Model 27 sold real fast!

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I saw this and sent a message for the guy to call me about it, Or email be back, I think I was the 23rd viewer, But seller never got back to me and there was no reserve, Seems odd that it sold in one day.
Tell me what you think it is! !
Is the front sight correct?
http://www.gunbroker.com/Aucti...m.asp?Item=124088009
Peter
 
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I saw this and sent a message for the guy to call me about it, Or email be back, I think I was the 23rd viewer, But seller never got back to me and there was no reserve, Seems odd that it sold in one day.
Tell me what you think it is! !
Is the front sight correct?
http://www.gunbroker.com/Aucti...m.asp?Item=124088009
Peter
 
That's the same front sight that I have on my long-tube Pre-27. It just looks different here because of the low angle view in the photograph. Part of the height of the blade is obscured by the base into which it is set.

[EDITED 3/7/09: No, I'm wrong. On inspection that does look like a different front sight.]

Hard to say about the speed of the sale. The seller was a first-timer, and maybe there was off screen negotiation that we will never know about.

DCW
 
It appears to be a post-war transitional .357, but without seeing the markings, it's impossible to tell if it is original.
 
Concur, looks like a RM barrel, one line address and long action, but the serial clearly has an S. Looks like S74661 or similar to me. Even blowing it up big the middle three were hard to read due to the angle.
 
And this is why I wanted to get ahold of the seller. ' I had a feeling it was something nice/
I wonder why seller didnt let the auction run?
ANy how. It is not mine.
Peter.
Is it a RM? I thought it might be.
 
If you look at the bid history the winning bid on the gun by Dixie Sledge was placed and then the auction was closed 48 seconds later. Some type of under the table deal was made, I am sure of that. I too saw this gun and had planned to bid on it. I had sent the seller some questions and they had just answered my email when this happened. I emailed the seller again hoping the gun might be relisted with better photos, their only response was "sorry it will not be relisted". They did however answer my original questions. The gun's serial # was "72XXX" which would put production date about 1948 or '49. According to them the gun functioned fine but they couldn't tell me if it had be re-blued. From the look of the bad photos I would say the gun was about 90% with a lot of holster wear. What we have here is an early postwar "transitional" .357, according to Mr. Jinks only about 150 made between 1946 and 1949. Actually even more rare than a Registered Magnum!
 
If this is a numbers matching magnum what do you think it's worth?
 
I might be in the minority, but I definitely wouldn't spend more on the gun in question than I would a pre-war registered or non-registered magnum in the exact same condition.

Unfortunately, a member of this forum wasn't able to win the auction fair and square. I would love to read the factory letter.
 
That is two of us that were interested in it.
I too am curious what it was and how the deal went down,,, Seems fishy.
Peter
 
Look at his last two feedbacks, on Gunbrokers.com. He bought a S & W 57 Exc. S frame Coke Bottle Grips 41 mag $1,150.00 & a Smith & Wesson MP .38 Nickel Revolver w/ Orig. Box $750.00. Like to have him for a neighbor
 
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