I confess to a weakness...

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SaxonPig

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I love 5&W 5" revolvers.

Pair of 1950 44 Special Target Models.

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A 10-7 that I bought new in 1979 and lived in my mother's nightstand until she went home in 2011 and the gun came back to me. Haven't been able to bring myself to shoot it.

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27-2s in blue...

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and nickel.

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How about a British Victory Model in original condition except the stocks which I swapped for better shooting comfort. I load the 38 S&W and have several revolvers in this caliber.

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I have others but alas the 5" 44 Magnum is not one of them. Too rare and pricey for the likes of me. Would enjoy having one, though.
 
Perhaps it is the fact that (generally speaking), five inch barreled revolvers are excruciatingly rare and I never see them and certainly don't get a chance to shoot them, I've long had some (thoroughly unfounded) idea that it must simply be the finest length for a medium sized revolver barrel.

Part of my thought process has to do with the different barrel profiles I've owned, shot and loved over the years. A four inch barrel shoots extremely well for me, but in my opinion... it just doesn't look exactly quite right. And I shoot a six inch barrel very well, but depending on the barrel profile, I find it to be gangly after getting through a hundred rounds or more, though I do enjoy the look.

That line of thinking has always given me this idea that five inches must be *THE* "Goldilocks" barrel length for a K or L-frame.

I did have a fiver once. It was a Model 625 that I really thought I was going to fall deeply in love with. I did not, actually, and I was in the middle of a weird time in my life and I only kept that revolver for one month and 133 shots fired. I sold it for exactly what I paid for it and chalked it up to experience. It would take some really odd turn of events for me to ever attempt to own another moon-clipped .45cal revolver.
 
I agree Saxon.
5" is my all around favorite length for revolvers. It's too bad we are not heard by S&W and Ruger.

I also have to settle for 6.5”, 6" and 4" most of the time. I like them too, but not as much as 5”
 
That is a good weakness to have. For some reason, I like odd barrel lengths also 3", 5", 7". Unfortunately, I've not really had the opportunity to feed that interest (other than a 3" SP-101).
 
On some models the 5" barrel was a standard catalog option so not particularly rare. Others were very limited production. A 5" M&P or Model 10 is not hard to find. Same with a Model 27. A 5" M29 will cost you 3K+ to land.
 
I've read a few comments that the 5" barrel looks best on an N-frame because it gives the gun proportions similar to a 4" K-frame.
I don't know about that, but I liked the looks of the 544 that I owned for fifteen years.
I don't remember if that gun was Lear Siegler or Bangor Punta era, but it was very well put together and finished and had one of the best SA triggers I've ever shot.
 
I've read a few comments that the 5" barrel looks best on an N-frame because it gives the gun proportions similar to a 4" K-frame.
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It does.

And I agree.

I want a 629 Classic in 5". *Sigh* Maybe someday. It's one of those gun purchases that keeps getting moved to the back burner.
 
Yep,,, 5" barrels are elegant.

Yep,,, 5" barrels are elegant.

That's the best for everything choice.

The only thing I miss about a Taurus Model 94,,,
Was that great 5" barrel.

I think I'll start to keep an eye out,,,
For a 5" Model 10 or M&P.

Aarond

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Jeff - I have a 5" M & P - DOB of 1952. It's my favorite - born the same year as I was and it is just the greatest "all around revolver" that I own.
 
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