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Pardon me in advance for any improper gun part terminology. I went to the range today with my 340 SS. It has always run flawlessly. Today, I just wanted to test it for function since I hadn't fired it in a while. I ran a cylinder full of .38+p without a hiccup. Ejected the shells and loaded...

Found this over on another forum and though it belonged here too. It appears to have been caused by reloads. According to author of original thread on other board: "The load was 200 gr. Horn XTP'S with 27 gr. of H110.......no double charge, can't do that with 27 grs. of H110...oal of 1.600"...

Found this over on another forum and though it belonged here too. It appears to have been caused by reloads. According to author of original thread on other board: "The load was 200 gr. Horn XTP'S with 27 gr. of H110.......no double charge, can't do that with 27 grs. of H111...oal of 1.600"...

I wonder who KF is.

Email sent. Thanks for the info!

I'm kinda surprised nobody else had bothered calling S&W for themselves to find out why, so I decided to pick up the phone and do it myself. While the guy that I spoke with did not seem to be the most knowledgable on the subject (he kept referring to it as the 442, not the 642), what he said...

So does anyone actually have anything more substantial than internet rumors to validate the claim that 'The lock is on the way out.'?

Source? Care to share how you know this information?

A local dealer quoted me a price of $429, but they didn't even have them yet. He said they'd be in later this week or next.

I've seen a few threads talking about the newly released no locks and read some rumors as to the reason for the release - the most common being an overrun production of 3000 units for a foreign order. What's the real story behind the re-release of these and is this something we should expect to...

I've seen a few threads talking about the newly released no locks and read some rumors as to the reason for the release - the most common being an overrun production of 3000 units for a foreign order. What's the real story behind the re-release of these and is this something we should expect to...