Me. They're still making some fine products, fashionable cynicism aside...
Well, no more new Lew Horton S&Ws'
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I'm with Hap... no problem here with a new S&W... great guns. But I will miss LH, have a few of them myself. I guess I can understand their reasoning, as twisted and short term thinking as it is. I like the comparison to Playboy, that makes sense... LH helps to promote S&W, they are like free advertising, or better yet, S&W gets paid for LH to advertise... I don't like it.
Be glad that people do buy the current models.
Otherwise S&W will become a footnote in the history books.
If your not competive in the market, your done. Nothing stays the same. And it's good that it doesn't. Otherwise you wouldn't be carrying that really neat smartphone, Ipad, laptop computer, banking online, buying guns on the internet(if you do that)and a whole lifestyle would regress 50 years in a heartbeat.
I don't want to go back to carburator on my vehicles..do you?
Or having a refridgerator that uses 5 times the power of a new one.
I learned to accept change, good and bad and get on with my life instead of whining about why it's not like it used to be.
Enjoy your classic S&W's, collect more of them if you can.
I don't think Lew Horton is going to close it's doors over this.
Just my .02 worth.
Otherwise S&W will become a footnote in the history books.
If your not competive in the market, your done. Nothing stays the same. And it's good that it doesn't. Otherwise you wouldn't be carrying that really neat smartphone, Ipad, laptop computer, banking online, buying guns on the internet(if you do that)and a whole lifestyle would regress 50 years in a heartbeat.
I don't want to go back to carburator on my vehicles..do you?
Or having a refridgerator that uses 5 times the power of a new one.
I learned to accept change, good and bad and get on with my life instead of whining about why it's not like it used to be.
Enjoy your classic S&W's, collect more of them if you can.
I don't think Lew Horton is going to close it's doors over this.
Just my .02 worth.
DustyJacket
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I had a LH .44 mag with a 3.5" or 3.75" bbl.
Sold it (dummy) and have been looking for the .44SPL version of it ever since.
I guess there will be no more made, darn it.
Sold it (dummy) and have been looking for the .44SPL version of it ever since.
I guess there will be no more made, darn it.
mkk41
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YES!!!
I can tune and troubleshoot any rare problems with carbs. Even multiple carbs.
When EFI quits , ya need computers and diagnostic software. Or an ODB code scanner. And if your vehicle is a few years old , like my 1997 fuel injected Harley , it and it's componants are obsolete!
Rant off!
Back to guns!
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Actually, it was the other way around. Ruger made its distributors pick. That was Ruger's response to S&W's final blow in the nasty ad campaign started by Ruger which was critical of S&W's L frame revolver and its methods of construction.
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I am guessing, but I would suppose the ones who sell the most. . . .
I have one Ruger and one Marlin... and that is because S&W didn't make a 44 mag. rifle. Love the ad...
Smith61
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Former LH
I had the pleasure of working at Lew Horton's just as the 94' Clinton Crime bill took effect. After that for a few months the main sales were MAK 90's and Egyptian MAADI's. Then everybody was calling for ANY high cap pistol that shipped with at least one high cap mag! S&W and Beretta were smart, they quickly pulled all the second mags out of the guns ready to ship and put in a coupon for a free 10 rounder later. That way they were able to slip more guns out with a high cap mag. Under the management of Bob Coyle and Earl and others, we enjoyed an awesome relationship with Colt, S&W, and Remington. Primarily in the focus of limited/special runs as you have all pointed out.
I can tell you that LH is NOT at all one of the "big" distributors as far as volume. But yes, they had nice ideas for unique stuff. With Talo and other people entering this niche market, I wonder if LH can even hang in a few more years.
I had the pleasure of working at Lew Horton's just as the 94' Clinton Crime bill took effect. After that for a few months the main sales were MAK 90's and Egyptian MAADI's. Then everybody was calling for ANY high cap pistol that shipped with at least one high cap mag! S&W and Beretta were smart, they quickly pulled all the second mags out of the guns ready to ship and put in a coupon for a free 10 rounder later. That way they were able to slip more guns out with a high cap mag. Under the management of Bob Coyle and Earl and others, we enjoyed an awesome relationship with Colt, S&W, and Remington. Primarily in the focus of limited/special runs as you have all pointed out.
I can tell you that LH is NOT at all one of the "big" distributors as far as volume. But yes, they had nice ideas for unique stuff. With Talo and other people entering this niche market, I wonder if LH can even hang in a few more years.
KLYDE
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a whole lifestyle would regress 50 years
IMO I think the whole world would be better off if we regressed back to that time period. Back to the days when things were simple. When quality and pride meant something, instead of the almighty $$$$ being the bottom line. Many of todays "improvements" have been made in the name of profit and the end user is often held hostage by the manufacturer. You could publish a book of examples of this lunacy. I'll gladly go back.
IMO I think the whole world would be better off if we regressed back to that time period. Back to the days when things were simple. When quality and pride meant something, instead of the almighty $$$$ being the bottom line. Many of todays "improvements" have been made in the name of profit and the end user is often held hostage by the manufacturer. You could publish a book of examples of this lunacy. I'll gladly go back.
I don't think TALO can ever be compared to Lew Horton, as far as what they have done with S&W revolvers, primarily because of what they have to work with (i.e. MIM, IL, etc).
Lew Horton's earliest Limited Editions far outclass anything TALO has done or ever will do.
In my opinion, of course.
Lew Horton's earliest Limited Editions far outclass anything TALO has done or ever will do.
In my opinion, of course.
It's all economics, the ones that sell the most.
I'm sorry to hear this. I own several Lew Horton guns, a 3-inch 624 and a couple of 24-3s, all .44 specials. It seems Lew Horton was always ahead of the envelope in offering limited edition popular S&W guns that could be had nowhere else; they got S&W to make them. Bad move for S&W - the LH guns paved the way.
John
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DFrame
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I'm baffled. But S&W has done some really STUPID things in the past.
Models 24-3 in 4" and 6-1/2" barrel lengths are not Lew Horton guns.
Pilgrim
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well I guess my LH models are now worth a little more !
Arik
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Been going to gun stores on practically a daily basis. Cover 5 stores a week for the last 3-4 years. I have yet to see a LH. If they drop them or don't I doubt many people would notice
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BJoe
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That disgusts me thoroughly, LH has had some of the best small batch S&W's ever done.
That decision was probably made by the 'bean counters' who don't shoot, nor have ever heard of LH. Gun industry is full of them lately.
DustyJacket
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I'm sorry to hear this. I own several Lew Horton guns, a 3-inch 624 and a couple of 24-3s, all .44 specials. It seems Lew Horton was always ahead of the envelope in offering limited edition popular S&W guns that could be had nowhere else; they got S&W to make them. Bad move for S&W - the LH guns paved the way.
John
That's what I'm talking about.
wonderful gun. Haven't seen one for sale in a long long time.
slickracer
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I do, currently have 3 "current production" Smiths and they all function just fine.
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