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August 9, 2017, 10:18 PM | #26 |
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Using JB Weld, Metalset A4 or any other epoxy is simply ridiculous.
There are so many reasons it won't work that I'm not even going to get into it. |
August 9, 2017, 10:42 PM | #27 |
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Since this thread was dragged back to the top, I might as well share my opinion of filling the hole...
I carried a 642, with a 'flag delete' done on it, for almost six years. In that time, the revolver got covered in dirt, dust, lint, sweat, and all manner of other undesirable jetsam. Not once, did anything in the hole cause it to bobble, stutter, or fail. It just kept on truckin'. Methinks the worries about the hole are a matter of over-thinking...
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August 11, 2017, 03:08 PM | #28 |
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S&W added the lock for the sole purpose of adding value to older S&W revolvers without the locks. Now, perhaps gun shops can finally get their ridiculous prices for all those sad old S&W revolvers laying in the bottom shelves that no one wants.
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August 11, 2017, 06:14 PM | #29 |
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Apparently, people just make stuff up for this thread....
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August 11, 2017, 06:26 PM | #30 |
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Though I dislike the locks quite a bit and don't own any "locked" S&W guns, I've eventually come to accept them because they are not going away anytime soon. Just ignore them, seriously. Shoot the gun and enjoy it.
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August 11, 2017, 07:03 PM | #31 | |
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We didn't boycott S&W just because of the lock. It was the British owners acceptance of the deal the Clinton's wanted, which included a lot more than just the lock. The lock was just the "in your face, gunowners!" part of it. The boycott worked. S&W stock tanked, and the Brit holding company that owned S&W sold it, FOR A LOSS. And with them gone, there was no deal with the Clintons. However, at that point, the law of unintended consequences took over. At least some, (if not all) of the group that came up with the money to buy S&W were the people who designed the lock!!! It's their child, they created it, they think its a wonderful and needed thing!..so you won't see the lock go away, until those people do. other makers have put locks in their guns WITHOUT having an "in your face" keyhole. So, either S&W (or the people who owned S&W) either didn't think through to impact to their customer base, or they DID, and went ahead and did it anyway, knowing what an insult it would be. And to put the cherry on the top they changed the shape of the cylinder latch. To me that was the worst part. I could even live with the hole, but not the "new" cylinder latch. It doesn't look right, and makes the lock hole even more obvious. I will admit, I haven't bought a new S&W since they stopped pinning the barrels. Did consider one of the X frames, but there's that lock and new wave latch, again... S&W could have been smart, could have put the lock in, in such a way as to not change the traditional look of their guns. Ruger did. S&W CHOSE not to, and for that, I cannot, and will not forgive them. Not that it matters much, really. In time, people will forget the reason they got mad about it in the first place. And the next generation will grow up with it, never knowing anything different, just as they do wit all the bad laws that get passed....
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August 12, 2017, 06:00 AM | #32 |
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Over the years, I've owned, and still own, Smith's with and without the lock. Bought some of them new and some of them used. Honestly, I've never had a problem with the ones' with locks and have to say that I don't even give them a thought anymore.
If the lock bothers you, there are options to plug the hole but, to my mind, all that does is call more attention to the hole. |
August 12, 2017, 07:00 AM | #33 |
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Personally, I LOVE the locks and have had several Smith revolvers from
the 1960s retrofitted with them. |
August 12, 2017, 07:32 AM | #34 | |
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August 12, 2017, 07:45 AM | #35 |
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Were it not for that idiot lock, Id have never discovered Ruger revolvers. Thanks Safety Wesson!
I have a nice collection of GP100s and two great SP101s. I have not purchased a new s&w since 2001. And have no intention of ever buying another.
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August 12, 2017, 08:40 AM | #36 | |
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The want and need for many of us in removing the lock is that we do still love the Smith revolvers and do carry them for defense on the streets or protection in the woods from wild animals. Which makes the potential lock failure become a dice roll with your life. Personally I'm not that much of a gambler to bet my life on my carry gun till I delete the lock. Now just having them to target shoot is another thing, the hole in the frame is an eyesore. But if it happened to fail on the range then its not such a big deal and everyone still gets to go home to their family at the end of the day. |
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August 13, 2017, 07:46 AM | #37 |
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I sure wish threads about the S&W IL would quit popping up on the internet that's when I remember that they are on guns that I own and then I have to wait a few days to forget about them again.
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August 13, 2017, 08:59 AM | #38 |
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They don't bother me much anymore. I throw one of my Lock Delete part sets in and it goes away. Now I can get a few other Smiths I've wanted
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