posted by Caleb on May 5
From AFcom, a user who experienced his S&W revolver lock malfunction, which essentially pwned his gun into a not-so-great club.
This is the malfunction that S&W said wasn’t happening, and that more than a few gun writers dismissed as “the internet”.
I am not knocking S&W revolvers here…but I should also note that I don’t own any “post lock” S&W, and the only revolvers I do own that have locks are Taurus’; the locking system on those is fundamentally different from the S&W system and can’t interfere with the function of the gun on accident.
May 5th, 2008 at 5:11 pm
And that looks like a performance center gun, too. Lotsa $$$ for a club. I would demand a fix or the goats would give them such a punishment!
May 5th, 2008 at 7:22 pm
the poster is a personal acquaintance of mine, and someone that is more knowledgeable about firearms than probably anyone i know… if he says it happened a specific way… you can bet your paycheck that it did…
May 5th, 2008 at 8:50 pm
No no, I believe the guy. I’ve heard about this before and always thought it was kind of uncool of S&W to just say “nope, doesn’t happen”.
May 5th, 2008 at 9:21 pm
and if you get a set of their keys that weren’t properly tempered (like i did) you’ll find they only turn one way and distort so much that you can’t unlock the gun until you find a properly hardened key some where…
not confidence inspiring …
May 5th, 2008 at 9:50 pm
To amplify what Caleb says about the Taurus locks, at least on the 1911 it can easily be removed by replacing the hammer. It just took a little work with a stone to get the trigger as smooth as it was before.
May 6th, 2008 at 8:29 am
The S&W trigger locks must have been designed by a team of lawyers, looking for some CYA from the anti’s who demand insane things like these. Will those same lawyers be held accountable when an accidentally “locked” S&W fails to discharge when it’s needed, and someone is assaulted/raped/murdered as a result?
That’s a purely rhetorical question. We know bloody well that there will be NO accountability for injuries resulting from these failures, either from the manufacturer or the Brady Bunch.
May 6th, 2008 at 8:32 am
Like I said, I buy Taurus for a reason. As Fits noted, you can remove their lock on the 1911 by changing the hammer out, on their revolvers I can honestly say I’ve never engaged the lock intentionally, and never had a revolver lock up on accident. I’ve put thousands and thousands of rounds down out of Taurus guns, and they get a whole hearted stamp of approval from me.
May 9th, 2008 at 8:55 am
Maybe now S&W will remove their heads from their rear ends and do away with these locks. I WILL NOT buy another S&W until they do away with them…PERIOD!!