Since we're talking about .357 Magnums and M-27s....... I really like the fine checkering done on the top straps of these models, and prefer it to the matte finish done to most others - like the M-29, for example.
Please educate me. Why did S&W not carry this checkering over to other models of the same quality? I don't buy cost-cutting as the reason, because they would likely have dropped the top strap checkering on contemporary M-27s too.
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