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Originally Posted by Bullseye Smith
I think you are WRONG in your thinking, the "L" frame was made to handle the loads that the "K" frame was having trouble with, not to copy a colt. Everything that colt ever made was a copy of something. The colt ranks #2 and when out because they couldn't be #1, I can take the action of a new S&W and have it slicker and better than any over price colt. So if what you say is true, then why don't they make any more "K" frames in the 357?
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This information is correct. S&W created the L frame not to compete with any Colt but to answer a design shortcoming. The K frame was unable to handle sustained full power 357 loads. Frames actually stretched or distended creating excessive end-shake and related problems. The trick for S&W was to bolster the frame and yet maintain the very popular K frame grip size. The L frame 586/686 answered the problem very nicely.
Rick