SW Revolvers in 327 Federal Magnum

[kantor99]

I just started shooting an other make `snubbie in 327 Federal Magnum and like it. What revolvers chambered in 327 Federal Magnum has SW made?

 

[22hipower]

If you use the Search Site/Google "button" at the top of the page and enter 327 magnum or some such you'll get lots of hits for 327 magnum info. Here's one:

http://smith-wessonforum.com/s-w-revolvers-1980-present/331363-s-w-327-federal-magnum.html

Jeff
SWCA #1457

 

[Matt Hooper]

Do a search for 632s.

 

[HeyJoe]

632-1 and 632-2

 

[peyton]

Welcome to the forum and to the 327 addiction!! Be prepared to go on a quest to obtain a 632, they were made for a short time and discontinued.

 

[Green Frog]

I just started shooting an other make `snubbie in 327 Federal Magnum and like it. What revolvers chambered in 327 Federal Magnum has SW made?

Short answer, "Not enough!"

AFAIK, there has been a very small trickle of J-frames and that is about it. When I commissioned Andy Horvath to build "Project 616, the gun S&W should have built but never did" there was tremendous virtual interest on this and other fora, but the folks at Springfield don't seem to share this interest. More's the pity because the K-frame platform seems just about perfect for the warmest 32 H&R loads and all the 327 FM one could want. Down loaded with 32 S&W Longs, it's a *****cat, much like a K-22.

Froggie

 

[glenncal1]

Unfortunately there is no way to get a S&W to shoot .327 without spending some serious $$. The 2 J-Frame 632 models get $1000-1500 these days. The "easy" K-frame option is to get a 16-4 in .32 H&R magnum and have the cylinders reamed to accept .327. Hard to get a 16-4 for under a $1000. Ruger is selling the SP101 in .327 and made a special run of .327 single six (7shot guns) that sold very well.

P.S. If you are OK with .32H&R mag, there are several J Frame models that can still be found on the secondary market in the $500-700 range. These can not be converted to .327. I have this one on the way:

 

[505Gibbs]

Unfortunately there is no way to get a S&W to shoot .327 without spending some serious $$. The 2 J-Frame 632 models get $1000-1500 these days. The "easy" K-frame option is to get a 16-4 in .32 H&R magnum and have the cylinders reamed to accept .327. Hard to get a 16-4 for under a $1000. Ruger is selling the SP101 in .327 and made a special run of .327 single six (7shot guns) that sold very well.

Ruger also had a run of stainless Blackhawks in a 5.5" bbl.

 

[Macinaw]

Here is a 632-1 Pro.

 

[MarkAlt]

The OP probably knows of the re-issued SP-101 and didn't mention Ruger either, but...

I have no problem paying big dollars for fine guns. The problem is that Smith .327s are basic production guns. I could not justify spending four-figures-plus on one.

So, when Ruger seen an opportunity, I grabbed a new SP-101 dirt cheap and a boatload (okay, small canoe) of Federal range ammo. This quenched my thirst for .327. And, the SP-101 remains a very solid addition to the family.

Hoping Smith will someday bring back a .327.

 

[peyton]

Ruger has cornered the .327 market with the SP101, Blackhawk 8 shot, Single Seven, GP 100 and the LCR. I have purchased all except the GP 100 and theLCR.

 

[Green Frog]

Ruger has cornered the .327 market with the SP101, Blackhawk 8 shot, Single Seven, GP 100 and the LCR. I have purchased all except the GP 100 and theLCR.

... but how many of those have they already discontinued?

Froggie

 

[W.E.G.]

I can understand the fascination with the idea of a S&W six-shooter in .327 Federal.
Who doesn't dream, and covet something that has an exotic angle?

But, choke down that reality pill.
At the end of the day, over a .357, all you've got with a hotrod .327 in a J-frame is maybe one more shot before you reload.

...and you are short on power by comparison.

You can get the Model 60 in .357 magnum.
I suggest that if you really want a blasty J-Frame, the answer is right in front of you.

Several on "that auction site" right now.
Just search "model 60 357"

Its a lot easier to make a .38 shoot like a .32 than it is to make a .32 shoot like a .38.

 

[Green Frog]

I can understand the fascination with the idea of a S&W six-shooter in .327 Federal.
Who doesn't dream, and covet something that has an exotic angle?

But, choke down that reality pill.
At the end of the day, over a .357, all you've got with a hotrod .327 in a J-frame is maybe one more shot before you reload.

...and you are short on power by comparison.

You can get the Model 60 in .357 magnum.
I suggest that if you really want a blasty J-Frame, the answer is right in front of you.

Several on "that auction site" right now.
Just search "model 60 357"

Its a lot easier to make a .38 shoot like a .32 than it is to make a .32 shoot like a .38.

As I've said before, "... it's like tryin' to tell a stranger about rock and roll!" (with proper apologies to John Sebastian.) If you don't get it, I can't explain it to you, and if you understand, no explanation is necessary.

I'm actually not sold on the J-frame (even the Magnum J-frame) as the optimal platform for the 327 FM, but the K-frame very well may be (at least IMHO.) Remember that the biggest complaint about the Models 19 and 66 and their fixed sighted brethren was the fact that they were really at the outer limits of strength for the 357 Magnum. Well, you've got significantly more steel in key locations like the cylinder and forcing cone when you go the smaller diameter .314" bullet, yet with the most powerful factory ammo you can duplicate or exceed the performance of the lightweight fast moving 357s that were so rough on the K-magnums... with perfect impunity! Like I said, I probably won't be able to convince you, but then again, I don't need to. I've already got my "Project 616" with lots of brass and about a half dozen moulds so I can do with it as I please!

Froggie

 

[series guy]

Not factory but a really accurate gun. The 8 3/8" barrel makes .327 feel like .22 when you pull the trigger. BTW this is the sight in target from the first time I shot this gun. The two shots left were the first fired. The shots high were next. Down a few clicks and the five in the center were double action. All at 20 yards. The tiny hole was my buddy having fun with his air gun.

 

[Graywolf586]

Now that's a nice setup and I bet fun to shoot

 

[eveled]

The .327, makes the Ruger SP101 the six shot revolver it should be. I think the snubnosed is not offered anymore, but the 6 shot LCR looks like a real winner.