|
|
08-29-2015, 08:58 PM
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2015
Posts: 678
Likes: 102
Liked 913 Times in 293 Posts
|
|
Traditional barrels please
I just gotta get this off my chest...
None of the performance center barrels do anything for me. I don't know how they supposedly enhance the performance. To me they look gimmicky, like someone thought slab siding the barrels would entice auto owners to buy a revolver. And the barrels with the extractor rod shows through the shroud on both sides reminds me of an old cheap High Standard revolver. And since I'm on my soapbox, I might as well mention I do not like unfluted cylinders either.
I guess if I want a traditional all weather Model 27, my best bet is to find one with an imperfect finish, then send it out to be hard chromed. I just want a stainless version of an original style 27.
And that goes for other calibers as well. Have passed up several because of non-traditional features.
Perhaps S&W could do some custom orders, being able to provide a fluted cylinder or traditional barrel upon special order, for their performance center models.
|
The Following User Likes This Post:
|
|
08-30-2015, 11:01 PM
|
SWCA Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Oklahoma
Posts: 4,899
Likes: 3,296
Liked 4,963 Times in 1,951 Posts
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Brian in Oregon
None of the performance center barrels do anything for me. I don't know how they supposedly enhance the performance. To me they look gimmicky, like someone thought slab siding the barrels would entice auto owners to buy a revolver. And the barrels with the extractor rod shows through the shroud on both sides reminds me of an old cheap High Standard revolver. And since I'm on my soapbox, I might as well mention I do not like unfluted cylinders either.
I guess if I want a traditional all weather Model 27, my best bet is to find one with an imperfect finish, then send it out to be hard chromed. I just want a stainless version of an original style 27.
And that goes for other calibers as well. Have passed up several because of non-traditional features.
Perhaps S&W could do some custom orders, being able to provide a fluted cylinder or traditional barrel upon special order, for their performance center models.
|
Good point... and I gotta agree.
Maybe it's their marketing to try something different (appearance) that doesn't cost too much or maybe even save a few bucks???
But the old saying, if it ain't broke, don't fix it comes to mind.
|
08-31-2015, 08:04 AM
|
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Quakertown PA
Posts: 1,475
Likes: 4,773
Liked 1,181 Times in 491 Posts
|
|
Agreed. I was beginning to think I was the only person to have a pretty big dislike for the slab sides.
__________________
Jim
|
08-31-2015, 01:08 PM
|
|
Absent Comrade
|
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Craig, Montana
Posts: 3,093
Likes: 363
Liked 2,346 Times in 893 Posts
|
|
"Perhaps S&W should do some Custom orders"?
LOL...in capitals!
I recently tried to get a simple, red ramp front sight done on my old M-28. NO Can Do!
I fear that our beloved S&W has been taken over by the Bean Counters. If it isn't "quick, easy and profitable" it is no longer on the "available" list.
I like the slab sided barrels on a few offerings, but like the FULL under lug barrels...NOT on everything.
Please! Go back to the old, round barrels on the 617's. WHY we need a super HEAVY barrel on a .22 is beyond me. though one of the slab sided barrels on a 4" or 6" 617 would be lighter and probably better balanced.
FN in MT
|
08-31-2015, 02:16 PM
|
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Central Kentucky
Posts: 3,093
Likes: 11,445
Liked 5,138 Times in 1,954 Posts
|
|
I never have gotten accustomed to slab sides myself, but I do like the bull barrel on my Ruger MKII along with the original tapered barrels. I just never figured out the appeal of a flat sided barrel, they just,.......look a bit odd to me. Some folks like 'em, so I say make what sells. Just don't make it an industry standard.
|
09-08-2015, 06:59 AM
|
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Vandalia, Ohio
Posts: 1,751
Likes: 300
Liked 231 Times in 137 Posts
|
|
Sometimes it seems they go out of their way to make the guns as ugly as possible
|
The Following User Likes This Post:
|
|
|
Posting Rules
|
|
|
|
|