Description
Item Description
Bryant Ridge Co. is pleased to present this awesome double/single-action revolver today for a penny-start auction, this is the Smith & Wesson Model 27-2, also known as the .357 Magnum!
SPECIFICATIONS:
Manufacturer: Smith & Wesson
Model: 27-2
Serial: N117181
Date of Manufacture: 1973
Caliber: .357 Magnum / .38 Special
Finish: Blue
Barrel Length: 5" Pinned Barrel
Optics/Sights: Serrated Ramp Front with Adjustable Micrometer Click Rear
Stock/Grips: Oversized Target Wood Grips with Checkering and S&W Medallions
Action: Double/Single-Action
Markings: Standard
Bryant Ridge's Analysis:
The Smith & Wesson Model 27 is a double/single-action revolver chambered for .357 Magnum/.38 Special, built on the square-butt N-frame target platform and reintroduced in December 1948 with the postwar five-screw configuration. This updated version incorporated the improved postwar hammer block safety and carried the “S” serial prefix, marking the transition from prewar production. It features a six-shot fluted cylinder, originally counterbored with a nominal length of 1.62 inches, later reduced to 1.57 inches when counterboring was discontinued in 1982. Barrels were pinned and initially offered in 3 1/2- and 5-inch lengths, both of which were discontinued in 1979. Later production including 4-, 6-, 6 1/2-, and 8 3/8-inch options. All versions carried a finely checkered top strap and a shrouded extractor rod, with sight arrangements varying by length: the 4-inch barrel typically used a red-ramp front sight paired with a white-outline micrometer-click rear, while the 6- and 8 3/8-inch barrels usually featured a 1/8-inch patridge front sight and a plain adjustable rear blade. Early postwar production featured six-groove serrations on the backstrap and forestrap, which were later replaced with ten-groove.
Model: 27-2
Serial: N117181
Date of Manufacture: 1973
Caliber: .357 Magnum / .38 Special
Finish: Blue
Barrel Length: 5" Pinned Barrel
Optics/Sights: Serrated Ramp Front with Adjustable Micrometer Click Rear
Stock/Grips: Oversized Target Wood Grips with Checkering and S&W Medallions
Action: Double/Single-Action
Markings: Standard
Bryant Ridge's Analysis:
The Smith & Wesson Model 27 is a double/single-action revolver chambered for .357 Magnum/.38 Special, built on the square-butt N-frame target platform and reintroduced in December 1948 with the postwar five-screw configuration. This updated version incorporated the improved postwar hammer block safety and carried the “S” serial prefix, marking the transition from prewar production. It features a six-shot fluted cylinder, originally counterbored with a nominal length of 1.62 inches, later reduced to 1.57 inches when counterboring was discontinued in 1982. Barrels were pinned and initially offered in 3 1/2- and 5-inch lengths, both of which were discontinued in 1979. Later production including 4-, 6-, 6 1/2-, and 8 3/8-inch options. All versions carried a finely checkered top strap and a shrouded extractor rod, with sight arrangements varying by length: the 4-inch barrel typically used a red-ramp front sight paired with a white-outline micrometer-click rear, while the 6- and 8 3/8-inch barrels usually featured a 1/8-inch patridge front sight and a plain adjustable rear blade. Early postwar production featured six-groove serrations on the backstrap and forestrap, which were later replaced with ten-groove.
Standard grips were walnut Magna-style with S&W medallions and the early diamond-pattern escutcheon, eventually replaced by oversize Target stocks. Trigger and hammer configurations evolved over time: the .265-inch grooved service trigger and .400-inch semi-target hammer were standard from 1948 to 1975, followed by the .500-inch grooved target trigger and .500-inch target hammer from 1975 to 1980, and finally the .400-inch grooved trigger used from 1981 to 1994. Production ran from 1948 to 1994, with additional special-production runs from 1997 to 2000, firmly establishing the Model 27 as the postwar continuation of Smith & Wesson’s prestigious Registered Magnum lineage.
Return Policy:
We gladly offer a 3 day unfired inspection policy from the time that the firearm is delivered to your FFL. Refunds are available for all qualifying orders.
Return Policy:
We gladly offer a 3 day unfired inspection policy from the time that the firearm is delivered to your FFL. Refunds are available for all qualifying orders.
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Return Policy
We gladly offer a 3 day unfired inspection policy from the time that the firearm is delivered to your FFL. Refunds are available for all qualifying orders.
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