PC M627 Models..... Bloodwork, Slender Slab, Hunter, Mondo Hunter

[SmithNut]

One of these days I'll find one of the hard-to-find 6" Slender Slab versions to go along with the other non-lock, non-VComp versions.
Fun shooters - all, but the 8 inch is a handful, works great with a very tall walking stick to help balance the weight....

Let's see your M627's of any vintage, regular production or PC....

 

[dghuppert]

I don't have anything to share but wanted to say that's quite a group of 627's you've got there SmithNut.

 

[Stranglehold]

.357 MAG-8 TIMES

Good to have you back, SmithNut!

Roe

 

[opus1776]

SmithNut,

I have researched the 627 and have not been able to find a defintive answer to my question: Did S&W ever make an 8-shot 6" 627 with a full underlug without shaving the sides of the barrel (slabsided)

IF this model was made what is the product code? I have tried to look in the SCSW, but I could not find anything difinitive...

tnx.

 

[SmithNut]

opus1776,
The only 6" heavy barrel version (not counting the V-Comp units) that I'm aware of is the gun pictured in the above pic, second from top. I am assuming you are talking about the Hunter/Competitor profile as found on the M686, is that correct?

 

[AzShooter]

SmithNut,

I have researched the 627 and have not been able to find a defintive answer to my question: Did S&W ever make an 8-shot 6" 627 with a full underlug without shaving the sides of the barrel (slabsided)

IF this model was made what is the product code? I have tried to look in the SCSW, but I could not find anything difinitive...

tnx.

No they did not. Ive seen a few where competitors have put other barrels on their Model 627 but they were never a stock item.

When I was Rules Director for ICORE ( International Confederation Of Revolver Enthusiasts) we had a shooter show up at the IRC Championship with a 6 inch regular barrel. He was not allowed to shoot limited as the rules currently were. Since then rules were changed to allow replacement of any OEM barrel which allowed him to compete that year do to the special rule and a lot of people have done it since.

 

[Bullseye Smith]

Here is my 627:

 

[Revolver King]

Here is 1.

Here is 2.

 

[bobf]

 

[mokuloa]

WOW smithnut. I love this site because I keep discovering new stuff. The fluted UDR is a beauty, but a 8-inch 627PC Hunter, wow, I have never seen one before nor did I know they existed. Do you know and can you share the product number for this variation?

 

[Stainz]

My JM PC627 V-Comp and recent 627 Pro:

Stainz

 

[SmithNut]

WOW smithnut. I love this site because I keep discovering new stuff. The fluted UDR is a beauty, but a 8-inch 627PC Hunter, wow, I have never seen one before nor did I know they existed. Do you know and can you share the product number for this variation?

mokuloa:
The 8 inch gun is one of two made with that barrel, so the PC didn't assign a new product code for it, they used the same product code as the 6 inch Hunter - 170095.
The gun above was made for Mr. Ernie Vadersen, who was the President of S&W Golf Company a few years ago. Ernie has some "one off" guns made for him, of which this is the last. I do not know what happened to the other 8" gun, or if it ever shipped outside the company. There is no way to check easily, since the serial number of Ernies guns all had his initials as the prefix.

 

[AzShooter]

627 is my favorite gun. As you can see from my avatar I like to play with it and add things like scopes, red dots or different sights. I now use Millet because they are easy to see.

 

[mokuloa]

Thanks for yet another great part of the whole story of the 627 smithnut. Color me green with envy. At least I know there is another one out there. That's 100% more then the X serial handmade PC 627 that I failed to bid on when it came up for auction a few years back. The only 8-shot on the old frame with the hammer mounted firing pin.

 

[SmithNut]

mokuloa,

While I can't help you with the other 8" gun, I can help you get an Ernie Vadersen (VDG - Vadersen Design Group) designed S&W 10 degree Driver.....

 

[mokuloa]

Amazing. I am trying to envision your display at a S&WCA meeting. The driver adds a fore-shooter to S&W line of 5, 6, 7, 8, and 10 shooters.

 

[colt_saa]

I like my Hunter as well. I like it a lot. Like most Performance Center offerings, it is super accurate.

Though I have my eyes open for his bigger brother, I know the odds are slim, but one can hope.

Unlike Smithnut's version, my 627 Hunter came with an unfluted cylinder. I think we covered this some time ago that they were runs for different distributors.

I fell in love with the 8 shot concept back in 1997 when Lew Horton first announced the limited Performance Center run of only 300 pieces. I like serial numbers and really wanted #357 (bore diameter is an ongoing theme in my safe). Well I had to settle for #27 (top left of photo).

When Horton announced the second run of 300 pieces, they shipped me #357 (top right of above photo).

I am going to include the carbon steel, 8 shot, model 27s that were first introduced in 2000. I know you said 627s, but they are 8 shot. Obviously the middle guns in the photograph are the carbon steel variants. 4" and 6 1/2" were released as Bangor's Exclusives. 3 1/2" and 5" were supposed to follow the next year but never did. So there was just the one 5" prototype that was built in 1999 all by his lonesome.

It was not until 2007 when Lew Horton brought out the Registered Magnums that the additional barrel lengths were offered (blue and nickel).

Then there are the lightweight Scandium 327s. The 327 Carry and 327JM. I have not photographed my 327NG yet.

 

[Hound]

Wischo 627-2

 

[Revolver King]

colt_saa That is an amazing collection of 8 shooters you have. I must say I am a bit envious. Thanks for sharing those pictures and a bit of history also.

 

[mokuloa]

Hound, on your WISCHO 627-2, is it product code 11030? And does it read "627 Target Champion" on the other side of the Barrel? or perhaps "Magnum Champion," product code 101025?