HCL3
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I’d love them to bring back the Mod. 12 (airweight k frame) and make a 612 (stainless airweight k frame)- both RB with 2” barrels
Bring back the Mod 12 and make a 612
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They already did, sort of, in the 1990s, and it was a commercial failure. The Model 315 Night Guard was an aluminum round butt K frame .38 special with a 2 1/2" barrel. The 315's frame was machined for adjustable sights but they left S&W with large fixed rear sights installed to match the height of tritium Big Dot front sights. While alloying the frame metal it was sprinkled with scandium by a fairy's wand but it is still an aluminum frame. The cylinders and some other parts were blackened stainless steel so they could have called it a Model 612. I believe the 315 had the least sales of all the models in the Night Guard line.
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31FordA
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I’m another fan of the Model 12. They could bring the Model 12 back as a “Classic” with the 2” barrel, but what I would really like is a Model 312 M&P. A 2” Scandium frame fixed sight round butt. Basically a variation on the 315 Night Guard. Make it a .38/.357 for those who want the option to shoot Magnums, like the 340 M&P offers. Maybe offer a 3” barrel also, providing the full length ejector rod. I’d even put aside my loathing of the “lock” to buy one or two.
Would they sell a boatload of them? No, probably not. It’s nice to dream though. A Model 312 M&P would be ideal for us plain clothes dinosaurs who still carry a revolver everyday.
Would they sell a boatload of them? No, probably not. It’s nice to dream though. A Model 312 M&P would be ideal for us plain clothes dinosaurs who still carry a revolver everyday.
I'd like to see them make a scandium framed K-frame .357, but i'd be happy with a +P rated .38spl. rnd butt 3" with a heavy bbl in .357 or skinny in .38spl. I think they would sell enough to make it worthwhile. A J-frame is easier to carry but a K-frame would be better if the bell were to ring.............
If you’re going to dream, dream big! 
I think S&W need something in a 6 shot snubby package to compete with the Colt Cobra and Kimber R6.
SuperMan
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Easier solution would be to find a nice 12-3 that takes standard K-frame grips and have it hard chromed....
...that said, a 4" tapered barrel, round butt with a strengthened aluminum/scandium frame and titanium cylinder would be interesting...
Bob
...that said, a 4" tapered barrel, round butt with a strengthened aluminum/scandium frame and titanium cylinder would be interesting...
Bob
Alk8944
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A 12-3 takes the same stocks as all the earlier variations. It is the 12-4 that uses the standard K-frame stocks.
HCL3.
A stainless Model 12 would be a Model 64! Already done many years ago, and there are thousands on the used market. You have a lot to learn about S&W son.
elm_creek_smith
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Nope. the Model 64 was a stainless Model 10. A stainless Model 12 would be a Model 612 with an alloy frame, stainless barrel, and stainless cylinder.
elm_creek_smith
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If they'd have made more than 700+ of the damn' things they wouldn't have been a commercial failure! They were out of production before I even heard about them! Hell, I could have carried two of them instead of the Model 686-6 that I carried for years!
Alk8944
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No, you are defining your impression of what the gun should be. A Model 12 is nothing more than a Model 10 with an Aluminum frame. There is nothing in OPs original "Stainless Model 12" request to indicate mixed construction instead of all-stainless! As I said, an all-stainless Model 12 would be a Model 64. If you want mixed construction you better specify what is made of what. You did, but OP did not!
The OP did specify airweight k frame which a model 64 is certainly not.
make-em, they'll sell..........
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