Barrel alteration - 327 mag

[Fred Beagle]

Hey everyone.

I am seriously looking at a 3" J frame in 327 magnum (basically a model 60). But the darn thing has a backbored comp in front of the ramp site.

The slim size and 6 rds this gun offers is what I'm looking for over the model 60 or the model 65 (which I love). So can anyone recommend as source to either custom do a barrel (3 1/4" I think would be perfect) or can the barrel be "chopped" and recrowned? I ask the chop question because I never got an answer from Smith as to whether the gun is 3" barrel with or without the comp and haven't seen one in a showcase yet.

Any thoughts are appreciated. Thanks. And merry Christmas.

FB

 

[Alk8944]

Directly comparing the catalog pictures of the 3" Model 60 and the 3" Model 632 .327 Federal the 632 barrel is 3"+/- including the comp.

My hope is they will build one in a 4 or 5", or a Model 16 6" un-lugged before they drop the caliber like they always seem to do with .32 calibers.

 

[peyton]

I thought you could buy a 3 inch barrel that is for a model 632 (the original hammerless one) and have it installed. I think Brownell's has them. I will check on this.