M27 No Dash Shipped in April 1962?

[Hondo44]

It does thread right. I’ll post a few pics in a bit.

Ok, there you go, just a late shipper! Another case of "first in the vault, last out".

 

[Muley Gil]

Interesting. It was shipped to Canada so maybe that has something to do with it. I wish they’d give a date of manufacture and a ship date.

The historian, Roy Jinks, has the shipping records. He does not have the manufacturing data.

 

[pd1964]

The historian, Roy Jinks, has the shipping records. He does not have the manufacturing data.

I realize that I just wish that was something that got recorded because to me that's more important than when it shipped.

 

[pd1964]

Thanks for all if the replies I learned a lot. Here are a few pictures to go with the thread. The rod doesn't have the band cut as mentioned, and it is righty tighty.

I see that the SCSW mentions: "Early no dash 4-screw: About double (value). I guess this is considered a 4-screw with the cylinder stop screw?

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Got a period correct set of diamond magnas in the mail

 

[Hondo44]

I realize that I just wish that was something that got recorded because to me that's more important than when it shipped.

I think it's more important as well. But the features of the gun pretty much tell us the production period, albeit not the exact date. They do not help much with the shipping date.

 

[Hondo44]

40 by Paul Dubois, on Flickr
Got a period correct set of diamond magnas in the mail

The diamond Target grips will do the gun justice. And since the target grips aren't serial numbered 99% of the time, no worries.

 

[Art Doc]

"I’m more interested in when it was made than when it was shipped."

You are doomed to disappointment...

 

[pd1964]

I think I know what happened:
“Hey Bob, I found a 3 year old gun in the vault that doesn’t have any of the new features. What should I do with it? Ship it to Canada they won’t know the difference”

 

[Doc44]

S&W kept track of their production by the factory designation for a particular firearm. In the case of the ".357" Magnum, it is NT-357. So, on a given day, S&W completed x number of NT-357 firearms. The company did not list the serial number, finish, or barrel length.

S&W was still shipping revolvers with a 4-screw frame and extractor rod with a right-hand in 1962, so your 27 would not have been considered a gun with "old features" in April of that year.

Bill

 

[BAM-BAM]

It has been many moons but if I recall my Accounting 101....... FILO vs FIFO


First in Last out

First in First out


or....maybe just..................


"Hey Joe; Grab me a XXXX will you,got a order to ship !""

 

[RKmesa]

For reference, this 27 (no dash), SN S220679 shipped in January 1962.

 

[steelslaver]

I would have love to have taken a stroll through the S&W vault in say 1960. A shelf full of model 27s, move them around and see whats in the back bottom of that shelf. Now lets go look where they keep the model 25 stuff, then the model 16s.

I find myself drawn to 45s and 32s is that strange or what.

 

[H Richard]

I recall one time Roy relating a Mod 39 that was shipped 13 years after it was made. Who knows where it may have fallen down behind a shelf or what.

 

[BAM-BAM]

A bit off point...... back in 1988 a local Gunsmith in the Harrisburg Pa area said he could get me a 3" 66 at a good price as they had been sitting on the shelf for over a year....... chopped revolvers (mostly N-frame .44s and .45s) had been a hot item in the gun rags a couple years before as the "ultimate" concealed carry guns.... S&W IMO brought out an even better option w/ a 3" 66....... then over night a Wonder-9 with 15 rounds of 9mm up their butts was all anybody wanted....

same thing with the 686/586..... Smith finally IMO produced the perfect .357 police revolver ...... only to have that market dry up; again in favor of the new Wonder 9s. ......... reason it's hard to find a 581/681 today.

 

[Club Gun Fan]

I’m more interested in when it was made than when it was shipped.

It's impossible to tell when it was made. A casting coming from the forge in not given a serial number. They are assigned when the finished parts are in Final Fitting.

 

[pd1964]

It's impossible to tell when it was made. A casting coming from the forge in not given a serial number. They are assigned when the finished parts are in Final Fitting.

Not looking for an exact date just trying to narrow it down to a year which I think we’ve done.