NEW 629 and 686 NO LOCK MOUNTAIN GUNS ANNOUNCED!

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Holy hell, Jason Cloessner at Lipsey's is on fire right now! These look incredible! Looks like they have actual non-Altamont wood grips and 4" one-piece barrels too! (I'd still like to see a return to the pre-lock frame shape on the 686, but otherwise there are magnificent additions to the catalog!)

EDIT: They just removed the post from their Facebook page. Guess the news dropped a little too early. Shot Show can't come quickly enough!

EDIT2: S&W just sent an email out on them! See the link below. They're also on the official S&W and Lipsey's sites now!

https://link.smith-wesson.com/q/7wkgQYjhAT1QTJFtBMC86z3mWJ7YfaWYWKyS-mwFE4-9kklhQ3X_qM5MoJ


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Edit 3: Lipsey's put out a video!

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECr10xWsfoo[/ame]


Edit 4: Another great new video with Jason Cloessner and Darryl Bolke!



[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OWlSW2nJ5E[/ame]
 

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I'll be on these like white on rice! Is it actually happening? Is S&W actually listening to us? No lock and tapered ejector shrouds? Now how about a real production pass at the 617 MG...might as well make 627 8 shot too. Imagine Model 28 4" matte finish 8 shot. Lets hope the above is just eh beginning.
 
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I saw the announcement from S&W this morning, and had to check their website to make sure! This is great news, and I hope they sell well and broaden the line. I already have a couple 629 mountain guns, but look forward to having a 686 version.
 
Looks like they removed the post on their Facebook page. Guess it got dropped a little too early. Shot Show can't come quickly enough!
 
Being a southerner, I have always believed we southerners held a superior knowledge of the world around us than our northeast counterparts in places like Massachusetts, on a general population overview. It appears I am correct, the move to East Tennessee by S&W and the added of those mountain hoogers to the construction facilities have caused S&W to develop what is know in the south as "common sense" They have reintroduced the mountain gun series without the hillary hole lock. Wow, what a fantastic way to recapture the handgun maket. I wonder if this common knowledge that filtered into the management was by osmoses of just being around this group of very knowledge southerners or the management was taken over by a bunch of mountain hoogers. Long live the mountains guns with no locks.!! ( No smith and wesson stock was harmed in the making of these no lock mountain guns in 2025).

I have been playing with these S&W wheel guns since the mid 1970s, and own several in my collection. The most two accurate guns I own and the ones I actually carry to the field are my two mountain guns in 357 and 44. They will be the last two I keep if I every sell the others and that includes my 29-2. I think they have hit the home run for the company with the change in management style in 2025.
 
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Now we’re talking! Just got an email from Smith about these. I’ve been “needing” a 4 inch stainless 357. Guess the 686 mountain gun will be on my list. I’ll probably end up picking up a 629 as well, just because.
 
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Holy hell, someone at S&W is on fire right now! These look incredible! Looks like they might have actual non-Altamont wood grips and 4" barrels too!

Introducing the NEW Model 629 and... - Smith & Wesson Inc.


EDIT: They just removed the post from their Facebook page. Guess the news dropped a little too early. Shot Show can't come quickly enough!
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Chrome or stainless hammer and trigger!!! Yea... I hope they made it even stronger than the old ones are... Maybe use Magnums more!
 
Everybody, me included is doing backflips right now. But you stop and think about it…… how much money did S&W save by deleting the lock? It’s anybody’s guess. Let’s just pretend $20. That’s pure profit. Any way you look at it, deleting the lock was a good choice.

I think the value of the “Lock Models” just plummeted.

Smith is back in the game.

Is the contour of the frame on the N frame correct/ original. Looks like it to me. But I’ve been wrong before.
 
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I’m happy to see this change, the 3 classics and these 2 mountain guns. Like others I’d like to see this trend continue to other mountain gun variants- both N & L frame, and other J and K frames.

I’d really like to see a remake of the 3”k frame……..M10/64, 13/65
 
What makes the last two unique is not only lack of the lock, but they haven’t made those models in years.

No way I am buying anything locked nowadays. :)

And what about the long standing “they can’t get out of the agreement?” :rolleyes:

And “they are owned by a lock company, the lock is here to stay” ;)
 
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The Best is Coming in 2025

Oh no! I need the 41Rem Mag Mountain
Gun, I have the 44S&W Mag and 45Colt
already!

Looks like I’ll end up with another 44Mag
Mountain Gun and
a Česká zbrojovka (CZ) Colt Anaconda
45Colt this year.

Wait I got a S&W Email, they’re doing a
M.G. in 357S&W Mag too. I’ll get that
too!



This is Gun News!
 

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