More 4 1/4” barrel offerings please

kamloops67 said:

If I had a wish granted from smith and Wesson it would be in the form of a 4 1/4” 617
since we’re wishing could it be a 6 shot please ?
This would be primarily for north of the border folk where 4” barrels are verboten
I would like to point out that almost every time you offer a revolver in 4 1/4” I buy one
I have a 629 a 69 and a 686 I passed on the 66 because … well it looked kind of cheaply made .. sorry
I believe the 610 may be offered in 4 1/4” but I’m not sure I want to enter the 10 mm camp just yet , and I know from my Brazilian that moon clips are kind of a pain
Well anyway build one I’ll buy it … please

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cmj8591 said:

If you're going to wish for things, wish that the cowards and imbeciles running things would come to their senses and realize that .25 inches of barrel has zero contribution to the crime rate. Now THAT'S a wish!

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CH4 said:

I agree with the "cheap look" of the new Smiths, especially those 66s (and the others) with the funky two-piece barrels.
Do you have a new Python yet? Not a fan of the extra 1/4, but since it helps my canuck friends I am learning to live with it.

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LoboGunLeather said:

For those wondering how this issue ever became important, it might help to understand that our Canadian neighbors have been dealing with restrictions on barrel lengths, generally a mandate for barrels of 4.2" (10 centimeters) minimum to qualify in most cases.

This, of course, conflicted with most US manufacturers' long-standing practices of (nominal) 4" barrel lengths on many popular revolvers. Thus, the more standard US-production revolvers have been denied for export to Canadian dealers and customers.

So, S&W and other makers have adapted by offering slightly longer barrel lengths to remain active in the Canadian market. Over time, some of those revolvers went out to US distributors and into US customers' hands. Some frustration was created on the US side of the border because the newer revolvers may not fit correctly in holsters made for the more common 4" barrels we have seen here for many decades.

Overall, probably a very small wrinkle in human events. I do recall a time some years back when I started receiving complaints and returns of holsters ordered for a 4" S&W because the dam-thing-just-won't-fit. I had to learn to adapt because a lot of S&W revolvers produced to the Canadian standard found their way to the US market.

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kamloops67 said:

You have no idea how close we are to losing everything !

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kamloops67 said:

If I had a wish granted from smith and Wesson it would be in the form of a 4 1/4” 617
since we’re wishing could it be a 6 shot please ?

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