I didn't come here to bash S&W. I was just letting people know that revolvers certainly can fail and I personally have no idea what has failed in my new gun. I will post what the results are once I get it back from S&W in about 2 weeks. The reason I was suspecting the IL is cause when I researched on line the IL failure kept coming up. But after speaking with S&W I agree that I should'nt jump to that conclusion.
As far as Cabelas I had many free points that went toward purchasing this gun. Cannot get a better deal than that. Anyone here own the 638 38 special, I'm hoping someone will tell me it's an awesome gun!!!