Mod. 27-2 3.5 inch!

[Codep]

I just noticed a beautiful model 27 on Gunbroker. It has the short 3.5" barrel and target appointments. This looks like a really nice revolver.Are these short barrel magnums much more difficult to control with magnum cartridges? Didn't the FBI or CIA use this type/model of revolver many years ago? This particular listing (284103878) looks to be in really nice shape.

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[Dennis The B]

Welcome!

No more than any other length. What you get with the shorter barrels is a lot more flash, and maybe a tad more muzzle flip. The longer barrels, with the additional weight, tend to hold the muzzle down a tad. However, just because the N frame is so big, it tends to dampen the recoil quite a bit.

The 3.5" barrel is a real carry gun. However, the target trigger, hammer, and stocks, wouldn't be a benefit with the shorter barrel. It doesn't detract from the value, but my preference would be for combat stocks, and the narrower hammer and trigger.

 

[David LaPell]

The FBI used the Registered Magnums from 1935 or so on and the 3 1/2 inch barrel was a great carry gun. I carry mine all the time and I can tell you that recoil is really nothing. It's like shooting a mild .38 Special. Mine has the target hammer but the standard trigger. I think if you get a smaller set of grips, then get something like a Tyler T, they really help fill it out.

 

[fyimo]

I have several barrel lengths in the 27-2 is my main shooter. There is more muzzle blast but the recoil is not bad when compared to K frame 357 in 4 inch barrel.

 

[Dave T]

I carry mine all the time and I can tell you that recoil is really nothing. It's like shooting a mild .38 Special.

Either I'm a real wimp or the above is a bit of an exaggeration. N-frames do help soak up some of a full Magnum's recoil, but feel like a mild 38 Special? Really?

Dave

 

[Oregon45]

That's my impression of the recoil as well. At least with bullets 158gr and under. As bullet weight goes up, recoil goes up.

The 3.5" Model 27's are really nice. I was out shooting mine this morning:

 

[David LaPell]

Either I'm a real wimp or the above is a bit of an exaggeration. N-frames do help soak up some of a full Magnum's recoil, but feel like a mild 38 Special? Really?

Dave

Well, this is coming from someone who used to shoot fifty rounds or so at a time from my 4-inch Model 29 at a time with the same stag grips on that gun as on the 27-2. That's why I provided the target because that's a snappy little load but they were shot double action with one hand (not showing off but since I hurt my hand and arm shooting with two is not possible). Recoil with a handgun has never really bothered me or my shooting. I love shooting the .357 Magnums. I found a long time ago that I could shoot the big bores very well, my second handgun was a .44 Smith and I can tell you that ever since the .357 has been kind of a ***** cat for me. I have had several .357's over the years, two Ruger Blackhawks, a Model 19, a Model 28, a Dan Wesson Model 15, and two Model 27's and my Outdoorsman is kind of like a .357 without the numbers with my .38-44 loads. The recoil of a .357 never really bugged me, for most people its the blast, not the recoil.

 

[Sportsterguy]

These men covered it for you. Compared to my 3" model 66 with 158 gr. Speer GD's my 3.5" 27-2 makes them feel like .38's. I shoot it but don't carry it as it's in primo condition and I have other .357's for beating up in the woods.

It is by far the classiest revolver to ever come off the line. The snub 3.5" has a cool facor sky high IMO.

 

[DRYHEAT]

The shorty 27 is a must have for a S&W fan and it's a GREAT shooter.

 

[larkop]

That is a nice 27-2 31/2" on GunBroker. I bid on it myself but the price has gone over my limit. It's up to $2050.00 already and the auction doesn't end until tomorrow night. Hopefully one day I'll get a 3 1/2" to keep my 4" company. I also bid on a 27-5 3 1/2" but it's up to a $1,000.00 already, IMO too high for a -5 and five more days to go.

 

[Reevolvers]

where are you boys getting these front sights with the red insert? My 27-2 came with the black serrated front sight. I would love to score one of those as my eye balls ain't what they once were. I would prefer a drop in affair as I would want the ability to return it to stock condition!

 

[DRYHEAT]

where are you boys getting these front sights with the red insert? My 27-2 came with the black serrated front sight. I would love to score one of those as my eye balls ain't what they once were. I would prefer a drop in affair as I would want the ability to return it to stock condition!

"Big Nik" came with RR front sight +TH & TT, while my '66 Utah Highway Patrol is "plain".

I don't know of a drop in red ramp front sight though.

 

[dlbx2]

Dry Heat, are those Kuracs? If so, what is the wood type?
David
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[DRYHEAT]

David,
They are factory N-frame smooth presentation targets in Goncalo Alves. I think the lighting makes them look more like (darker) walnut. -Bill

 

[Cocked & Locked]

To me,. the 3.5" 27s and 2.5" 19's are the classiest looking S&W revolvers ever made.