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Originally Posted by exfebee
Jack & OP,
Or, we might also ask question 3>. Are you going to trust you family's life, or even your own life with a 686 (or any gun) that has had documented "lock up" problems. You can do a SEARCH here on our forum about "Lock ups" & see what has actually happened. Sure a "lock up" is far & few in between. May never happen to you, or anyone you know. I just could not trust that potential situation. If your gun is for "Target practice" & its not for self defense "why care"? As a retired LEO with 31 years of LE work, i have to be sure my weapon will fire every time. No, S&W will not work on your weapon even under Warranty if the IL is removed. You can always put it back in before sending it up. Best of luck & I hope your weapon fires Every Time.
Carl
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I'm sorry Carl... missed this one. Honestly, you are entitled to your opinion as I am. The fact is, anything can fail, including older non IL guns. There are plenty of parts that can and have failed, so to be honest,your way of thinking would have me carry no gun at all... since anything can go wrong at any time, with any gun, new or old. The fact is, it doesn't hold water in my book. I can look on this site and find even more failures related to non IL guns. Do you see where I am coming from. There just is not a track record of an IL problem. I watched that video this morning and felt it was total fabrication. A few examples have been pointed out in this thread and they were generalizations... so in my book, a failure can occur, but it is pretty darn remote, like I said before, your forged hammer has just as much chance of breaking... so bottom line, just cause a few here don't like change, don't push it on me or others here looking for answers to there fears based on reading more hearsay than fact...
have a sparkling day