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Caliber 45 ACP Barrel length 5" Overall length 10.5" Weight (unloaded) 42 oz. Capacity 6 GripsHogue Laminate Combat t Front sight gold bead Rear sight fully adjustable

Model 327 TRR8

Caliber 357 Magnum Barrel length 5" Overall length 10.5" Weight (unloaded) 35.2 oz. Capacity 8 Grips Hogue rubber Front sight interchangeable brass bead Rear sight fully adjustable

Model 329NG Night Guard

Caliber 44 Magnum Barrel length 2.5" Overall length 7.75" Weight (unloaded) 29.7 oz. Capacity 6 Grips Pachmayr Front sight interchangeable brass bead Rear sight V notch

While firing large caliber revolvers from a rest can be a trying process, our quartet of big Smiths proved controllable and accurate. As luck would have it, all four printed more or less to point of aim, even the fixed-sight Triple Lock. Neither of us was surprised when honors went to the finely made Performance Center Model 625, which put six rounds of Speer hardball into a pleasing 1-5/8-inch group. Somewhat surprisingly, the runner-up was the heaviest recoiling of our test guns, the Model 29, with a beautifully centered 1-3/4-inch group. Even thought it had the shortest barrel, the Highway Patrolman was no slouch with a half dozen .357s in 2-1/8 inches, while the greybeard of the bunch, the Triple Lock, showed it could still do what was needed to be done with six Fiocchi .455s in 2-3/8 inches.