I LOVE S&W revolvers, but I refuse to own one with an IL. I would consider it for something like a 617 since it would be for plinking only, but I will not waiver on it for a self defense gun. I got into a rather heated discussion with a gun shop commando a few weeks ago because he told me that 95% of the guns out today had IL's and that if I wouldn't buy one with an IL I would quickly run out of guns to buy. I told him his percentage was total BS and that even if it was true, I'd just buy from the other 5%.