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ClydeFrog · October 16, 2013, 04:35 AM

I don't think many TFL members or S&W owners in 2013 know the full history of the gun lock issue.
To my limited understanding, S&W was going through tough economic issues in the early/mid 1990s. The company changed hands a few times & for a brief period in the late 1990s, early 2000s, they were under a AZ based firm that produced security locks/safety locks.
The company combined these locking devices into the S&W firearms, some say to appease anti-gun political factions & public safety officials. Smith & Wesson then changed ownership again into what is known today but maintained the "lawyer locks" on many of the DA revolvers.

Even the magazine safety seemed unpopular with US gunners.
S&W redid the firing system of the DA revolvers too(which I like more than the older style).

Clyde

October 16, 2013, 04:35 AM	#20
ClydeFrog Junior member Join Date: May 1, 2010 Posts: 5,797	The back-story of the lock system.... I don't think many TFL members or S&W owners in 2013 know the full history of the gun lock issue. To my limited understanding, S&W was going through tough economic issues in the early/mid 1990s. The company changed hands a few times & for a brief period in the late 1990s, early 2000s, they were under a AZ based firm that produced security locks/safety locks. The company combined these locking devices into the S&W firearms, some say to appease anti-gun political factions & public safety officials. Smith & Wesson then changed ownership again into what is known today but maintained the "lawyer locks" on many of the DA revolvers. Even the magazine safety seemed unpopular with US gunners. S&W redid the firing system of the DA revolvers too(which I like more than the older style). Clyde