Originally Posted by JNewell

The 342Ti Airlite was introduced in either 1998 or 1999, I don't remember which. I bought one of the first ones and have been carrying it 16/7/52 since then. It's been fired plenty, mostly with +P loads. It has never had any problems. But if you look for more data, and search here and other likely places, you will find that failures with the .38Sp and .44Sp Airlites are virtually nonexistent. That is not true, btw, with the .357Mag and .44Mag versions.