DWalt
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There is a story in the most recent AR about the WWII allied landings in North Africa. It talks about Patton carrying a S&W Model 27 revolver.
An interesting mistake in the American Rifleman
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What is incorrect about that? He carried a Registered Magnum and a Colt SSA.
Green Frog
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He couldn’t have carried a Model 27… he had been dead for well over a decade before that designation existed. It would be correct to say that he carried a Registered Magnum or a S&W 357 Magnum, but there was no Model 27 for him to carry during his lifetime.
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DWalt
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Proofreading is not what it used to be.
Maybe the writer is too young to realize the 'obvious'! 
I've noticed several errors concerning S&W revolvers by gun writers lately. Some who should know better. One was so mis informed that I wrote to the editor, with no reply, of course. I know they were errors, because I got the knowledge here!
Never let little details get in the way of a good story! 
"Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor...?"
"Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor...?"
The sad fact is not many will catch the mistake. Wasn't Patton at the Chosin river valley in Vietnam?
We need a photo of the gun. Here she is... Serial Number 47022
You've got to love those 3.5" Magnums.
Patton was a man of good tastes.
You've got to love those 3.5" Magnums.
Patton was a man of good tastes.
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RM, non RM, 357 Magnum, 27, 27-1, 27-2, etc. A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.
opoefc
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One of my fun things used to be finding the errors and mistakes in gun magazine articles and if I felt it was outrageous enough I wrote the editors and they usually printed my letters and allowed their authors to respond and acknowledge their errors. ( Custer did not have an AR 15 at the battle of Lexington, only Buffalo Bill ! ) Ed
Well, according to a reliable, anonymous source, the shot heard round the world came from a High Point.
NovaJoe
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People make mistakes. I was recently in the NRA's National Firearms Museum in Fairfax Virginia. In their collection they had 6" barreled S&W revolver labelled as as a Model 15 which was made in 1952.
While Patton's revolver was indeed a Registered Magnum, he was very much alive when S&W dropped that name and designated it the Model 27 in 1939.
From Wikipedia: ...In 1939, Smith & Wesson stopped producing the Registered Magnum. It was replaced with the Model 27...
From Wikipedia: ...In 1939, Smith & Wesson stopped producing the Registered Magnum. It was replaced with the Model 27...
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Wow. Just wow.
A few clarifications are probably in order
:1. Patton died 12/21/45
2. S&W never called the ".357 Magnum" (the name of the revolver) a "Registered Magnum". That is a collector term for pre-war .357 Magnums with a REG ___ (number) stamped on the frame under the yoke. Pre-war .357 Magnum revolvers without the REG number are often referred to by collectors as "Non Registered Magnums".
3. 27 was the Model number assigned by S&W to the ".357 Magnum" in 1957 (long after Patton died). The Revolver was and is still named the ".357 Magnum"
4. The first post-war .357 Magnum left the factory in December 1946.
The .357 Magnums are one of the finest revolvers to ever roll off the factory line and all of the different barrel lengths, finishes, and engineering changes make them really fun to collect.
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DWalt
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I believe errors in Wikipedia entries can be corrected, but I have not done any and do not know the procedure to be followed. This one deserves a correction.
Sistema1927
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Yes, just before he led Elephants through the Khyber Pass to reinforce the 3rd Armored Division in North Africa.
opoefc
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Wikipedia is a non-profit foundation supported by donations & grants to bring knowledge to the people and owned by "JImbo" Their answers can be edited and corrected thru their web page.
Picking errors like this apart is why my wife doesn't like watching aviation movies with me. They would never say that! or...He would never do that!
I expect it from Hollywood but not American Rifleman or Wikipedia.
I expect it from Hollywood but not American Rifleman or Wikipedia.
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