'll see it when I get back down there this winter. (And pay for the work, of course.)

 

[PauldL]

It's Magic.....

Just like the rest of the Model 27's imo -
I'm just feel very fortunate to have one.
To me, there's absolutely nothing else like it -
As for a holster, I really like the Simply Rugged Holster - I also have their Chesty Puller Suspension System-and it is really nice.
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[RKmesa]

Nowadays though I am much older, and I find myself dreaming about a Model 27... I want a 3.5" with an old S&W grip adapter, (faux) ivory grips, and would even be so bold as to put my initials on the stocks. What is wrong with me? The gun is large and heavy for the capacity. The barrel is too short to exploit the .357 ballistics, yet it is not short enough to have that "snubby" cool factor. Somehow though, being neither here nor there makes it just right...

No grip adapter, but a 3.5" .357 Magnum with ivory stocks, with my initials on them...





A special thanks to a forum friend for the stocks.

 

[calmex]

No grip adapter, but a 3.5" .357 Magnum with ivory stocks, with my initials on them...





A special thanks to a forum friend for the stocks.

Oh, that looks nice!

 

[Rodan]

What is it about the 3.5" M27? Pretty much everything...

The truth is that I shoot K frames a little better, but the 3.5" M27 would definitely be the last one I'd ever let go of.

 

[ladder13]

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[SmithNut]

Requesting club membership.

You're in.... !!! Welcome

 

[71vette]

Some very nice looking wheelguns in this thread!

Here's mine. An old 5 screw "pre-27" that was refinished sometime in it's past life.

Sambar Stag grips and a Tyler T:

Some reasonably close date wise Magnas:

And I second any recommendation for DM Bullard leather. I've got a LOT of his holsters and I love them. I don't have one from him for the 3.5" 27 though. I might have to fix that.

I do have one from Simply Rugged though. I usually find myself carrying K frames.

 

[Kinman]

I have a 4" model 27, a buddy has a 3.5" pre model. We have both agreed that if either goes first I get his 3.5" Pre Model and he gets my Lew Horton 24-3.

 

[Kinman]

Back in the mid to late 60’s the Utah Highway Patrol liked ‘em:

and they look good in nickel too:

I was a teenage kid in Utah in the mid 60's, it was not uncommon for a guy to try and outrun USP...with the advent of the .357 if they could pull up alongside you after the last warning to pull over was refused and shoot through the fender taking the engine out...or so the legend goes. We did have a local cop known as "shoot first and ask questions later" who was famous for "BAM! BAM! Stop or I'll Fire!" Those were certainly different years. A buddy and I got caught relieving ourselves in the Safeway parking lot after a night of beer drinking, the cops hauled us down to the station. I remember the letters in blue fluorescent JAIL with an arrow pointing down. We got to the stairway which had at least a dozen stairs and as we started down the stairs the cops lit into us with sticks, at the bottom while we were nursing bruises one old cop said "Have you boys learned your lesson or do we need to call your folks down?" We replied with "OH YESSIR, we have learned our lesson." We were released and went our way, lesson learned.
Sorry about the thread drift...