Smith & Wesson Model 327

Smith & Wesson Model 327 Performance Center Carry with 2" barrel - .357 Magnum

Smith & Wesson Model 327 Performance Center M&P R8 - .357 Magnum. This is one of the few revolvers in the world with an integral accessory rail, and is also sold with a detachable sight rail.

Smith & Wesson Model 327 Performance Center TRR8 - .357 Magnum. Similar to the M&P R8 but both the sight and accessory rails are detachable.

Smith & Wesson Model 327 Night Guard with 2.5" barrel - .357 Magnum

The Smith & Wesson Model 327 is a scandium alloy framed revolver chambered in .357 Magnum. In 2003 the Smith & Wesson Performace Center produced a variant of the Smith & Wesson Model 627 the featured a scandium alloy frame and titanium cylinder and barrel shroud which they marketed as the Model 327SC (due to the fact that all Model 327s feature a scandium frame this is now often referred to as the 327 Carry). In 2006 the Performace Centre introduced the M&P R8 and TRR8 (which are marketed towards police and competition use respectively), which are 5" barrelled variants with steel cylinders and barrel shrouds and fitted with rails. In 2008 Smith & Wesson introduced standard catalogue 327 variants which were the 327PD (4" barrel, titanium cylinder, steel barrel shroud) and the 327 Night Guard (2.5" barrel, steel cylinder, steel barrel shroud), however both of these have since been discontinued. In 2024, new variant in 9x19 mm Parabellum appeared called Model 327 WR. It feutures multiple upgrades, including mounted red dot site, added by Jerry Miculek - who holds today's world record in revolver shooting.

Specifications

(2003 - Present)

• Type: Revolver

• Caliber: .357 Magnum, .38 Special

• Weight: 1.34 lbs (.61 kg), 1.73 lbs (.78 kg), 2.2 lbs (1.00 kg)

• Length: 7 in (17.1 cm), 7.75 in (19.7 cm), 9.5 in (24.1 cm)

• Barrel length: 2 in (5.1 cm) , 2.5 in (19.4 cm), 5 in (12.7 cm)

• Capacity: 8-round Cylinder

• Fire Modes: Double Action

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The Smith & Wesson Model 327 and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
The Raid: Redemption	Iko Uwais	Rama	Carry, airsoft	2011
The Raid: Redemption	Pierre Gruno	Wahya	Carry, nickel-plated, airsoft	2011
The Raid 2	Arifin Putra	Uco	Carry, airsoft	2014
The Raid 2	Alex Abbad	Bejo	Carry, airsoft	2014
The Accountant	Ben Affleck	Christian Wolff	Carry	2016
John Wick: Chapter 4	Clancy Brown	The Harbinger	Performance Center Carry	2023

Television

Title	Actor	Character	Note / Episode	Date
The Walking Dead - Season 5	Lauren Cohan	Maggie Greene	M&P R8	2014
The Walking Dead - Season 6	Lauren Cohan	Maggie Greene	M&P R8	2015
Daredevil - Season 2	Jon Bernthal	Frank Castle	TRR8 fitted with accessory and sight rails / "New York's Finest" (S2E03)	2016
	Charlie Cox	Matt Murdock/Daredevil	Night Guard / "New York's Finest" (S2E03)

Video Games

Title	Appears as	Mods	Note	Date
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	R8 Revolver	Sight rail and unusable LAM	M&P R8	2012, added in 2015 update
Warface				2013
Battlefield Hardline	.357 RS		M&P R8 fitted with sight rail	2015
Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades	R8 Revolver		Left-handed	2016

See Also

• Smith & Wesson - A list of all firearms manufactured by Smith & Wesson.
• Smith & Wesson Model 627 - The original stainless steel revolver on which the Model 327 is based.