Looking at a 27-2... anything to watch out for regarding fakery, refinishing, etc?

Price seems high to me .
The 5” nickel in picture is unfired and everything came with it ,a $1000 less.
It was 6 years ago.
$1400-$1800 depending on condition
And what comes with it would be my guess.
 
If it’s a late 4” N prefix serial number, they don’t command near the price that an S or early N prefix would bring, especially if it has the more common nickel finish. Before Smith replaced the 5” and 3.5” with the 4” in the late 70s, a 4” was only available through custom orders. This made them very rare, much more desirable and worth more $$$$.

If I wanted a 4” MG with tapered barrel in 357 mag, I’d carry my 28. 😀
 
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I had a 27-2 5" RR WO 3T'S new and unfired and I also had a 50th anniversary, a gift from my wife. If you noticed the past tense of had. After having searched for the 27-2 for years I found one NIB and was over joyed to have the pair. .A number of years later, I realized I was never going to shoot them. I had my 6" and a 4" both 27-2 3T that were in regular use at range and hunting. Then came the day I decided to downsize and rationalize my collection. Well needless to say, all but the 4" went down the road. Not one of my brightest moves. If I ever find a nice used/fired 5", for a sane price, again, I am going to buy it and sell my 4" and enjoy the hell outta shooting it. That 5" is, only one of two guns I regret selling. The other being a Colt Diamondback 22lr 2 !/2", my first handgun purchase, that my wife asked me to sell, when we had kids. (She thought it looked to much like a cap gun.) Oh well hindsight is 20/20 I was lucky to have at least owned them.
 
I apologize for my rude statement: but as I said in other threads, I am shocked about the prices asked in US for guns produced in the same Nation! To me, hard pass for 2,5k. Recently I bought a NIB, unfired 5” 27-2 , standard setup - magnas, narrow trigger and hammer - with box and papers (ok, no tools anyway) for 750€ . Others similar revolvers were available at the same price, or few euros more.
My question is ….are they so rarest in USA than overseas?
 
diecidecimi said:
I apologize for my rude statement: but as I said in other threads, I am shocked about the prices asked in US for guns produced in the same Nation! To me, hard pass for 2,5k. Recently I bought a NIB, unfired 5” 27-2 , standard setup - magnas, narrow trigger and hammer - with box and papers (ok, no tools anyway) for 750€ . Others similar revolvers were available at the same price, or few euros more.
My question is ….are they so rarest in USA than overseas?
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I don't think it's a rarity issue as there's plenty of examples for sale at any one time. It's more a supply and demand thing. There's a large number of collectors relative to the amount of available guns which drives up the prices for good examples and unfortunately that also has an effect of driving up the asking price on shooter grade guns.
 
diecidecimi said:
I apologize for my rude statement: but as I said in other threads, I am shocked about the prices asked in US for guns produced in the same Nation! To me, hard pass for 2,5k. Recently I bought a NIB, unfired 5” 27-2 , standard setup - magnas, narrow trigger and hammer - with box and papers (ok, no tools anyway) for 750€ . Others similar revolvers were available at the same price, or few euros more.
My question is ….are they so rarest in USA than overseas?
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Local products are often held in higher esteem than foreign made guns, with exceptions. Some of this could be due to familiarity at least as much as patriotism. I wager an informed buyer might pay more for an MR-73 (at least a vintage one as opposed to current production) over a model 27, but many have never even heard about them. US military rifles bring good prices and they made millions of them.
 
One thing ive learned (thru life really) is that something that is truly nice & the genuine article is gonna cost
Unless its from a relative or best friend - ive never found as good a deals as what I hear about or read about
& these older Smiths are just gonna rise in value - especially when you consider the new revolver & pistols for the matter imo
Just the triggers on these older ones make them such a good find to begin with imo
Any new gun I pick up (just in my own experiences) they all have terrible triggers & triggers is where you get your accuracy from - these older cats know this - its imperative to have a good creep free trigger - not talkin about take up (semi-autos) which a lot of people don't even know the difference between take up and creep
But, just that one thing alone- an excellent trigger makes them an exceptional find imo
And we could take things so much further when we start talking about the the target triggers and hammers - those .500" hammers & triggers are the 🐝 knees!!
So easy to manipulate/operate!
Then the target stocks and on and on...
I dunno, I just feel that these older ones are worth at least twice as much as the newer ones & that the truly nice legit older ones will cost....
 
PauldL said:
One thing ive learned (thru life really) is that something that is truly nice & the genuine article is gonna cost
Unless its from a relative or best friend - ive never found as good a deals as what I hear about or read about
& these older Smiths are just gonna rise in value - especially when you consider the new revolver & pistols for the matter imo
Just the triggers on these older ones make them such a good find to begin with imo
Any new gun I pick up (just in my own experiences) they all have terrible triggers & triggers is where you get your accuracy from - these older cats know this - its imperative to have a good creep free trigger - not talkin about take up (semi-autos) which a lot of people don't even know the difference between take up and creep
But, just that one thing alone- an excellent trigger makes them an exceptional find imo
And we could take things so much further when we start talking about the the target triggers and hammers - those .500" hammers & triggers are the 🐝 knees!!
So easy to manipulate/operate!
Then the target stocks and on and on...
I dunno, I just feel that these older ones are worth at least twice as much as the newer ones & that the truly nice legit older ones will cost....
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What they ask for new and what you can buy an older gun for are not that far apart for what you're getting. I remarked somewhere about my Model 28 that the features they left off to save money are better executed as they are than things you'd have to pay extra for on a new gun.
 
SWOH said:
What they ask for new and what you can buy an older gun for are not that far apart for what you're getting. I remarked somewhere about my Model 28 that the features they left off to save money are better executed as they are than things you'd have to pay extra for on a new gun.
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Absolutely 💯 - I totally agree - it just is.
 
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