Badger Arms
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Scandium good, Smith & Wesson Bad... That sum it up?
Okay, Scandium merely gives Aluminum a near-Steel-like strength. It doesn't, however, make it much if any more resistant to abrasion, wear, or scratches. That's what I am being led to believe. It will not line barrels, that's a job for steel, and it will not make good cylinders, hammers, or triggers. That leaves the frame and barrel around the steel liner.
I think this whole lightweight revolver issue is on it's way to the absurd. Imagine a technology to make plastic as strong as aluminum. Shooting a 6 oz 38 special might be a little bit painful, but it will DEFINITELY hurt the bad guy more than you. Practicing in a Scandium revolver with 38's and then carrying 357's might be just the ticket. How many people are going to care when they are defending their life if the gun kicks 30% more. Heck, the adrenaline alone will attenuate most of the recoil, noise, blast, and probably most of your accuracy and good sense too.
The same debate applies to the small 32's out there. My NAA Guardian leaves me with a red thumb webbing and dinks in my forhead from the brass, but I still carry it. I'm looking to get a P32 now.
A Scandium Revolver, hell yes! A S&W Revolver, HELL NO. The redcoat owners will need to rot in hell and restore Smith & Wesson to gun-loving American hands first.
Okay, Scandium merely gives Aluminum a near-Steel-like strength. It doesn't, however, make it much if any more resistant to abrasion, wear, or scratches. That's what I am being led to believe. It will not line barrels, that's a job for steel, and it will not make good cylinders, hammers, or triggers. That leaves the frame and barrel around the steel liner.
I think this whole lightweight revolver issue is on it's way to the absurd. Imagine a technology to make plastic as strong as aluminum. Shooting a 6 oz 38 special might be a little bit painful, but it will DEFINITELY hurt the bad guy more than you. Practicing in a Scandium revolver with 38's and then carrying 357's might be just the ticket. How many people are going to care when they are defending their life if the gun kicks 30% more. Heck, the adrenaline alone will attenuate most of the recoil, noise, blast, and probably most of your accuracy and good sense too.
The same debate applies to the small 32's out there. My NAA Guardian leaves me with a red thumb webbing and dinks in my forhead from the brass, but I still carry it. I'm looking to get a P32 now.
A Scandium Revolver, hell yes! A S&W Revolver, HELL NO. The redcoat owners will need to rot in hell and restore Smith & Wesson to gun-loving American hands first.