Why Model 27's are the coolest S&W's

[keith44spl]

Yup!

Good for work

or sport....

Su Amigo,
Dave

 

[ajgibb]

The gunniest gun I ever saw is a 3.5 inch model 27 with a nickel finish. Nothing looks more .....I trying to think of a word that fits and can't think of one.

The second gunniest gun is the 2.5 in model 19. I just think those very short shrouded barrels have the most business like look of any firearm. Bar none.

How about "gnarly"?

 

[Cocked & Locked]

I guess they are Ok

 

[SixGunHunter]

I envy you guys that can settle on 1 favorite revolver.
My list of must haves gets longer and longer everytime I visit the forum. I really need to win the lottery.

 

[phenson]

Because they're the only N frame that came with a 3 1/2" barrel and when you shoot some LOADS in them around about twilight....!!!

 

[rags]

I want to know what Sal thinks! Calling Dr. 27...are you in the house? Why are they soooooo COOL?

 

[Crabtree]

How cool is that?! Awesome picture! Thanks for posting it.

 

[Art Doc]

"...what can a 27 do that my 28 can't do?"

If you have to ask, you wouldn't understand.

A Cadillac and a Chevy are both cars, too...

I have a first year Highway Patrolman and the HP/M28 is a good, serviceable revolver. But it really shouldn't be mentioned in the same breath as the 27. The question really becomes "What can a 28 do that the 27 doesn't do with more style and panache?"

 

[rags]

Nice picture "Mr." Pig!

 

[Muley Gil]

You are spot on about the 27. I have never understood the cachet that the Python holds to many over the 27, it's pretty but a weaker action, its DA is not as pleasant nor consitant to me, recoil is not as well managed as in the N frame and it doesn't have the groovy checkering. The 27 is the pistol version of a Spartan hoplite in a tuxedo: stately, polished, looks good and totally capable at any moment of killing in a very violent and efficient manner.

The only problem I have with the 27 (besides the fact that I am currently 27/RM-less) is the caliber. My perfect gun is the 27 configuration chambered in .44 Special, that's the ultimate.

How about this one? It is a 1962 era M27 that was shipped with a 3 1/2" barrel. Back in 1976, Walker Arms in Selma, Alabama rechambered the cylinder to .44 Special and added the original 6 1/2" 1950 Target barrel. In 2005, I had David Clements in Woodlawn, Virginia cut the barrel to 5", add the ramp front sight, and reblue it.

It is currently wearing a pair of Forum member kurac's walnut coke grips:

 

[ar15ed]

i will freely admit to being totally addicted to the small-frame snubbies, but i will concede that the 27s are indeed the coolest! i honestly believe that anyone who is even remotely interested in s&ws owes it to themselves to own at least one of the generations of them. i have shifted through a few, but currently have two that are here to stay. a sweet nickle 27-2:

and, what i consider to be the ultimate barrel length, a 5 inch -2 in blue:

 

[aphelion]

No question the 27 is cool. But the coolest? What makes a Smith revolver that is functionally and structurally the same as about every other S&W revolver cooler than the rest? Is a checkered topstrap all it takes? IMHO it takes more than that. I think there is another model that has it beat. I submit Exhibit A.

 

[MTKTM]

I can't disagree with the OP's premise. My first handgun was a 27 no dash, 6.5", given me by my dad for Christmas in 1966. The gun was manufactured in '58 and dad bought it a year or two later, but didn't use it much before giving it to me. Over the next several years that gun accounted for six deer, numerous gophers, and countless paper targets, cans, rocks and stumps (at very long range!). I still have it, but it resides in honored retirement.





The grips are not original to the gun. It came with magnas. I have big hands and wanted target grips, but anyone who was around in the late 60s and interested in guns will probably recall that S&W stuff, guns and accessories, were all pretty hard to come by. I found this old pair of Targets in a pawn shop, they were really beat, but I traded the magnas and $5 for them, then refinished them back then.

Later I became a devotee of the 19/66 as my favorite frame and best handling gun. I swear that the 2.5" 19/66s have a zen that is unique, and I can shoot them extremely well, but I love N-frames, and the 27 has a special place in my heart.

 

[torbo]

Another in agreement.

Oh....gone are the "good ole days" of the incredible bluing on S&W's...well, any firearm really. Such a sad thing! Gorgeous guns.

 

[Smile]

The 27 is definitively a great and cool gun.
I made the mistake to sell a 3.5" many years ago.
Don't think to do it again with my new to me 5" !

 

[1blindref]

These are two of my favorite Smiffs

 

[LeMans]

I have two of them, one in 5" and aone in 8 3/8"... Yes they are cool but all these pictures make me want to go buy a 3 1/2 " now...

 

[bob42]

Just recently bought my first 27-2. I'm looking for another! They look good and feel good in my hand. Great to see so many 27's.

 

[ditrina]

Wellllll They DO take Right Nice Pictures

SOMETIMES WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM A FORUM FRIEND

THANK YOU DAVID

AND SOMETIMES THEY WILL STAY STILL FOR A " GROUP " SHOT

AND THEY DO SHOOT GREAT!!!

 

[MAG-NUM]

Nice Sal! Great collection and photos...love it! Bob