If you could design your own S&W revolver.....

[S&W ucla]

5" Registered Magnum with a third lock, chambered in .44 special. Round Butt. King super police night sights. Smooth trigger. Pachmayr hammer. Rosewood non-thumb rest ropers.

Keith44spl made a 44 spl reg mag and turned an outdoorsman into a Triple-Lock. Pretty close! While he's at it, might as well make me one too!

 

[RobertJ.]

Mine's a five-shooter: a 2.5" Model 19, .44 Special.

 

[Pig Hunter]

Re-design the frame so the middle finger is where it is with grip adaptor. That frame with a K round butt, 5 shot L frame .45 ACP with heavy duty moon clips. 2.5" barrel with old man easy to see fixed sights. If it has to have a stupid lock, one that doesn't disable the gun if it malfunctions.

 

[Dieseltech56]

I love the 629 backpacker, mountain backpacker and classic carry revolvers. I'd take any variation of those plus a 29

 

[moosedog]

Model 26 in 45 Colt with full target and 5 inch barrel. Blue and nickel with a Gold Bead or Red Post front sight.

 

[Muley Gil]

I'd like a blue or stainless 5" K frame .327 Federal Magnum with the half lug barrel. Adjustable rear and a Baughman front sight.

Also, how about bringing back the 1 1/2 top break in .22 Long rifle, with an additional .22 Magnum cylinder.

 

[elm_creek_smith]

Here you go - it's a model 520:

Then they should bring it back.

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[Jack Flash]

Added specs for mine:
Pinned barrel, recessed chambers (if a magnum), and a hammer nose (firing pin mounted on the hammer). If only one finish allowed, make it blue, but if possible offer in ss also, especially black stainless. Forget the target hammer and target trigger, just target stocks.

 

[dr. mordo]

To me, the first 3 are no-brainers and I have no idea why they aren't made already. The last one is more niche, but would be awesome. I would buy any and all of these instantly if S&W made them.

1.) 2" barrel / 6 shot / I frame / 327 Magnum (the ultimate pocket gun). I also think if they shrank it down a bit more and made it a 5 shot I'd be just as interested, and it would be an even better pocket gun.

2.) A S&W version of the Taurus 617 - 7 shot K frame .38 or .357 snubbie with a J frame-ish grip that weighs <25 oz. Why don't they make this already?

3.) 3" 625JM (I would have bought one this week but instead bought a 3" 629 I plan to cut for moon clips and shoot .44 Russian)

4.) 3" M21

Ultimately, the first 2 are a modernization of the revolver concept. As more people carry guns, they are looking for more options and many of S&W traditional options have become antiquated. Modern metallurgy should allow for a subcompact purpose-built pocket revolver like #1, and #2 is just building the perfect belt carried snubbie.

The other thing S&W really should have done many years ago is modernize their grip design. With their current 100+ year old design, if you use a set of stocks that covers the backstrap, your hand moves further away from the trigger, which IMO gets awkward fast if you shoot DA. Ruger's guns with the square-ish grip frame that is designed to be covered by the grip are designed to provide a covered backstrap while keeping the backstrap to trigger distance the same. Both my GP100 and my LCR327 are much more comfortable to shoot than my S&W equivalents because of that modernized grip design. I'm not saying S&W should change all their guns, but I'd suggest a limited line of guns with modernized grips - maybe just a alloy frame J and K frame 357.

 

[Gamecock]

6" 29-2.

No holes, please.

 

[Chukar60]

Already been posted, but an N frame, 4”, fixed sight 45 Colt sounds very appealing. Would like the rear sight opened a bit with a white outline and a RR front sight.

 

[Dieseltech56]

In addition to what I said before A 3" 581 or 681 would be nice too

 

[steelslaver]

Blue 45 Colt mountain guns
K32 and 327
Alloy 5 shot 45acp clip revolver

 

[350mag]

6” K in 327 federal.


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[Muley Gil]

"2" barrel / 6 shot / I frame / 327 Magnum..."

I believe the I frame isn't big enough for the .327. The J frame was brought out in 1950 so that a .38 special could be chambered in a small frame revolver.

 

[dr. mordo]

"2" barrel / 6 shot / I frame / 327 Magnum..."

I believe the I frame isn't big enough for the .327. The J frame was brought out in 1950 so that a .38 special could be chambered in a small frame revolver.

You're right. They'd have to lengthen the cylinder. 32 H&R would actually be enough for me in an I frame anyway, and with it they'd only have to lengthen the cylinder a tiny bit.

Here's a pic of 327 and 32 H&R in my 1903.

 

[elm_creek_smith]

6” K in 327 federal.


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How many rounds? 7?

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[Gamecock]

More guns in .327 is a good idea.

 

[Green Frog]

As I’ve read this and a couple of other threads and cogitated some more, it came to me... what the world really needs is a series of stainless J-frames with I-frame style lockwork... a leaf spring J-frame! Of course they would have no IL and a round butt that could be stocked in a wide variety of ways, and I’d go with the current “long frame” to take the likes of FL loads for 327 Fed Mag.

Yep, that would do it, an enhanced stainless J-frame in 327 Fed Mag with smooth leaf spring action and no “Hillary hole.” Sign me up!

Froggie

 

[lscocoa]

Scandium k22 with 4” barrel 6 or 10 shot , and a stainless “618” . Neither have been built so is S&W up for the adventure. One more the Performance center could produce .22 hunter like the 44, what k22 fanatic wouldn’t want of those !