no... I think glock has everyone beat when it comes to incomprehensible naming.
S & W 642 Deal
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no... I think glock has everyone beat when it comes to incomprehensible naming.
gotboostvr
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At least Glock just names them in chronological order of when they file for patents.
Who the h*ll knows why a model 10 is a model 10.
Monac
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Well, Smith had some numbered models, all single digit, dating back to the foundation of the company with the Model 1. I don't know about a model number higher than 3 in that series. (There was a Model 1 1/2, IIRC. Don't remind S&W about it; we don't need that kind of headache.)
Probably when they decided to start using model numbers again (because the number of different models had gotten so big, and because dealers probably often got the model names wrong when ordering), Smith decided to start with the number 10, so people did not try ordering parts for a gun from 1857 and wind up getting parts for a gun from 1957. Because the Military and Police 38 Special was far and away the single biggest seller in their line at the time, and sort of the most basic gun they made, it got to be Model 10.
Anyway, that's my theory. Want to make up one of your own? It's fun!
I had the gun tore down most of the week. Thought I lost the hammer block when the side plate finially came off. After seaching the room over and over, I found out that S&W doesn't install hammer blocks in shrouded guns. Lesson learned.
Stoned a few areas, cleaned and lubed. Installed a hammer spring and #13 trigger return spring. I'll probably install the #14 lb., because about one in 10 dry fires, the trigger hesitates a split second in resetting. Could be a bit of dirt that I missed.
Hoping to get it out to the range by next week.
Stoned a few areas, cleaned and lubed. Installed a hammer spring and #13 trigger return spring. I'll probably install the #14 lb., because about one in 10 dry fires, the trigger hesitates a split second in resetting. Could be a bit of dirt that I missed.
Hoping to get it out to the range by next week.
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