Do you shoot your nice 27-2's?

[bushmaster1313]

If your 27-2 is nice but not mint-in-box do you shoot it?
Does it make the finish look dull?

I am waiting to take possession of this one, my first fancy revolver, and I was planning on shooting it. Can't carry because I live in NJ.

 

[dnonac]

Nice looking 27. And yes.....shoot shoot shoot em.

As long as you don't lay it on concrete or bang it against another gun, it'll clean up just like it was before you shot it.
Craig...

 

[Mike SC Hunter]

Yes I shoot them. Thats what they were made for. I bought a NIB unfired 3.5" 27-2 in presentation case with all the goodies last year. I have shot it since and wore it deer hunting several times. I bought it to enjoy.......not to look at or be a warehouse for some future owner after I'm gone. My $0.02.

 

[Shooting4life]

I have not shoot either of mine but I plan to.
27-2 3.5

27-2 6 inch

 

[LEO918]

Yes!! Shoot,carry,buy and hoard all the pre-27 to 27-2's I can. I kinda like 'em.

 

[Black_Talon]

Yes, absolutely. They are made for shooting. I shoot all the S&W's I own, even though they're not easy to find here in this cesspool called California..

I shoot mid-range lead loads out of my 27-2:

 

[David LaPell]

As soon as my arm heals up and the 3 feet of snow is gone, this one is going out to test out some more handloads.

 

[stockb0y]

sometimes using mostly 38 special reloads and some 357 reloads...

 

[Col Defender]

If I had one I would... (wishing I did). I shoot all my others!

 

[Art Doc]

All of my guns get shot.

I have acquired several NIB S&Ws over the years and all get shot.

Hell, I have carried my Registered Magnum on occasion.

 

[girvin02]

I shoot this 27-2 and find it to be one of my most accurate guns. It would be a shame to not shoot it. It shows a cylinder ring and black rings around the holes on the front cylinder face. I consider that acceptable wear.

 

[Cocked & Locked]

Yes...

 

[Frank237]

I'll be the dissenter here...I've got several NIB Smiths ranging from Kit Guns to 27's and 29's and don't shoot any of them. If they are NIB meaning UNFIRED, they stay that way.

I've got plenty of other Smiths to shoot why devalue the NIB models?

I'm sure I suffer from some deep seated mental issues regarding CLEANLINESS as I hate to get my cars or motorcycles DIRTY once immaculately clean as well. Though the bikes log more MILES than my mint S&W's get SHOT.

FN in MT

 

[BUFF]

About the only blue wear one would get is the turn line on the cylinder, some thinning of the blue on the ejector rod, and the area around the firing pin opening on the frame. Most finish wear from use is from holsters and handling it clumsily, banging it into other things, not from shooting it.

I have a few Model 27's and pre-27's. The only ones I haven't shot are the pre 3-1/2 inch/gold picture box gun from 1955, and a 6-1/2 inch Model 27-7 8 shooter, of which S&W only made 100, which I hope to trade someday for the same gun with a 4 inch barrel equally pristine.
The others are all a great pleasure with which to create fired brass.

I carried my 5 inch Model 27-2 on my gunbelt during the graduation ceremony from the Police Academy. With a gorgeous pair of smooth presentation stocks, riding high in my Safariland thumb break on my Sam Browne, it was positively HUGE compared to the K frame S&W's, Ruger Security Sixes and Colt Official Police 4 inchers my classmates wore. It apparently drew some attention from some audience members, like, "EEEWwwww, it's such a BIG gun he has!" I was wearing it again when President Ronald Reagan visited Salt Lake City and I got put backstage with the Secret Service agents' security detail and the President, before he stepped out on the stage to speak, probably because my Ike jacket hadn't arrived from the tailor yet!

You bet I had shot that gun a lot already, even though it was the nicest gun I had at the time and I bought it new.

I also had shot and carried another 1950-built, pre-27 3-1/2 incher
on duty a bit, also sporting a gorgeous pair of smooth presentation stocks. Then I thought about it, and getting it dinged, and soon discontinued the carry part after realizing just how pristine it was.

After all, they were fired, at least a little bit, at the factory. A little more won't hurt them, and the dollar value between an unfired Model 27-2 or earlier gun and the dollar value of one carefully shot and kept clean, is going to be pretty small. And that dollar loss will have purchased some true pleasure.

 

[acl864]

Heck yes you should shoot it. That's what it was made to do.

 

[1blindref]

I shoot both of mine - not a lot, but they do get shot. I just put 100 rounds (50 38spl / 50 .357) through the blued 27 this past Friday night.

It split time with this off brand .357

( I hope I didn't dirty up this thread too much with this picture )

 

[Driftwood Johnson]

Howdy

OK, I'll admit it. My Model 27 no dash is my only safe queen. Every other gun I own gets shot, but not my 27. It is just too pretty, and I am afraid I will bung it up. I keep thinking about selling it, because I am not shooting it, but every time I see how pretty it is, I put it back in the safe.

Yes, it is the wrong box, but that is what came with it and I like the box too.

 

[Dave T]

When I went into the academy (August 1973) we were told we had to provide our own weapons and it had to be a 4" DA 38 Special or 357 Magnum. I wanted to carry a 3.5" M27-2 but was told by the staff that it had to be a 4". When I asked about a 5" M27-2 I got the same answer. I really wanted to get a 27 but ended up with a 4" M28-2. Once I graduated and went into the field my first Patrol Sergeant told me I could carry anything I wanted to, up to and including a 6" if I could find a way to set in the car with it worn strong side. I never forgave the guys at the academy. Had I gotten a M27 I would have shot it and carried it until I qualified with a Government Model 45 ACP and switched to the semi auto.

Dave

PS: I shoot the 5" pre-Model 27 I have now.

 

[DRYHEAT]

Life's too short NOT to shoot fine guns...

These bad boys go out every time I take out one of the "go-fasters"... it's a nice balance.

 

[bushmaster1313]

Looking forward to taking possession of my 27-2 (see first post)
I plan on shooting it with factory .38's