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Old March 22, 2013, 03:24 PM   #8
Mike Irwin
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"I take it these (28-2) are a commercial grade bluing ? Its like a dull blue not like some of my other shinny Smiths ?"

In the early 1950s, S&W's pre Model 27 (company called it The .357 Magnum) was the only .357 in the company's line up, and it was expensive.

Smith wanted more police forces to carry their .357s, but the price of what would become the Model 27 put a lot of them off.

To address that, Smith made numerous, essentially cosmetic changes designed to lower the price of the gun, including dropping the fine checkering on the barrel rib and going to a matte blued finish instead of the mirror polish blue, which required SIGNIFICANTLY more time and the attention of very experienced, and highly paid, employees.
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