After 25 years …no Internal Lock!
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Yendor357
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Don't go getting all moist. If you look very closely, they just plugged the hole.
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NEW: Smith & Wesson® No Lock Classic Revolvers
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5_UMe8cNmQ[/ame]
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5_UMe8cNmQ[/ame]
Very cool except $979 for a model 10
Seriously, there's no surprise there. I bought my first new car for $3500.00. In 1998 I paid $12,000 for a small pickup truck. The MSRP for the counterpart to that truck in 2024 was $33,470. The counterpart to that car in 2025 is "is expected to start around $40,000 and go up to $50,000 depending on the trim and options."
The times they are a'changin'...........
SWFan27
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I just bought a Model 19-9 Classic in December and woke up to a text this morning from S&W about their new Classic look no lock revolvers. Including the Model 19. Oh well, mine was $160 cheaper and I already love the thing.
https://www.smith-wesson.com/product/model-19-classic-no-internal-lock
https://www.smith-wesson.com/product/model-19-classic-no-internal-lock
Rammer Jammer
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Good start...now do it to the rest of the lineup
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Yep. The only newer revolvers I have bought lately were the 340PD no lock and the M&P 340 no lock. I do not like anything at all about those internal locks. They look ugly and I just can't make myself buy one with an IL. If one wants a lock, just put a cable lock through the frame, cylinder or put the gun in a little safe, etc.
Yendor357
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Yeah, I don't either. I thought I saw it on the 10. But you know, if no lock is the selling point, why not take a close up photo where the lock used to be? Instead, we get angled shots.
I'm still going to buy another Python, tho.
I'm still going to buy another Python, tho.
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AveragEd
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My first guess was that a pile of old frames were unearthed...
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Jim Watson
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Gee, a Military & Police with tapered barrel, semicircular sight, and smooth grips. They ought to call it the New Victory Model.
It's a move in the right direction, but from what I see the contoured area of the frame surrounding the hammer of the K frame (and J frames) is still ugly, this was done when the lock was implemented. To do it right in returning to the original design they should get back to the original frame design.
Just one person's opinion but the change is in the right direction.
Bahhhh Humbugggg
Cheaper to make one frame instead of two.
Just go all lockless and return to yesteryear.
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.455_Hunter
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That's a negative, Ghost Rider...
I will put my money where my mouth has been.
$849 (msrp) for a Model 36.
The forged frame lug appears to still be the norm. So is a postwar
(Terrier style) thumbpiece with the hour-glass waist between the
screw and the area where the thumb goes. No Chiefs Special ever
had that thumbpiece, but it's not a big deal for me. I like the look.
Photo snitched from the Smith & Wesson site and edited a wee bit.
ps: LOUD shout out and a HUGE thanks to Andrew Gore,
Smith & Wesson's Handgun Product Manager.
pps: October 24, 2025: the Model J's Diamond Anniversary
$849 (msrp) for a Model 36.
The forged frame lug appears to still be the norm. So is a postwar
(Terrier style) thumbpiece with the hour-glass waist between the
screw and the area where the thumb goes. No Chiefs Special ever
had that thumbpiece, but it's not a big deal for me. I like the look.
Photo snitched from the Smith & Wesson site and edited a wee bit.
ps: LOUD shout out and a HUGE thanks to Andrew Gore,
Smith & Wesson's Handgun Product Manager.
pps: October 24, 2025: the Model J's Diamond Anniversary
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I don't see a plug...
Two piece barrel?
Grayfox
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Ok, so they're making three models without the lock. That doesn't mean the quality is any better. 
I'll stick with my pre-lock guns.
I'll stick with my pre-lock guns.
It's a move in the right direction, but from what I see the contoured area of the frame surrounding the hammer of the K frame (and J frames) is still ugly, this was done when the lock was implemented. To do it right in returning to the original design they should get back to the original frame design.
Just one person's opinion but the change is in the right direction.
Bahhhh Humbugggg
Absolutely!
While this is a step in the right direction, to me they look like IL guns without the IL.
cgt4570
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I love the half moon front sight on the 10 and 36, but for the price, I'll stick with my numerous pre and post war .38 M&Ps , my pre-19 and my pre-36 in the same configurations. None of them cost me even half those MSRP's.
Mine will continue to increase in value during the remainder of my lifetime. These new 'classics' probably will not.
Mine will continue to increase in value during the remainder of my lifetime. These new 'classics' probably will not.
Well, alleluia. I have 30 + S&W revolvers and only 1 has the dreaded IL. All were bought used (paid more than new in many cases). Way past time S&W started listening to their customers rather than their lawyers. The attached video indicated they have returned to real deep blue bluing as well.
Thank you S&W,
Al
Thank you S&W,
Al
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