<YAWNNN> As for the phone call to Smith & Wesson, mentioned way the hell back up the thread, the rule for their phone and e-mail people seems to be, "If in doubt, lawyer up." I have one of the 640 no-dashes with the CEN prefix, factory etched "Tested For +P+". I haven't the slightest intention of using +P+ in it and told them so, but merely was curious about the length of time the CENxxx's were manufactured. All they would tell me, more than once, was that my 640 was built in 1990 and they don't approve of using +P+ in any of their guns. Go figure. St. Litigius, the patron saint of excessive caution, strikes again.

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Oh well, what the hell.