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The 2017 BATF production statistics, Annual Firearms Manufacturing and Export Report (AFMER), https://www.atf.gov/file/133476/download have been released. There are some interesting facts about market trends in it. The snub nose .38, which was a long time standard for Personal Protection, has clearly been replaced in popularity by compact .380 ACP autoloaders. This continues a trend that has been building for a decade.
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That's OK. I'm not interested in what the general public does.Originally Posted by TiroFijo
"Gunfighting is a thinking man's game. So we might want to bring thinking back into it."-MDFA
Beware of my temper, and the dog that I've found...
The stats can be a little mis-leading. I’m a life long revolver guy. I don’t care for any of the current production revolver models. I have three S&W J frames manufactured pre-2000(before the lock). If they were ever lost/destroyed/stolen, I would search out similar models in the used gun market (LGS, gun broker).
P.S.: My 1976 S&W model 60 gets the most use. I used it as my second LEOSA gun to get qualified on last time around. 30 round off duty course, from 3-15 yards, all shots double action. Perfect score. It works.
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A-men.
Doesn't surprise me in the slightest.
LCP: MSRP: $259.00
.38 LCR: MSRP: $579.00
Polymer .380s are incredibly cheap and that's the largest (or sole) decision point for a large portion of the market.
Sorta around sometimes for some of your shitty mod needs.
Probably because I just drank a large coffee, I now have the nerve to display my ignorance of S&W revolvers. Is there any way to get a new Model 60 (or any S&W revolver) without the hole/lock?
There are several S&W new revolvers without the lock...
https://www.smith-wesson.com/firearm...-internal-lock
https://www.smith-wesson.com/firearm...-internal-lock
Other than a hand full of j-frames, everything is ILS equipped. I've no interest in new S&W revolvers. One of the pleasures of revolvers is the aesthetics, which is ruined by the key hole in the side, IMO. Pre-lock revolvers are collectibles and seem to only increase in price. Lock equipped guns are just used guns, at least for now.
Sorta around sometimes for some of your shitty mod needs.
The concern is that S&W's modern quality control is apparently less than it was in decades past, to judge from user reports.
"Therefore, since the world has still... Much good, but much less good than ill,
And while the sun and moon endure, Luck's a chance, but trouble's sure,
I'd face it as a wise man would, And train for ill and not for good." -- A.E. Housman
Why Why Why can't S&W just STOP with the damned locks?
If they were such a damned good idea why aren't they included in all S&W firearms? That logical question destroys any liability concerns.
