Ejection Rod Shroud

[rockquarry]

Perhaps it protects the ejector rod, but how often are unshrouded ejector rods damaged? Like Tyler T-grip adapters, the shroud serves little real purpose, but it enhances looks greatly. I've always thought the best looking S&W revolvers have the shrouded ejector rod.

 

[Pizza Bob]

Peru ordered fixed sight Model 19's. These became designated as the 19-P...

When the Peruvian procurer was asked why they didn't just order Model 13's he replied that, "Sometimes my men like to use their gun as a club and I don't want to have to put up with any bent ejector rods."

Adios,

Pizza Bob

 

[38 Specialist]

Peru ordered fixed sight Model 19's. These became designated as the 19-P...

When the Peruvian procurer was asked why they didn't just order Model 13's he replied that, "Sometimes my men like to use their gun as a club and I don't want to have to put up with any bent ejector rods."

Adios,

Pizza Bob

Seems like the perfect duty revolver.

 

[Model29-26.5]

I am a big fan of the shroud.
I find it to be aesthetically pleasing.

 

[Engine49guy]

Rule #1 with S&W is there are no rules.
Besides the Model 19P the 65-5 Ladysmith also got the ejector rod shroud ( notice they didn't call it a Model 66P).
I can only speak to K frames as I dont follow N frame evolution but IIRC the wide rib barrel first appeared on the K38 "Heavy" Masterpiece around 1949ish, the wider rib added weight to the .38 version to get it closer to the .32 and .22 version which have smaller bores.
The Combat Magnum appears in 1955-56 with the same wide rib and the ejector rod shroud, perhaps to add weight or maybe to give it that added cosmetic pop.
Interestingly the Model 53 Jet was introduced with an ejector rod shroud but it used the tapered barrel rib that more closely resembled the rib on the K22 of that day.
The wide rib was briefly used on the Model 17-5 and 17-6 sans ejector rod shroud but then changed to a full underlug during 17-6 and 14-5, 14-6, 14-7 production.
The only other shrouded K frame I recall is the 617 Mountain gun.
Since we want what we can't have there's little doubt a 617 Mountain gun would sell well like the new 629 and 686 Mountain guns.

 

[stansdds]

I am a big fan of the shroud.
I find it to be aesthetically pleasing.

As do I.

 

[Nomadmax]

Known in the LEO business as a "Pistol Whip Guard".

 

[EPVegas]

one more K frame with a shroud

 

[Baxter6551]

EPVegas ^^^^ May I ask what model that is ? ^^^^

 

[EPVegas]

EPVegas ^^^^ May I ask what model that is ? ^^^^

That is a PC13-4

 

[MajorD]

I know a retired cop who was the armorer for his agency and told me he frequently had to service revolvers for bent ejector rods when they were issued K frames with the exposed rod. They later went to L frames to solve the issue. Cops ( much like military personnel) can be pretty hard on equipment, and the guns take a lot of lumps and bumps in service.
They typically are not shot very much, and can look pretty rough externally, but are often mechanically pristine

 

[jeffrefrig]

To this dummy, I feel the shroud is almost common sense, but I’m no firearm historian. But recently I was going over a new to me revolver after I brought it home and thought something I did was bad but the shroud showed me I had a loose ejector rod. I doubt what the shroud was for but it made me look for a minute or so. I have an old Colt revolver and the rod has a slight off center wiggle to it. But it’s just a revolver I got to say I own a Colt!