Taking pics of stuff for GB & eBay; thought I'd post this one...
S&W Mod 27-2 .357 Magnum nickle plated revolver; 8 3/8" barrel...with a spare .357/.44 Magnum cylinder & 6" barrel...
I used to wildcat back in the 70's & 80's; this was one that I converted to fire a bottlenecked .357/.44 Magnum cartridge. I had a .357 Automag at the time, and it came with the reloading dies. One day, while reloading for my .44 magnum Ruger Blackhawk, I ran a .44 magnum case through the .357 Automag dies. Looked pretty awesome...
I knew that S&W made an N-frame .357 (same frame/cylinder as their .44 magnum/think Dirty Harry), and a friend of a friend just happened to be selling a cased nickled mod 27...
I was able to pick up a spare mod 27 nickle .357 cylinder, barrel, and sideplate, so I was in business!
I made up two finished .357/.44 magnum cartridges and shipped them off to Clymer Tools to make a finishing chambering reamer. Turned out pretty good. I did a couple of these conversions, and they do make a nice flat shooting .357 round.
Some pics of the set...