A beauty; I especially like the case on hammer & trigger.
Finally Got Me a 5" Model 27
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LEO918
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Picked my .357/5" from the estate of our late member HughWW.
Here's my 5" nickel 27-2. I understand that the 5" wooden presentation cases are a little hard to find. Also has the silver cardboard box.
The Safariland holster for 5 inch N frames is somewhat of a rare bird nowdays. Not many were made even in the hayday of revolvers. Are the speed loaders in the pouch the rubber cup type?
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Love that whole setup!
I suspect the officer that wore it on-duty would have had to have used some belt “keepers” to help anchor that hogleg and gunbelt securely.
The best set-up that I wore was the system with hook Velcro on the inside of the Sam Browne and a pile lined inner belt. They mated together and keepers weren't required.
I'm jealous of all those beautiful 5" Model 27s (and .357 Magnums)! Still have one on my Wish List, but I don't see many around here. Years ago I passed on a nice 5" 27-2 at a local gun show with the original box but the wrong stocks...the young seller wouldn't budge from $900 so I walked away. I've still got some time to find one and I'll keep looking.
OutAtTheEdge
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Typical HKS models.
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Nice! I’d forgotten about those. (Not an LEO here but my father was for a time).
Thanks to Skeeter and Bill I had to get a 5" 27 too! Sure is nice, but I prefer my 686+ Mountain gun a lot more, lol
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Sheer blasphemy (in this thread, at least)!
Kidding, kidding - I love the look of those MGs. I’m very tempted to make a play for one of the new .357 ones and was surprised to see on of the not-often-seen originals offered for sale here in the last couple of months.
Rock185
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kscharlie, You may have paid the price, but in return you sure ended up with a nice clean example. Mine is 1976 manufacture. I bought it new, and by some miracle, still have it. I never carried it, but it was never a safe queen either. Keith Brown made a set of "cokes" for it about 15 years ago. I've seen some of the smokin' deals others have made on this or that desirable gun, but such deals rarely come my way. I admit that I have most always "paid the price"
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That's a beautiful 27, and I would love to have a set of KB grips. Spent too much for the gun, so that part will have to wait. Auctions are sometimes interesting. I get most of my guns from GB, mainly because the closest 4 gun shops to me are all 60 miles away...one in each direction. So I don't get there very often. I also only buy guns that are C&R eligible and the dealer will work accept that. So that does somewhat limit my choices.kscharlie, You may have paid the price, but in return you sure ended up with a nice clean example. Mine is 1976 manufacture. I bought it new, and by some miracle, still have it. I never carried it, but it was never a safe queen either. Keith Brown made a set of "cokes" for it about 15 years ago. I've seen some of the smokin' deals others have made on this or that desirable gun, but such deals rarely come my way. I admit that I have most always "paid the price"
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I have watched a lot of 27-2s sell for what I thought was a very reasonable price, but they have always been too new, or the dealer would not accept my C&R. I very seldom see either a 27 ND or a 27-1 and when I do they usually sell for a lot more money than I think they are worth, mostly due to condition issues. Also have watched quite a few 5-screw .357s sell, some very nice, some not so much. The nicer ones have been bringing right at $2500. Also, nearly all of these auctions started at either a penny or a fairly low opening bid. These were the ones that brought the most money. To me that makes sense. I have attended enough auctions in my life to watch 2 or 3 people let their emotions take control and they end up paying more than the item is really worth. Although it can be said that something is worth exactly what someone will pay.
My ND was on GB for 10 days at an opening price of $1875. Something came up and I missed the end of the auction, but it did not get a bid. I watched and waited for over two weeks before it showed back up, again starting at $1875. So I got out the 5th Edition of SCSW and did a bit of calculating. According to SCSW, model marked 27 in excellent condition is $1200 (don't know where you can find one that cheap...), 4-screw ND double that to $2400, add some "unknown" premium for 5" barrel...let's just say $250, add small premium for S prefix serial number, which I won't do since all 27 ND and 27-1 would have that anyway.
So based on the book, a 4-screw, Model 27 ND with 5" barrel in excellent condition is worth more that a similar 5-screw pre-27, or a 27-1. Not sure what the value is for the original box, but it has to be worth another 2 Benjamins. All told the value of the gun should be around$2850 or so. I wouldn't give that much, but with 30 minutes left on the auction I entered a max bid of $1875. Since there had not been a lower starting price to attract more bidders, no else bid on the gun. After taxes, fees and shipping I was out $2084.38. Considerably less than the estimated value.
At any rate, I am very, very happy to have temporary possession to this firearm. It truly is much nicer than pictures show. To be honest, I was surprised at just how nice it is. It's probably as close to ANIB as I will ever own. I don't own very many guns that have cost me this much money, but the ones I have spent the money for have been well worth the investment, in personal pleasure alone.
Yes, the 5” is the best barrel length. Just wish they had made more of the Model 29 and 57 in 5”. I have many 4” but 5” would be the perfect length for me.
GF
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Fabulous! What a classic.
That’s a beautiful one with those diamond stocks.
Great condish.
You pay what you have to pay, but it will always be worth that and it will be worth more in time.
Here is a picture of my 5” 27-2.
This was taken in indoors, but in morning light. It is a blued gun, but it looks like nickel in this photo.. the light does amazing things to a blued revolver.
Congratulations on a fabulous purchase.
That’s a beautiful one with those diamond stocks.
Great condish.
You pay what you have to pay, but it will always be worth that and it will be worth more in time.
Here is a picture of my 5” 27-2.
This was taken in indoors, but in morning light. It is a blued gun, but it looks like nickel in this photo.. the light does amazing things to a blued revolver.
Congratulations on a fabulous purchase.
Bruceboy
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Congrats, with one warning.. the 27's are addictive!!! Ask me how I know. The 27 was the S&W flagship for many years and with good reason.
Regards,
Al
