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Makes me think I should buy up more of the current 5" guns if that snout and serrations is the direction they'll be heading.
Yup. At least when SIG came up with a heavy competition grip module, it was actually heavier than the standard one. Going from polymer, which flexes and offers some measure of recoil absorption, to aluminum, which doesn't flex and doesn't add any weight to the pistol is just ignant.
Agreed. If you are going to make a competition gun, make a competition gun. Whats the deal with lightening cuts? Are they playing a different competition than we are?
EDIT: a steel Pro version weighing 42 ounces, would be excellent, especially at a similar price point. Its not like they aren't experienced in steel guns.
Last edited by Zincwarrior; 11-30-2022 at 03:35 PM.
For people wondering why alloy over steel, the answer is money.
Except the frame is aluminum. Whats the advantage of aluminum over steel other than weight which is the opposite of competition gun?
If you want them you should probably buy up more of them before they move the production to TN. Has anyone-- Remington, Marlin, Beretta, etc.-- uprooted and moved their manufacturing resources to the Free States of the Southeast and *not* had a several year long process of getting things sorted out?
Meanwhile, Taurus is having trouble getting aluminum.
I'm guessing that money isn't the answer.
My optimistic-cynical answer is that they're going to do a steel one as soon as they've sold 90% of the aluminum ones they think they'll sell.
My pessimistic-cynical answer is that Smith & Wesson doesn't have the foggiest idea what they're doing or why and doesn't much care. All they know is Glock-envy, add Hillary hole, 30 SuPeR cArRy, be publicly traded, eat hot chip, and lie.