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My 4" 627 Pro was bought new 9.5 yr ago - and it was a keeper from day one! 8 shot, moonclip ready, easily changed front sight, and comes with a modicum of a trigger job, it's a firearm you can shoot as-is - or customize to your style, ie, grips, front sight, etc. Use loose ammo, moonclips, or a...

Ruger may just draw me back with a 4.2" SP-101 in .327 Fed Mag - we'll see, After two years of promises, S&W finally released their 2 1/8" hammerless 632 Pro 9/11 - and I got mine within days: It followed their 3" comped and exposed hammer variants to the marketplace, yet would be the...

The Federal 85 & 100gr loadings, as well as the Speer 85 & 115gr GDJHP loads, had 2" barrel chrono info - I seem to recall 1200 - 1400 fps. Besides the .327 Fed Magnum & .32 H&RM, my non-comped enclosed hammer 2 1/8" S&W has also chambered and fired .32 S&WL, .32 S&W, and .32 ACP (It has a...

"On the 627 what is the purpose of having that extra metal that runs from under the extractor to the front of barrel? Is that an 8 shot speed loader? " Are you speaking of the protective shroud around the ejector rod? Yes, that is a machined Al loading base and speedloader, made by...

First, we should compare the facts on similar 6-shot .357 Magnum chambered 6" barrel Ruger GP-100 vs S&W 686 - from their websites. Model Stock # Weight MSRP GP-100 1707 45 oz $779 686 164224 44.9 oz $819 Where is the 'massive' difference in...

About the DA pull in S&W revolvers... it's the result of a stronger hammer spring. It's not to make you think before you pull the trigger - it's added hammer strike will ensure that the primer goes off even in a less than pristine firearm. I leave my CCW springs alone, but have changed my others...

A couple of years ago, S&W had a few bad ejector stars - they'd not extract one or more empties. A trip home - a new star fitted - and I was shooting it again before it's one month anniversary. Mine was bought just in time - I tore my right rotator - and for over a year, it was the only gun I...

My Ranch Products blued steel moonclips, same as S&W supplied, have been faultless... especially after finding which brands of .38/.357M ammo cases load more easily. I have never handled, much less used a X6 or X7 .38/.357M for a 686-type revolver. I keep hundreds of X6 .45 ACP 'clips loaded...

The first batch of .327 Federal Magnum cambered revolvers ever made were 3" SP-101's rechambered from .32 H&RM some years back. Then, everyone else got on the bandwagon - for a while. Below is S&W's last entry - and first to be dropped - my 6-shot 632 Pro 'hammerless' with a Tritium night sight...

bullbarrel, Your older 60 should spin and the hammer should cock with ease. It may just need a good cleaning - perhaps a dissection and cleaning. If you are at all timid, take it to a decent S&W revolver gunsmith. It shouldn't cost much - unless it needs parts - or the frame is damaged...

The Speer #4427 bullet is the .429" 200gr Gold Dot optimized for .44 S&W Special velocities that opens fully at 800fps. Graf and Sons has them in stock for $29/100. I used a middle value of powder and Fed LP primers from Speer's suggestion to place my reloads, the GA Arms ammo, and the Blazers...

I cannot blame another shooter for not using Al-cased Blazers. I shot over a thousand of the 200gr Gold Dots from my 296 alone. That one split case in my 696 was enough to end my use of them! And... ~$40/50 seems high for Al Blazers... maybe they are 'Blazer Brass'? No - I looked - their picture...

I've shot a bunch of 'hot' loads in revolvers - including .454 & .500M - and a DE MKII in .50AE. The absolute worst was a friend's 11.4oz Al/Sc/Ti 340PD loaded with hot CorBon .357M's. First, there is nothing to hold on to... second, there is little mass to mediate the recoil. To be fair, the...

It's a toss up - but most days it's the bottom one below, a PC627 UDR. In fact, I like it so much, I sold an old 'friend' just so I could afford a second one. Great lockwork - and x8 capability, either moonclipped, via a 5star speedloader, or individually loaded. As I make my own ammo, my .357...

I think the Speer 200 gr .44 Special Gold Dot is #4427 (My reloading info is elsewhere!). In any case, it was designed to open up fully by 800fps and passed that mark easily in my 2.5" S&W 296 whether in Speer's brass case or Al-cased Blazers, GA Arms brass loads, or my homebrews over a...

A 637/642, a 15.5oz AirWeight 5-shot .38 Spcl +P (hammer/hammerless), is all you need. See the "642 Club" threads here! Stainz

Tired of separating my wimpy .357M reload plinkers as to brass case brand for use in my Ranch Products 8x moonclips, I ordered a 'bedside' kit - an 8x speedloader and a 2 x 8 loading plate some years back... NICE! I liked it so much, I tried to order another pair of speedloaders, to find them...

Starline briefly made a shortened Nagant brass case, but even it would tear at the mouth during reloading. The shorter, ie don't bridge the b/c gap, .32-20 cases, sized in an M1 Carbine carbide sizer, work best - after some initial modification. I take .010" off the rim thickness (Some folks...

Years ago, 'The Blue Press', the Dillon monthly catalog, had an article on converting .32-20 brass to reload for the Nagants. Rather than modify the guns, I further modified the brass, taking .010" off the rim thickness and .024" off the rim OD. I also use the Lee die set, but quickly tired of...

I think it is still viable. My only .327 Federal chambered firearm is still my 632 Pro, which I ordered upon first sight in S&W's literature: It was a long wait - and now it's been canned for years. I still like it, although the 115gr Gold Dots in .327 Federal sure feel .357 Magnum-ish...