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I have one Scandium revolver, this M&P 340.
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Scandium alloy frame guns will have a blast shield. That's a positive way to spot them. No blast shield, it's a plain aluminum alloy frame.
An atom logo on the side plate is no guarantee, either. That can denote a Ti cylinder, and not necessarily a Sc frame.
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Yes, the 315 Night guards do not have a blast shield the other NG's do have a blast shield
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Yes, the 315 Night guards do not have a blast shield the other NG's do have a blast shield
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It's interesting the scandium J-frame .38 Specials have the blast shield, but the scandium K-frame .38 Specials don't. At least the M315 doesn't.
I looked on S&W web site for a Product Spec Sheet for the Model 315. They didn't have one, though they had them for some of the individual Night Guards. A spec sheet would definitively state the frame material.
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Here's my only scandium Smith - 329PD. It's my backpacking gun. I found my 3" 629 too heavy.
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Nice picture.
I have two 242Ti's.
I don't think they have scandium frames. Just Aluminum like the 642s.
It would be nice had Smith made them with Scandium so they could have been 357 magnums.
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This is my wrist buster. It has traveled many a mile in an IWB holster.
The symbol on the side plate is the Scandium atom with it's 21 protons orbiting the nucleus. The frame is not made of pure Scandium. It is mostly Aluminum with a minute amount of scandium added to make it stronger and more durable.
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Here's one you missed, and a good carry gun....
However, if you want small, but vicious recoil:
Then there are the lightweight tamer guns.....
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damn, i was about to say the same thing! lol here's my Sc/S
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Atomic logo meaning?
My 329 PD, 329 Night Guard, and 396 Night Guard, are all scandium alloy (per SW customer service); and all have the blast shield. Only the 329 PD has the atomic logo with 22 electrons..
My 342, 296, 396 Mountain Lite have no blast shield and per SW customer service, no scandium in spite of all having the 22 electron atomic logo on the right side of the frame.
All above have the titanium cylinder, except the Night Guards.
So what does the atomic logo really mean?
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Nice picture.
I have two 242Ti's.
I don't think they have scandium frames. Just Aluminum like the 642s.
It would be nice had Smith made them with Scandium so they could have been 357 magnums.
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My 329 PD, 329 Night Guard, and 396 Night Guard, are all scandium alloy (per SW customer service); and all have the blast shield. Only the 329 PD has the atomic logo with 22 electrons..
My 342, 296, 396 Mountain Lite have no blast shield and per SW customer service, no scandium in spite of all having the 22 electron atomic logo on the right side of the frame.
All above have the titanium cylinder, except the Night Guards.
So what does the atomic logo really mean?
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22 electrons means titanium, per its atomic number. The ones with the 22 electron atomic symbol mean it has a titanium cylinder. Some guns have a scandium frame but stainless cylinder and also have an atomic symbol logo but it only has 21 electrons for scandium, per its atomic number. For example, my 342PD (aluminum frame, titanium cylinder) has the 22 and my 386Sc/S (scandium frame, stainless cylinder) has the 21.
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Incorrect. All scandium frame guns have a blast shield on the frame above the forcing cone. The 242 is just aluminum frame.
They didn't start adding scandium until the later guns like 340, 386 and 329, thus allowing the Magnum cartridges.
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Incorrect. All scandium frame guns have a blast shield on the frame above the forcing cone. ...k
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Actually, it's thought there were possibly some .38 Spl scandium K-frames with no blast shields. The Model 315 being one.
It is certainly true, any gun with a blast shield has a scandium-aluminum alloy frame.
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Several 360/360Js have already been posted but here's another variation that I recently purchased.
The 2-Tone 360J has the Sc/Al alloy frame with a bright stainless steel cylinder, bright hammer/trigger/cylinder release & red ramp front sight. I replaced the factory black rubber grips with a set of black Badger boot grips.
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Why a titanium cylinder to cut down on the weight? I have 3 different n frame Smiths in 357 mag, hard to decide on a favorite 327 is just the newest.
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What finish is that on the frame?
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I think I have Scandium sickness
So after welding up the holes on the 340 M&P and adding the titanium cylinder to it, I found a no lock 340pd today locally and it followed me home.  Two is one and one is none...After pocket carrying a 11.3oz j frame, everything else feels like a brick. I had to have a backup for the system to feel bulletproof. So I guess I can carry my 340mp without a care for scratches or problems..now I got my backup system.LOL see what I mean about scandium sickness?
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