No .357 Snub Middle Ground?

[westkybanded]

Gentlemen,

I may be missing or forgetting a model here, but why is it that there is not an aluminum framed .357 clone to the model 640-1? There's the heavier steel 640, then the too light 340. No in between...

How come?

 

[jframe]

I really don't think an aluminum framed .357 would add enough weight over the titanium frames to make much difference.

 

[westkybanded]

I really don't think an aluminum framed .357 would add enough weight over the titanium frames to make much difference.

BUT, the price difference would be substantial...

 

[snw19_357]

The Scandium alloy of the 340 is an aluminum alloy.

There's the M&P340. It has a stainless steel cylinder instead of a titanium one like the 340PD. It weighs a whole 1.9 oz more too.

The MSRP of the M&P is less than the 340PD, but more than the 640.