Originally Posted by S&WIowegan

I am a competition revolver shooter and have been for 20 years. I have shot matches in the same squad with Jerry. First, he prepares his own competition revos so S&W did NOT take the lock out for him! Second, all of us take the locks out of our competition guns (also the hammer block). It's a simple matter of eliminating as many things that could go wrong as possible.

Originally Posted by woodsltc

The last sentence of the above quote explains in a nutshell why it is just "plain common sense" not to depend on a S&W revolver with that stupid lock..............the professionals know not to risk a competition on it, so why would any thinking person risk their life on one as a carry weapon or for home defense.

I fail to see how some people can continue to say they see no additional risk by depending on a S&W with that lock!!

Don