New S&W on the block

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Rogervzv

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From the Performance Center -- my new 8 shooter:
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She shoots as good as she looks!
 
Wow nice gun. I've always wanted a pre lock one but that gun is awesome regardless. I should buy myself something from performance center.

Yours also has the great 5 in barrel length.
 
That is sure a futuristic looking revolver.

Somehow, the location of the cylinder flutes just doesn't seem right to me on those eight shot guns!

Bob Wright
 
8 shots of .357 Magnum! That's a lot of chances to dissuade someone.

That cylinder does look a little odd, though. The barrel comes back a half inch or more into the cylinder window. I think it looks better when the cylinder and the window are the same size.
 
"The barrel comes back a half inch or more into the cylinder window."

Looks less than a 1/4 inch to me.

Jim
 
I have that exact model.. Great revolver. Do urself a favor and put a lightened Wolfe spring kit in it. Makes em much faster..
 
When is S&W going to stop making junk IL's and get a better design... ? ...
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Really guy, you came into this thread to post something completely off topic, and for what? Go find an internal lock thread, because it's getting really old having comments like yours pop up whenever a newer S&W is posted. We get it, pre lock smiths are better... yada yada yada

By the way nice looking revolver you got there. Always wondered why you don't see more 5 inchers on the market.
 
I have the same model. Its a real tack driver and even in double action the trigger pull is nice. It turns heads at the range whenever I pull it out of the bag. Everybody who shoots it gets this funny crooked smile though. Wonder why?:D
 
"She shoots as good as she looks!"

Uhm... ok.... 80 foot groups at 1 yard, then? :p

The only thing I can think is that with that profile the engineers who were doing hash under glass and designing it thought it would be a great idea to merge the looks of the Mauser HSc with a revolver.

And what in the name of all that is holy is with the logo on the side of the... barrel? It's almost the start of something Tolkienish...

Three rounds for the PPC shooters under the sky,
Seven for the IPSC men in their halls of stone,
Nine for nasty bandits doomed to die,

and so forth and so on...


This new age of revolver design is simply not compatible with my very traditional outlook....

Oh well, lots and lots of old Smith & Wessons for me!
 
From Mike:

"She shoots as good as she looks!"

Uhm... ok.... 80 foot groups at 1 yard, then?

The only thing I can think is that with that profile the engineers who were doing hash under glass and designing it thought it would be a great idea to merge the looks of the Mauser HSc with a revolver.

And what in the name of all that is holy is with the logo on the side of the... barrel? It's almost the start of something Tolkienish...

Three rounds for the PPC shooters under the sky,
Seven for the IPSC men in their halls of stone,
Nine for nasty bandits doomed to die,

and so forth and so on...


This new age of revolver design is simply not compatible with my very traditional outlook....

Oh well, lots and lots of old Smith & Wessons for me!
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Wow, just wow. :eek:

Talk about a buzz kill........

Don't care - still love my 627PC - and it shoots great

I have lots of older guns, love them too. My oldest rifle is 1898 and oldest revolver 1908, but i try never trash somebody else's opinion on looks, its like telling them their children are ugly and that is usually not well received
 
Not intended to be a buzz kill at all, nor am I trashing someone else's opinion. I'm sharing MY opinion on the state of firearms design these days.

Why should my decided negative views serve to detract from the good feelings that others have?

I'd have to say that, if my negative views on the design bring someone else down, how secure were their views to begin with? I'd have to say not very if my views have that much influence over their perceptions.
 
Congrats on a very fine revolver. The Performance Center guns are some of the best production revolvers currently made. I have the exact same gun, just a little earlier version. They came in very nice aluminum cases with a huge S&W embossed logo on the top and combination lock mechanisms. They are very fast and slick guns. If you want to go even faster, put a reflex sight on it. It's really not fair how fast and accurate you'll be. JPoint makes a sight mount that fits the I letting for the factory rear sight of the gun. You can add the JPoint red dot optic or JPoint also makes an adapter so you can use the JPoint mount for a Docter optic, which is what I did.

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