S&W 27-3 DOM ?

redman.com1

March 24, 2012 18:23

have a s&w model 27-3 serial # AUS 6799, was wondering when it was made? how do you tell if its pinned and recessed? thanks

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  rufe-snow

  March 24, 2012 18:57

  1987, if I'm reading the S & W book correctly. If that's the correct date it shouldn't be P & R, S & W stopped that in the early 80's.

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  redman.com1

  March 24, 2012 18:58

  thanks for the response.

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  CapnMidnight

  March 24, 2012 19:03

  Without looking in the 3rd Standard Catalog of Smith & Wesson I'm pretty sure your -3 model 27 isn't pinned or recessed. Pinned and recessed means that there is pin at the rear of the barrel, in front of the frocing cone, in the top part of the frame where the barrel screws into the frame. Recessed means the rear of the cylinder is counter bored, so to speak, for the cartridge rims to fit into each chamber.
  I hope this crude explaination helps.
  W.D.

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  nmyers

  March 25, 2012 04:43

  Pinned barrel. The pin is at the top front of the frame:
  
  
  
  Date not real clear in the SCSW-3, since 3 letter pre-fixes were used out of sequence. But, the main reason for the change to 27-3 was elimination of P & R.
  
  Neal

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