AustinTX
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Cool, more for the rest of us!!
Yep! Please, have at them! More of what I like for me.
Cool, more for the rest of us!!
S&W will drop the internal lock the same day manufactures stop putting grip safeties on 1911 clones.
They sell non lock guns also .I understand why S&W implemented the lock and frankly felt betrayed when all that happened. S&W paid for their decisions to the point their stock was dramatically devalued and the small company that provided their internal locking system was able to buy them out.
To me, the lock is a symbol of S&W leadership of the day kowtowing to the Clintons. I am sure the lock is reliable for the most part. Even if it were 100% reliable it bothers me to even see it. Stupid Hillary hole.
As for why S&W keeps the lock, I don't know. S&W does not see fit to even explain it to me. So I see fit not to own any modern S&W products.
They sell non lock guns also .
Only a very few select models are available without the internal lock and these models are all J-frames. I believe the only lock-less guns currently available are variation of the 642, 442, & 340. If you want a new K, L, N, X, or Z frame you are getting the internal lock.
I find it interesting that they still make the J frame without a lock as an option. I am guessing that police departments want them without a lock in them? If they can make those without the lock why not the rest of their line as an option?
Well, this sounds like the explanation for the continuing use of the lock. If you are a lock company, why would you discontinue use of your own product?S&W paid for their decisions to the point their stock was dramatically devalued and the small company that provided their internal locking system was able to buy them out..
Rugers locks were so hard to get to they were useless (on my Blackhawk you have to remove a grip panel). But Bill listened to someone who insisted on scrawling that stupid warning all over their gun barrels... That’ll show ‘em, Bill!Ruger has dropped theirs. Seemingly without fanfare.