I can only offer my own rude thoughts on this matter. I think they don’t because they couldn’t justify enough of a mark up. This is the same reason they won’t make a simple version of a J in .327 Federal Magnum. It has to be all fancy pants or they can’t yank us for max pricing. I would love to see a plain jane 640 in a six shot .327 mag but I don’t see it happening.

And I thought the 342 was another Scandium frame???