I have a 27-3, serial number AWD37##, has a 8 3/8" barrel. I believe this is a 1988? (Please correct me if I'm wrong). I am thinking about finding a wooden display box. My question is what the box and tools looked like for this specific year?

I really don't know the details on the boxes, someone knowledgeable will be along. I seem to remember though that the wood boxes stopped before 1988, early '80s. Doesn't mean you can't put your -3 in one though.

Jeff
SWCA #1457

Presentation cases (as an extra cost option) were discontinued in 1985. However, if you want a presentation case, the one shown below would be most correct for your 27-3. There are two for sale in the want to sell section of the Forum, but the inserts will require recovering.

Bill

The picture that Doc44 has posted is a very rare item in that state! That case pictured is exactly the way it left the factory from 1979-1985! However, the covering did not last long when used to display a gun in the case! This is what that case lining would look like today if used to display a gun.

The type case used after 1985 is this type

jcelect