I bought and sold my only IL gun. The SW 500. But it had nothing to do with the IL. The 500 was a great gun. Awesome actually. But as my body is older than my heart... I was finding my right hand severely bruised for a week after a night of SW 500's. So after about 2 months of self inflicted abuse I sold it for $1 more than I bought it for. I used the $1K to fund my Model 29. Now that I can handle just fine.
I will buy more new Smith's when I need them. My next new S&W will probably be the 625 PC. I don't like the lock or the reason they were put on. But it won't keep me from owning an IL gun.

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