S&W 327 NG, yea or nay ?

[GUNS-R-US]

You didn't say whether the caliber was .38 or .357, but I would say no if it was .38! The Gun Blue Book 29th Ed. puts the 98% gun at about $675 so the price isn't to bad though their might be a little room for negotiations. I would like to own one of them myself in .357, I think it would make an excellent night stand gun ( as I think that was the design intention/target audience ). 

locally, there is only about $100 diffrence between a ruger and a smith...  so you can have a gun thats ready to go, or you can save $50, wait weeks and get a gun thats ready.  its not much of a choice.

The problem with the ruger is you have to take it to a gunsmith to make it into what the S$W is out of the box.

I have owned several Rugers over the years and cannot fault them for what they are, good, tough, dependable pistols.

The last one I owned was a GP100 with a 4 inch barrel.  The trigger was so stiff I literally could not hit a target in double action.

Took it to a smith who smoothed the trigger and lightened the pull.

A new S$W is like that when you buy it.

I bought a 637 for summer carry.  I love the little thing but I don't want to shoot more than 30 rounds with it at a setting.  Stings like thunder even with Hogue grips.

Not to knock S&W but this isn't always the case, I bought a 340PD that came from the factory with a trigger pull over 16lbs  (thats the max reading for my trigger gage) I had to have a local G.S. work it over for a more manageable and smooth 10lb pull. Frankly I've bought that 340 and 3 M&Ps in the last 2 years and they all have tearable DA triggers!!

[Timothy]

For what it's worth.  I've been slowly, carefully doing an "at home" trigger job on my Ruger.  A 15 buck spring kit from Wolff and a set of 50 year old jewelers files have reduced my trigger pull from the factory of 14# to about 10# and considerably smoothed the trigger pull.  By just removing the sharp edges of the hammer and trigger without touching the sear surfaces, it's coming along quite nicely.  With a polishing wheel and some more care, I'll get the thing more than adequate for my needs.

Care and an understanding of the mechanism goes a long way and until I get to the range and ensure that it fires all magnum loads I carry with the lighter main spring, the 1911 comes out of the safe for daily carry.

Another nice thing about the Ruger....you can almost take the entire gun down without any tools other than the gun itself!