Beautiful 6 shooters! Re: factory refinish - the factory normally marked such work with a 4 digit (month/year) date stamp on the grip frame.
Thanks for sharing.

Jerry

This post just made my day! Thanks

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Originally posted by j38:
Beautiful 6 shooters! Re: factory refinish - the factory normally marked such work with a 4 digit (month/year) date stamp on the grip frame.
Thanks for sharing.

Jerry

Oh, nice - I will check this out!

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Originally posted by scfrank:
This post just made my day! Thanks

Excellent and thank you!

OP,nice 27s. I like those a lot and would love to find a 5". If I do it will come home with me. I currently own a 1963 27-2 6-1/2" barrel. And I foolishly sold a nice 1969 27-2 with the 3-1/2" barrel. Again I am envious especially of that 5".

Beauties, especially that 3 1/2”, very nice, enjoy!

Gorgeous, a classic of classics. Very nice indeed.

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Originally posted by randyman:
That's one handsome pair! You show change the title of the thread to "The Embrace of S&W Model 27-2s".

A "brace" refers to a pair, even though with the different barrel lengths they are not a matched pair. But "embrace" - as in to welcome - works too.

Those are beauties. I guess I need to start looking for one. Y’all are going to bankrupt me.

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Originally posted by got2hav1:
OP,nice 27s. I like those a lot and would love to find a 5". If I do it will come home with me. I currently own a 1963 27-2 6-1/2" barrel. And I foolishly sold a nice 1969 27-2 with the 3-1/2" barrel. Again I am envious especially of that 5".

Thank you!

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Originally posted by GCE61:
Beauties, especially that 3 1/2”, very nice, enjoy!

Many thanks!

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Originally posted by wrightd:
Gorgeous, a classic of classics. Very nice indeed.

Thank you!

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Originally posted by ruger357:
Those are beauties. I guess I need to start looking for one. Y’all are going to bankrupt me.

Thank you!

OP, that's almost identical to what I've got. My pic is huge, sorry, dunno how to resize for SF software. But two are 27-2s and the six incher is pre 27.

The stag grips are by the late, great Patrick Grashorn.

Very nice looking pair. I love the look of the "cone shape" of the barrel as it comes off the frame. Such an iconic look.

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Originally posted by Biker_dude:
OP, that's almost identical to what I've got. My pic is huge, sorry, dunno how to resize for SF software. But two are 27-2s and the six incher is pre 27.

The stag grips are by the late, great Patrick Grashorn.

Sir, that’s a fantastic trio - love those Grashorns!

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Originally posted by patw:
Very nice looking pair. I love the look of the "cone shape" of the barrel as it comes off the frame. Such an iconic look.

Thank you!

There was a time in my misguided, misinformed youth when I didn’t care for the tapered barrels. Thankfully, I outgrew that uncomfortable phase haha.

I really like the classic looks of these and similar revolvers.

All beauties! If that 3&1/2 is refinished they did a stellar job. The subtle increased gapping of the sideplate seam is the only giveaway that it may be refinished.
If refinished years ago by S&W they would stamp the grip frame - look for something like R-B or a month and year date

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Originally posted by TheFrontRange:

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Originally posted by Biker_dude:
OP, that's almost identical to what I've got. My pic is huge, sorry, dunno how to resize for SF software. But two are 27-2s and the six incher is pre 27.

The stag grips are by the late, great Patrick Grashorn.

Sir, that’s a fantastic trio - love those Grashorns!

Thank you. I wish I had ordered more from him. Just never got around to it.

While I generally prefer my N-frame calibers start with a "4" that hasn't stopped me from accumulating a few 27's


Adios,

Pizza Bob