The S&W Model 627 is an excellent handgun, and in looking over my started threads here I noticed that I had yet to post a review of it. Here is a stock photo from the web. Mine looks like this except that mine now sports Pachmayr Compacs.
Here is a near-C&P of a post I did quite a while back on the now-defunct Kansas gun forum. 12/2008
Okie-doky, I took the 627 out today and put 200 rounds of 38 Special through it. Fifty mid-range wadcutters, fifty of the standard velocity 38 158 gr SWC, and the rest were WWB from WallyWorld.
The gun shot marvelously, which shouldn't be a surprise to anyone; after all, it is a Smith & Wesson. As I mentioned before, I took the Hogues off and put a set of Pachmayr Compacs on, and these were good except for one thing: the cartridge closest to the frame seemed to catch on the grips and not eject 100% without rotating the cylinder slightly to clear it and then it dropped free. Doing some work with a Dremel might be in order here. The recoil was quite mild, and the gun seems to be very accurate in my hands. I shot all of the rounds double action, at ranges of from three to seven yards.
The trigger pull is good and the action is smooth. I expect it to break in even better,
No bench testing was done, but the gun like I said before, seems to be very accurate in my hands, even though at the close ranges that I shot it at, it seemed to shoot a trifle low.
Would I recommend it for CCW? Frankly, no. And the reason has nothing to really do with the size. It is the lack of speed loaders that are available. And yes, I do know of the Maxfires. Besides, there are many better carry guns out there. Would it serve in this capacity? Probably, and it might even do well. It would, I imagine, do quite well as a hunting sidearm
In short, it's a great gun, but it is not for everybody.
A couple of updates, if I could.
I have since found some speedloaders that seem to work at least decently. One is the 5-Star brand and one more is the Speedbeez.
The 5-star works like the HKS but is machined from aluminum and the Speedbeez work like the old Dade speedloaders that some of you might recall from the early 1970s.
The grips I finally settled on are the Pachmayr Compac grips mentioned earlier. I solved the problem of cases hanging up by taking a knife and cutting part of the grip away.
Anyway, I hope that this may interest at least some of you.
Here is a near-C&P of a post I did quite a while back on the now-defunct Kansas gun forum. 12/2008
Okie-doky, I took the 627 out today and put 200 rounds of 38 Special through it. Fifty mid-range wadcutters, fifty of the standard velocity 38 158 gr SWC, and the rest were WWB from WallyWorld.
The gun shot marvelously, which shouldn't be a surprise to anyone; after all, it is a Smith & Wesson. As I mentioned before, I took the Hogues off and put a set of Pachmayr Compacs on, and these were good except for one thing: the cartridge closest to the frame seemed to catch on the grips and not eject 100% without rotating the cylinder slightly to clear it and then it dropped free. Doing some work with a Dremel might be in order here. The recoil was quite mild, and the gun seems to be very accurate in my hands. I shot all of the rounds double action, at ranges of from three to seven yards.
The trigger pull is good and the action is smooth. I expect it to break in even better,
No bench testing was done, but the gun like I said before, seems to be very accurate in my hands, even though at the close ranges that I shot it at, it seemed to shoot a trifle low.
Would I recommend it for CCW? Frankly, no. And the reason has nothing to really do with the size. It is the lack of speed loaders that are available. And yes, I do know of the Maxfires. Besides, there are many better carry guns out there. Would it serve in this capacity? Probably, and it might even do well. It would, I imagine, do quite well as a hunting sidearm
In short, it's a great gun, but it is not for everybody.
A couple of updates, if I could.
I have since found some speedloaders that seem to work at least decently. One is the 5-Star brand and one more is the Speedbeez.
The 5-star works like the HKS but is machined from aluminum and the Speedbeez work like the old Dade speedloaders that some of you might recall from the early 1970s.
The grips I finally settled on are the Pachmayr Compac grips mentioned earlier. I solved the problem of cases hanging up by taking a knife and cutting part of the grip away.
Anyway, I hope that this may interest at least some of you.
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