pair of nickels....
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bamabiker
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Rusty 1
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Care to tell us what models??
I think he means years of manufacture.
LOL
Yes! years of manufacture says the dyslexic one!
bamabiker
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JJB56, please excuse me, I rode over on the short bus.
Art Doc
SWCA Member, Absent Comrade
Pretty sure 1984 would require a 27-3 as the 27-2 ended in 1981.
Serial # 940XXX and clearly stamped 27-2
Art Doc
SWCA Member, Absent Comrade
Hard to be 100% certain from the photo, but the 6" gun appears to unpinned and non recessed. That would be consistent with a 27-3. If the frame is clearly marked 27-2 then either that's what it is, I am wrong in what I think I am seeing, and I have no explanation for how a 27-2 was produced 3 years after it was discontinued, or the frame is incorrectly stamped for some reason. That does happen with frequency.
It is non recessed and not pinned and it is clearly marked 27-2
I imagine if'n they shortened the cylinder (or used a 27-3), they could hang all the other parts on a 27-2 frame and forgo the barrel pinning procedure. S&W sure wouldn't waste a perfectly good frame with fancy checkered topstrap. Joe
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During a transition period, stuff would get mixed up but eventually everything would get used.
Like most other companies... Colt, Gibson & Fender Guitars.
During a transition period, stuff would get mixed up but eventually everything would get used.
BCDWYO
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regardless of the models that is a pretty dime (pair of nickels) you have there!
Art Doc
SWCA Member, Absent Comrade
Not being P&R makes it a 27-3 regardless of what it says on the frame. For some reason that we will never know the frame was stamped with an incorrect model number. The S&W world is filled with 41 Magnums stamped MOD 29 and other such errors. This one seems particularly egregious being the model number is 3 years out of date but there you go. If you ever sell it you can advertise it as a rare factory error.
