Son of Sam, Disco, Carter, Iran hostage crisis...Maybe lets skip ahead a bit to the 80s.

1980 Assassination attempts on the Pope and Ronald Reagen... Lets skip a bit more ...



1982 ET is in the theaters , Micheal Jackson sings Thriller and I am a part time Senior in High school ,
Full time surfer dude in Boca Raton Florida favorite hobbies are beer and girls.



At S&W The large right side trademark migrates to the left side frame,


The Alpha serial prefix is born and we see poorly fit blocky Magnas with goldish medallions, sloppy checkering , chemical bluing , smooth combat triggers and crush fit barrels that signal the end of the Pinned and Recessed (P&R) era
(Note K22's never stopped having recessed cylinders).

Models 18-4 Serial 270K816 and 67-1 AHY6291 exhibit the serial prefix change, blocky Magnas, Crush fit barrels and chemical blueing that is here to stay.


Interestingly the 18-4 has a Wide TT/TH where the 67-1 has the Smooth Combat trigger and semi target hammer .


What else is new ? the Ampersand of course


PS, What happened to that big channel cut behind the ejector rod knurling?
the rear site channel is no longer grooved to match the barrel rib also as a cost cutting measure.