S&W 627 question?

[Hal H.]

I have owned two beautiful 8” 657 and 629s. I sent an email to S&W before they created the 627 and asked if they had considered manufacturing a stainless 27. Lo and behold, a year or two later I saw the new 627 in my sporting goods store. Now don’t get me wrong, the 627 is a nice revolver, but I was hoping for an 8” to go with my other N-frames. Any idea why they didn’t stay with the same offerings as the 629 in 4”, 6”, and 8”? Is that the same time that the new owners were taking over. I was disappointed…. Still am!

 

[Yendor357]

Smith and Wesson is in the business to make money, not to fulfill the desires of a small select few.

I like your idea. But they somehow determined they couldn’t sell enough of them to justify making them.

 

[SLT223]

I too would like an 8" ejector shroud 627, but 8" isn't a defensive / tactical barrel length. It seems to be relegated to only non-defense/tactical calibers like .500, .460, .350....

 

[toroflow1]

This thread is useless without pictures!!

 

[raygixxer89]

I agree with Toro! Here's my -2 before and after getting new grips. I think that I'll order some Cullina combat grips for it.

 

[Hal H.]

Smith and Wesson is in the business to make money, not to fulfill the desires of a small select few.

I like your idea. But they somehow determined they couldn’t sell enough of them to justify making them.

I understand, but it doesn’t look like they hit a home run on the 5” model either.

 

[trulyapostolic]

I would love that same thing too! There's a member on this forum that has a factory 8" 627, one of only 2 ever produced.

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Post in thread 'Lew Horton 627 Hunter'

Jul 29, 2024

They most likely are.

I have a 627 PC that should be the "Hunter". It has the early style frame and the later "slab side" barrel. The previous owner contacted Lew Horton about the 627. Their reply was that it was one they had sold, but it has the 5-inch barrel because S&W quit making the 6-inch weighted "Hunter" barrel before the production run was finished. Serial LHVxxxx, product code 170095.

I may letter it to see if it did come this way. If not, I'll TRY to locate a "Hunter" barrel, but will most likely send it to PC and have them convert it to a UDR with fluted cylinder.

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[Thaddeus Beauregard]

I understand, but it doesn’t look like they hit a home run on the 5” model either.

I absolutely LOVE my 627 5" PC!!!

 

[Beju]

I understand, but it doesn’t look like they hit a home run on the 5” model either.

The 5" PC 627 (SKU:170210) apparently sells well enough to keep in the catalog.

6-8" .357 are probably a niche of a niche these days. Bullseye competition (where that long sight radius is great) of all kinds has declined over the years, and revolver hunters are likely to go straight to .44 Magnum.

My suspicion with the lack of longer barrel 627 models is that sales of longer Model 27/28 revolvers declined more sharply over the years relative to 4-5" models. S&W wouldn't justify making longer barrel 627s without a guaranteed distributor orders of at least a few hundred back in the 1990s, and more like 1,000 today.

If the various distributors (Lipsey's, Davidson's, etc) don't ask for it, good chance it's not happening. Remember, at the end of the day, the end buyer is not the primary customer of S&W. Distributors and large retail chains are.

 

[silicosys4]

I understand, but it doesn’t look like they hit a home run on the 5” model either.

IIRC, The original 627 was intended to be a short run of 5k performance center guns. As such they were a limited "tribute" to the original m27, and not a catalogue item with barrel options.

They were received well enough to spawn an entire series of 627's in varying barrel lengths. What killed the 5" barrel wasnt consumer interest, it was the rule change to whatever gun game that was popular at the time that limited allowed barrel lengths, excluding 5" barrels.

This thread is useless without pictures!!

Agreed. Here's my 627-0