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Posted: 8/1/2010 4:25:04 PM EDT

A .357 wheelgun with a nonfluted cylinder. Does anyone make one? Thanks for any help.

Posted: 8/1/2010 6:09:17 PM EDT

[#1]

Smith and Wesson model 627

Posted: 8/1/2010 6:22:40 PM EDT

[#2]

aka the "Bloodwork gun". Their are a couple guys on the S&W forum who've gotten some of the latest releases, they seem pretty pleased with them. IIRC, they have a street price in the mid $900's. Not easy to find though.

Posted: 8/1/2010 6:34:29 PM EDT

[#3]

If they are anything like my new 629, they are well worth it!

Posted: 8/1/2010 6:50:20 PM EDT

[#4]

Smith and Wesson made the 686 with a non-fluted cylinder for a year or two back in the 80's....I think they called it a 'classic hunter' or something like that.

Found with Google search: Also in 1988, S&W made 5000 L-frame 686s in the Classic Hunter guise –– 6" full-lugged barrel, unfluted cylinder, "semi-target" hammer, smooth trigger, Hogue monogrip on a square-butt grip-frame, with the stamped barrel reading ".357 Magnum".

If you have deep pockets, check out Freedom Arms.

Posted: 8/1/2010 7:08:26 PM EDT

[#5]

You can also get a 686, and then have an unflutted cylinder installed... might be a little easier.

Posted: 8/1/2010 7:29:51 PM EDT

[#6]

S&W Model 1989 is another example.

Posted: 8/1/2010 11:17:27 PM EDT

[#7]

Currently cataloged
627 (as GA_USMC has linked)