I would like to see S&W vary their offerings in the stainless steel 6nn range revolvers.
I have a 686P 4" Bbl. and with the .357 recoil it makes sense. However, my 617 6" Bbl. with
the full underlug. it only adds unneeded weight
in a pistol with negligible recoil My 625 5" Bbl... model it'd be nice have just the ejector shroud the full underlug makes it, (& the 617)
45 oz.

Has S&W ever produced a 617 w/o the full underlug?

doesn't the fact that the ejector rod has a forward position in the ejector shroud/underlug give the cylinder two points to lock up on instead of just the rear of the cylinder?
I'm referring to the M1917 and the changes
S&W made when they dropped the Triple Lock
and mode the M1917 for the Military and then
\kept that design until just before the
start of WWII.

Randall