muddocktor
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It's actually for my wife, because her hands are just too small to handle a Sig Pro well. I had been thinking about getting her a J frame revolver since they are much smaller than a full size semi auto. And I saw my LGS had some different Model 60s in stock in 357 Mag while checking them out online. The pstols I primarily looked at were the Model 60 Ladysmith and a 3" barrel Model 60-15 with adjustable sights. I wasn't worried about a little extra weight from the longer barrel of the 3", but needed to make sure it would fit her hand well. So I rounded her up and we drove over to Lafayette, LA to the gun shop and started looking at them. She handled both the Ladysmith and the 3" 60 and she actually liked the way the 3" handled better. After giving it a good look-over, we went ahead and bought it and came home.
First thing, I looked it over thoroughly and didn't find anything bad as far as fit and finish, except that I find that the way they are cutting the forcing cone looks kind of weird as compared to my older N frames. The barrel isn't over or under clocked, didn't have any gouges or funny hunks of metal in the rifling and the crown isn't finished badly. In other words, none of the stuff I have been reading about here on fit and finish of the new S&W revolvers. I find the double action pull to feel a bit heavy as compared to my N frames, but acceptable. The single action trigger is nice though. I then cleaned the pistol thoroughly and pulled the sideplate off and lubed the internals a bit as they were just a slight tad on the dry side, but no major gunk or dirt internally. I then did a good Ren Wax job on the pistol and got it shining nice and pretty. Looks like we will go to the range Thursday and give it a good testing and see how well it shoots.
In short, I am very satisfied with the quality of workmanship shown by S&W at lest on this pistol. I have not found any of the problems with it as I have seen posted here. As for the IL, well it comes with the new pistols and I haven't decided whether I will pull it out or not yet. We'll run a few hundred rounds through it and see how we feel about it. My wife will be shooting 38 Specials in it instead of 357 Mag for more moderate recoil, but I will be bringing some 357 Mags to run through it at the range Thursday. Small as it is, I imagine that hot 357 Mag won't be too pleasant, but I guess I will see then too. Here's a couple of pics of the new aquisition.
First thing, I looked it over thoroughly and didn't find anything bad as far as fit and finish, except that I find that the way they are cutting the forcing cone looks kind of weird as compared to my older N frames. The barrel isn't over or under clocked, didn't have any gouges or funny hunks of metal in the rifling and the crown isn't finished badly. In other words, none of the stuff I have been reading about here on fit and finish of the new S&W revolvers. I find the double action pull to feel a bit heavy as compared to my N frames, but acceptable. The single action trigger is nice though. I then cleaned the pistol thoroughly and pulled the sideplate off and lubed the internals a bit as they were just a slight tad on the dry side, but no major gunk or dirt internally. I then did a good Ren Wax job on the pistol and got it shining nice and pretty. Looks like we will go to the range Thursday and give it a good testing and see how well it shoots.
In short, I am very satisfied with the quality of workmanship shown by S&W at lest on this pistol. I have not found any of the problems with it as I have seen posted here. As for the IL, well it comes with the new pistols and I haven't decided whether I will pull it out or not yet. We'll run a few hundred rounds through it and see how we feel about it. My wife will be shooting 38 Specials in it instead of 357 Mag for more moderate recoil, but I will be bringing some 357 Mags to run through it at the range Thursday. Small as it is, I imagine that hot 357 Mag won't be too pleasant, but I guess I will see then too. Here's a couple of pics of the new aquisition.
I'll also be bringing at least one of my 27s to the range for me to play with anyways, so I can rip off a few cylinder fulls with the 60 first and see what it feels like with some fairly hot 158 grain 357 rounds. Then I'll turn her loose with some 38 Specials.
