FWIW, early last year I saw a women at the range experience a lockup on her new S&W. Couldn't open the cylinder, pull the trigger, etc. I wasn't that into revolvers at the time, so I can't tell you what model it was, but in hindsight I would guess it was a 686, because it clearly wasn't a stubnose, and I recall it being larger than a J Frame. She was complaining to the store employee that she was told that revolvers were more dependable than pistols, yet her gun didn't work. The employee told her it would have to be sent bad to the factory, but when it returned it would be better than new because a S&W gunsmith will have paid particular attention to it. Given that it was new it must have had the lock, but I can't say if the lock was the cause of the problem. On the bright side, a locked 686 makes a much better club as compared to a jammed polymer automatic.
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