S&W Model 627

[gerhard1]

Near C&P of one of my old KSCCW posts

Okie-doky, I took the 627 out to day and put 200 rounds of 38 Specal through it. Fifty mid-range wadcutters, fifty of the standard velocity 38 158 gr SWC, and the rest were WWB from WallyWorld.
The gun shot marvellously, which shouldn't be a surprise to anyone; after all it is a Smith & Wesson. As I mentioned before, I took the Hogues off and put a set of Pachmayr Compacs on, and these were good except for one thing: the cartridge closest to the frame seemd to cartch on the grips and not eject 100% with out rotating the cylinder slightly to clear it and then it dropped free. Doing some work with a Dremel might be in order here. Recoil was quite mild, and the guns seems to be very accurate in my hands. I shot all of the rounds double action, at ranges of from three to seven uyards.
The trigger pull is good and the action is smooth. I expect it to break in even better,
No bench testing was done, but the gun like I said before, seems to be very accurate in my hands, even though at the close ranges that I shot it at, it seemed to shoot a trifle low.
Would I recommend it for CCW? Frankly, no. And the reason has nothing to really do with the size. It is the lack of speedloaders that are available. And yes, I do know of the Maxfires. Besides there are many better carrry guns out there. Would it serve in this capaciity? Probably, and it might even do well. It would, I imagine, do quite well as a hunting sidearm
In short, it's a great gun, but it is not for everybody.

An addition, if I might. As I said in the above post, the Pachmayr Compacs tended to catch the cartridge closest to the frame and it did not eject cleanly, so I replaced them with the wood S&W finger-groove grips, but they did not permit the full use of the Maxfire speedloaders which as I understand it are the only speedloaders made for this particular model. So they were replaced with the Ahrends grips, and I am just starting to get the hang of using the Maxfires. I do wish that HKS or someone else would make something for this model as the maxfires are very awkward, especially at first.
It is an eight-shot revolver.

 

[Gonadz]

Those big-frame Smith revolvers are famous for their smooth double-action pull. The only complaint I usually hear is how tough it can be to find accessories that fit the eight-shot cylinder.

 

[gerhard1]

Those big-frame Smith revolvers are famous for their smooth double-action pull. The only complaint I usually hear is how tough it can be to find accessories that fit the eight-shot cylinder.

If yo are looking for speedloaders, you might want to try 5-star firearms. One of their speedloaders for my new Colt Viper just got here and after I figured it out, it looks promising.

As soon as I work with it, I'll give a review of it to this, and a few other forums. Here is a picture.

 

[cp1969]

...like I said before, seems to be very accurate in my hands, even though at the close ranges that I shot it at, it seemed to shoot a trifle low.

The bullet starts out below the line of sight, crosses it, and then gravity brings it back down where it crosses the line of sight again. That's normal. You'll have to do some shooting at various ranges to find out where these points are and for long shots, how much you need to hold over.

 

[Shotfired]

That’s a good summary and matches what I’ve seen as well. Great shooter but not the easiest to keep set up for carry. As a range or field gun though, it’s hard to beat.