When it comes to guns I am strickly a meat and potatoes kind of guy. I have never shot a standard S&W revolver or semi-auto that I felt was not good enough for the amount of protection I needed. The deluxe versions are just not part of my mental reference. It is a shame that S&W didn't make a standard alloy version of the 457. Those deluxe models were a good suggestion and I am going to take another look at them before I see what they are selling for. :-)

Bill