New to me S & W revolver

[Bush Pilot]

Went to a gun show today and picked up a Smith & Wesson model 27. The gun is cherry and the price ($575.00) was right. I had one years ago and don't even remember where it ended up. If time allows it will be getting range time Sunday.

[Brass Nazi]

Oh yeah. They don't make them like that anymore.

[MakeMineaP99]

You should have bought a Colt. ;)

Nice roscoe, hopefully it's got some wear on it.

[nitesite]

Best thing with which to wipe down the top strap and barrel rib is dry cotton shop rag. Seriously.

You'll thank me for the tip. :D

What barrel length? I never could make up my mind between a 3-1/2 or a 5".

The 27 is a grail gun for me but (alas) I doubt I will ever own one unless finances change drastically.

Congratulations on a GREAT acquisition.

[Slim Chance]

Very nice! If you reload for it, remember the cylinder is just a little shorter than modern guns. Loaded length will have to be adjusted. Some lead semi wadcutters won't work.

[Brass Nazi]

Best thing with which to wipe down the top strap and barrel rib is dry cotton shop rag. Seriously.

You'll thank me for the tip. :D



Is that some kind of a sick joke? Why not a cotton ball:rofl:

[nitesite]

JT,

I actually typed "cotton ball" and backspaced.

BP, are you going to letter it? I would if it is a no-dash, or a 27-1 or 27-2.

Colt don't have nothin' compared to a 27. Sorry, Dan. :)

[AlPackin]

very cool BP, I love mine :thumbsup:

[Bush Pilot]

Prolly won't letter, it's a 27-5. I haven't had a problem with IL Smiths until recently, there just isn't something right about them when comparing. I'd post a picture if I knew how. I can't believe how high the "real" Smiths are these days, ouch.

[Brass Nazi]

JT,



Colt don't have nothin' compared to a 27. Sorry, Dan. :)

Prolly won't letter, it's a 27-5. I haven't had a problem with IL Smiths until recently, there just isn't something right about them when comparing.

Those are some good words right there.

[nitesite]

Very nice! If you reload for it, remember the cylinder is just a little shorter than modern guns. Loaded length will have to be adjusted. Some lead semi wadcutters won't work.

I have loaded #358429s to the crimp groove in .38 Special cases, just as Elmer (placing my hand over my heart as I type his name) did in his Registered Magnums and early 27s.

Shooting 12.0-gr of 2400 and smelling the same smoke as he did was AWESOME!

I also had the opportunity to shoot a Hensley #51 bullet in .357-magnum brass and 14.0 of 2400 from my Model 28 Highway patrolman. I don't recall exactly how I shot, but knowing that I was recreating a 1930s classic handload was priceless.

[Brass Nazi]

I'd post a picture if I knew how. .

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=how+to+post+pictures+on+forums+using+photobucke t&l=1

The first link has great instructions.

[nitesite]

Email me a photo and I'll show it off for you.

[MakeMineaP99]

Colt don't have nothin' compared to a 27. Sorry, Dan. :)

Correct, no slop at all. :thumbsup: ;)

[Brass Nazi]

Correct, no slop at all. :thumbsup: ;)

Put several thousand rounds through it and report back. Colts are nice, real nice. Until you actually start using them and then the action goes to crap. That has been my observation. My friends diamondback did it, his father's python did it and a detective special I once had was junk when I bought it (I had planned to have it reworked but never did) and got worse as i shot it a little.

[MakeMineaP99]

Yeah, and you do PM on a Colt just like you change your oil.

[MullahElRon]

Cool BP!

[creekwalker]

The second revolver I purchased for myself some thirty odd years ago was a 6" barrel S&W M-27 blued finish. I still have it and think the world of it. I later purchased a 5" as well as an 8 3/8" barrel set of M-27's after the top strap checkering was discountinued, neither were as well made as the first so they went to the wayside. If your's is a good one BP you'll never part with it.

[CZ93X62]

Colt don't have nothin' compared to a 27. Sorry, Dan. :)

HERETIC!! S&W didn't and doesn't have anything like a New Service, either.

That said, I have a very nice pre-model number 357 Magnum N-frame in the gun safe. 6.5", and it is unalloyed delight to shoot. I use either Lyman #358477 or #358156, the latter crimped into the upper crimp groove in Magnum casings. Thompson designed #358156 expressly for the N-frame 357 and 38 Outdoorsman series revolvers and their short cylinder length.

[blueline541]

Cool gun you have.

[nitesite]

Cool gun you have.

True dat. :)

[cohutt]

If time allows it will be getting range time Sunday.

Can you even see the ground up there yet?

[Bush Pilot]

Can you even see the ground up there yet?

Getting there, the yard is covered with moose crap now.

[AlPackin]

Getting there, the yard is covered with moose crap now.
:animlol:

[Steve Koski]

BP - Does your new revolver it have a plastic fire control center?

[MullahElRon]

They had plastic back in the Olden Guy Days?

[jawjaboy]

:yesnod:

The first human-made plastic was invented by Alexander Parkes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Parkes) in 1862; he called this plastic Parkesine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkesine). The development of plastics has come from the use of natural plastic materials (e.g., chewing gum (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chewing_gum), shellac (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shellac)) to the use of chemically modified natural materials (e.g., rubber (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber), nitrocellulose (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitrocellulose), collagen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collagen), galalite (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galalite)) and finally to completely synthetic molecules (e.g., bakelite (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakelite), epoxy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epoxy), polyvinyl chloride (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyvinyl_chloride), polyethylene).

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[MONTEGOD7SS]

BP - Does your new revolver it have a plastic fire control center?

Have those been recalled yet?

[cohutt]

They had plastic back in the Olden Guy Days?


One word: plastics

http://www.cs.uni.edu/~wallingf/blog-images/misc/just-one-word-plastics.jpg

[Sixgun Symphony]

Oh yeah. They don't make them like that anymore.

They sure don't and prices are going up!

It was just ten years ago that one could buy a used .38 for about $200 and a used .357 for about $300.

[Spinnerblade]

I still want to see a picture.
If it doesn't have MIM or a safety hole I'm happy for you:).

My first pistol was a Python, I sold it after the firing pin broke. I think if I had purchased a model 27-2 I would still have it.

[MullahElRon]

BP mighta put a firing pin through his finger. Or 'Slick's cousin traded it for a hunerd dollar gift card at the gun buy back.