Scandium frame with no blast shield (pics)

I have 2 327s. One is the Night Guard the other is the R8. Both have the blast shield. I also have the 315 Night Guard and it does not have the blast shield nor is the frame cut for one. I see no flame cutting with the 315. I guess they figure 38s will not damage the scandium frame but that a 357 will.
 
Since were talking flame-cut. I have to tell this story about my "Bubba" neighbor. He gets his hands on a 686 pre drilled-n-tapped for scope mounts. So, Bubba gets out his drill and drills another hole just above the B/G in front of the front sight screw and slaps on his scope mounts.

Several rounds later he discovers all sorts of funny things going on, one of which was his front mount was loose. Upon further investigation, he discovered the blast had blown his front scope mount screw away and the flames were shooting out the top of his gun. He quietly reinstalled the stock front sight and swapped the gun for a Taurus model 1911. The guy that swapped him the Taurus probably thinks he really took advantage of him. Somewhere out there a guy has a gun with a hole right through the top of the frame directly over the B/G that may be growing in size every time it is fired.

And people wonder why we folks that purchase guns on a regular basis want to look them over very carefully.
 
Since my 327 did not have the shield, I decided to call S&W and sure enough it is supposed to have one. The guy said they had to remove the barrel to install so I would have to send it in.
 
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