I just sent an email to S&W investor relations.. lets see how far I can get up the chain. I'll point them to this thread. 1,153 posts and 108,025 views should speak for itself.
Meanwhile a list of reasons why S&W should bring back the 327 Fed in SS this time would be helpful for me for any further communication with them.
Forgive me being thick but what is "SS"? If you mean "stainless steel", then I'd agree. Just in case they do look, I remember them offering one model,
the 632. I think they released it in stainless steel but it must have been a limited run. I can only find it incidentally in articles like
this one.
I actually liked the look of it and putting 6 on a J-Frame is a major selling point. (I still think the 432PD in .32 H&R Magnum was a nearly perfect pocket gun.) The main reason I didn't buy a 632 is because they ported it. I know ported guns are cool and I've come to appreciate the stabilization in guns like the
XVR. However, there are tradeoffs. Porting increases noise, flash, and mess; all things that are already turned up with the .327 federal magnum. Here, it made the decision easy for me. It was another sale lost to Ruger, who released it in the arguably prettier and more weight-stabilized
SP101.
A point I've advanced here and elsewhere is that the marketing and support failed to realize this round's potential. It doesn't just give you an extra shot in a smaller frame. It gives you what the SP101 review above rightly called "high velocity and controllability". It also lends itself nicely to longer barrels and the fact that no rifle/carbine has been offered still grinds my gears. This would have been awesome in 4" 7-shot combination, preferably on a K-frame, or in potentially higher-capacity 5-6" offerings on a larger frame.
If we are just musing here, I suppose I could wish for one without that accursed lock. Why Smith and Wesson keeps blemishing their otherwise beautiful guns with that abomination is beyond me, but there are whole threads on that topic. Even with it, I'd still be inclined to pony up the premium if S&W offered what I was looking for in .327.