buck460XVR
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I really think that S&W is hoping all us Old Heads die off and all the new revolver shooters just ignore The Hole and sales will continue...
Even tho all of us "Old Heads" have not quite died off yet, sales have been continuing at a fast pace. Many of us "Old Heads" just ignore the hole now. I have several pre-lock and post-lock Smiths. Overall, for me, the newer production guns with the hole are more accurate after break-in, than their older, no-hole, predecessors. Kinda makes the hole a moot issue to me. Gun are tool to me and their beauty is the holes they make downrange. The accuracy of the newer guns makes the hole not a wart on the nose of a beautiful woman, but a beauty-mark on her chin. While I don't use the lock, it does not distract from it's function, nor does it make the gun any less attractive, to me. I know others feel differently and I respect that.
Buying the new S&W is rewarding the wrong headed management. JUST SAY NO! The lock will be gone fast.
Folks have been saying this for how many years now? Well over a decade. What will determine the demise of the IL has more to do with the perception of the public towards how safe guns are in households with children, than the decade old rant of boycotting. Again, for every gun sale the lock has prohibited, it probably has initiated one. Seein' as how S&W has been producing all the revolvers it possibly can in the last decade and could not keep up, is there any good reason for them to change their machining and design?
As for the J-B weld on the hole......are you kidding me? There are plugs readily available and relatively inexpensive.http://smith-wessonforum.com/accessories-misc-sale-trade/460110-plug-lock-replacement.html