Honestly, if you are buying a collectible revolver, you will buy an old one. IF you are buying a gun to shoot and enjoy, there isn't a darn thing wrong with a new S&W revolver, lock be damned. Don't they still offer a lifetime warranty? An if you are buying a 586, you are not likely slipping it in your waistband for CC. It will probably outlive your grandkids, and will likely be collectible one day as well.

the lock WAS a political football. WEe have one and I have never given it a second thought, when I bought it, or since.

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Robert
SWCA #2906, SWHF #760