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Great article. Bryce's 4" Wolff & Klar was pretty hot. I'm thinking, due to the time line, his 3 1/2" 357 was either a registered magnum of a non-registered magnum. As accurate as he was with a revolver he could have gotten by with a 32 or a 38. 5 head shots?!?
 
I am not sure just when Jelly Bryce switched over from the .44 Spl. but the gun in the picture sure does look like a Registered (or non-registered) Magnum. I suspect it was around the time the FBI "drafted" him.

There is a bio, I think it might have been authored by Ron Owens? I've read it but it has been a while.

Legendary Lawman: The Story of Quick Draw Jelly Bryce: Owens, Ron: 9781596527577: Amazon.com: Books

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jimmyj said:
In my circle the Model 27 with 3.5" barrel was referred to as "FBI Model".
From what I have read the Model 27 with five inch barrel was the barrel length the more famous Agents used.
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This post made my day. Never heard of "Jelly Bryce" before. Thanks for adding the link to the article. Bryce was certainly a special kind of LEO.

Al
 
In my very limited research, the FBI agent purchase/owned Rms and NRNs were a mix of 3.5 and 4 inches.

Jerry Campbell's gun posted in other threadss was 3.4

The 3 pictured below are in my collection:

Fred McGeary's RM 3.5", shipped blue factory renickeled, Quick Draw front sight added;

Frank Baughman's RM prototype, shipped 5", later retuned to the factory and barrel cut to 4" and QD front sight added;

Arlin Jones NRM (ordered for him by Baughman at the FBI Academy) shipped 4" blue later factory renickeled.

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Rusty parrot said:
Quinn,
Well you certainly added a drool factor to this posting, Thank you for sharing.
Question, are the Ropers original or a product of some of our current grip makers?
Thanks.
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Those Ropers are "chisel cut" I am told rather than done with a checkering tool. They are contemporary with the gun but I don't know if they were oriiginal to the gun. Tthey are original Ropers.
 
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