It does not matter if Smith and Wesson wants or will make any thing.
Its, Will their Distributors order them.
They have their tried and true formula that has made them rich. And that does not include giving us what we want. Unless they have too.
Exactly.
Sportsman's Warehouse is a perfect example.
They're more than willing to stock and sell .327 Federal revolvers whenever they are available.
They absolutely refuse, however, to stock and sell the ammunition. Why? Because they don't think the stock turnover rate would be high enough.
We want it. We need it. We can't find it, because manufacturers don't sell to consumers. Rather, they sell to distributors, wholesalers, and big-box chains or extremely large-volume shops large enough to warrant treating them as their own distributor. (Some examples of that are: Bud's, Cabela's, Sportsman's Warehouse, Bass Pro Shop, Dick's, and Walmart.)
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I'm sure I've mentioned it in this thread before, but...
Most shops in the Salt Lake City area didn't want to deal with .327 Federal, because they were afraid the handguns and ammunition wouldn't sell. As such, very few shops had any of the revolvers and even fewer had any ammunition.
But, there were two shops that were known to have the firearms: Sportsman's Warehouse and Impact Guns. They sold like crazy. In about 2010, the salesmen at those stores told me that they averaged selling at least one .327 Federal revolver, per day, as long as they had them in stock.
And, the only shop that stocked enough .327 ammo to be on the map, Impact Guns, ordered large quantities of everything Federal was producing. They made more money off of .327 Federal ammo being shot up in range rental revolvers (and some subsequent sales) than they did with .357 Mag ...and the .327 ammo was $5-8 cheaper, per box.
...But they never would have been able to sell it, if they hadn't ordered it to begin with.
Hammer It
