I know that in the late 70s when I as a young officer wanted a .357 I was able to trade my .38 M&P and a Remington 870 for a M28 and leather. I was offered a 27 but would have had to throw in my pickup. Pay wasn't what it is today back then.
You're catching on just fine. Nobody was born knowing this stuff. It's not rocket science but it's not common knowledge either.... I was not aware revolvers were caliber specific. Or is that a true statement?
Truer words were never spoken. Just look at S&W's half-baked attempt at logically designating their stainless steel models....
As you learn more about SW history and compare each models features it all starts to make more sense although some things SW did made very little sense.
Nor will it ever be, and the prices haven't changed much either, except they're a lot higher, even accounting for inflation. I paid almost as much for my M27-2 as I did my first new car.I know that in the late 70s when I as a young officer wanted a .357 I was able to trade my .38 M&P and a Remington 870 for a M28 and leather. I was offered a 27 but would have had to throw in my pickup. Pay wasn't what it is today back then.
..... Just look at S&W's half-baked attempt at logically designating their stainless steel models.
The stainless version of the 27 is the 627.
The stainless version of the 29 is the 629.
The stainless version of the 25 is the 625.
So now we expect the stainless Model 10 will be the Model 610.
Wrong! The 610 is a stainless N-Frame chambered for the 10mm cartridge.
The M10 is a K-Frame and the stainless version is the M64.
You may be able to make sense of this historically, but not logically.![]()
Don't get us started on Glock's numbering scheme....
Now you done dunnit!...Don't get us started on Glock's numbering scheme....