Tell me about Bangor Punta

[Wheeler]

(Homer Simpson voice) Mm-mmm... K-frames... (/Homer Simpson voice)

That's just evil taunting me with a 547...

[BigT]

Tamara that evil link is going to cost me a metric shit ton of money I want a Smith M21 so badly I can taste it.

[David Armstrong]

which he shortly thereafter replaced with a Ruger/Colt hybrid he had made.

Commonly known as a "Couger" back in the days when we mixed and matched. One of my guys had a "Smolt" that he really liked, as opposed to the "Smython" one of the guys down the road used, based on different barrels used.

[RickB]

How does Bangor Punta compare to Lear Siegler? I had a '86 Smith, and it was pretty nice. The DA pull wasn't great, but the SA pull and exterior finish were very nice.

[Tamara]

How does Bangor Punta compare to Lear Siegler? I had a '86 Smith, and it was pretty nice. The DA pull wasn't great, but the SA pull and exterior finish were very nice.

QC at Smith didn't really pick up until Tompkins bought them. The Brits sprung for lots of new CNC machinery and instituted a bunch of changes in order to gain ISO compliance.

(This is not to say that all guns from the B-P or Lear Siegler eras sucked, it's just that your odds of getting a lemon in those years was a lot higher than the periods immediately before or after.)