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08-17-2018, 05:41 PM
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SW Internal lock
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Looking for a little history here. I understand SW started putting the (dreadful) internal lock on almost all their revolvers around 2002. Why? Political pressure? Liability?
Why don't SW semi-auto pistols have them? Why don't Ruger or Taurus or Kimber revolvers have ILs on them?
Why can a few of the Airweight models NOT have them , but the $1,200 PCs must have them?
And why can't SW just stop putting them on the revolvers altogether? Did SW sign a deal with the Devil?
Just venting...
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08-17-2018, 05:48 PM
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Mmm, politics.
I enjoy my lock guns as much as the no lock guns.
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08-17-2018, 05:55 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by snaker1968
Looking for a little history here. I understand SW started putting the (dreadful) internal lock on almost all their revolvers around 2002. Why? .
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Around 2002 Smith and Wesson was purchased by a Lock Company
Politics had nothing to do with it
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08-17-2018, 06:15 PM
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Would you believe Springfield 1911s have them?
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08-17-2018, 06:27 PM
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From the Boss:
For the record-
I don't like the lock. I wish the lock was not there. I also wish Thomas Jefferson would run for reelection.
I don't think my wishes are going to come true, so I suppose I will adapt to the current reality.
I believe that there have been lock malfunctions. I have not really investigated it, but the simple law of averages says there must be. Any machine can malfunction. That runs true from hammers to space shuttles. Believe it or not, I have seen S&W's that never had a lock fail to fire.
The fact is that you stand a far better chance of dying because of an auto malfunction or even an airplane malfunction than you do because of a lock malfunction.
So, we have a situation we all have to deal with.
This thread has pretty well covered the various options for dealing with it:
Love it
Hate it
Buy it
Don't buy it
Leave it
Remove it
The incessant whining and moaning gets tiresome.
Thank you.
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