I Love REVOLVERS
- Thread starter Ed Bulldog
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Biggfoot44
Elite
Only for trendy Tupperware. Revolvers are a mature , stable technology .
The split for " Modern " S&W is circa 1957 . Some collector minutae during of transitioning of improved heat treatment, and short actions in '55 - '57 , but if the Model Number is stamped in the Frame Window , it's Modern.
The other dividing point is circa 1927 , going for not , to heat treated cylinders.
If anything, the high point years for K Frames are late '70s to early '80s . ( Before MIM and frame mounted firing pins .)
HansGruber
Ronin
I’ll put my 1921 built K38 M&P that got a trip back to the mothership in ‘57 for refinish up against anything K with a model number…
Annihilator
Emissary
What gets me today with most S&W revolvers are the way they do the rifling now days, both my 610 and 625JM don’t have conventional rifling, they have the new EDM style, which almost looks like Glock bores, mine shoot fine, just like the older style better
Biggfoot44
Elite
And I'd 90% agree with you .
Not to nit pick, but the specific " K-38 " ( and the K-22 , and K-32 family) Model Name was introduced in 1947 .
Pre War , the M&P were available with Target Sights as option , so that's plausible also .
Yes, the old Long Actions are better triggers (but slower lock time ) than the subsequent Short Action , and I prefer them . But parts for them have dried up from the major independent parts sellers , so you would possibly be searching for parts donor guns , if you needed parts
The only other potential thing to look out for , is 1921 is non heat treated cylinders. You'll be fine with standard pressure loads , but be sparing with +P .
I'd have to double check SCSW , but iirc , my M&P .32-20 outdated that by a few years .
A few years younger , but my first duty gun was a 1942 Victory ( Not Government issued , probably a DSC gun .)
Have you confirmed or documented your Born On ? If you post or PM your s/n with last couple numbers X'ed out , l can get back with your year of production in a cpl days
Meanwhile- S&W officially approves all K Frame with Model number stamped ,.for use with +P .
Biggfoot44
Elite
HansGruber
Ronin
Yep; confirmed through the Standard Catalog.
UC_Guy 1971
Master Class
My first wheelgun was a Taurus 606, .357 mag, bobbed hammer, 6-shot snubby. I was a noob to guns. All I knew was that my brand new, freshly issued Smith 5906 was having major extraction/ejection problems. Both rangemasters said the Smith would settle down. They also encouraged BUGs and swore by snubbies. Add into the mix that Lon's Drug was getting rid of their gun sales and was clearencing out my brushed nickel finish wheelie and there you have it.
Since then I've had and have several guns. I carried that snubby for a while. Eventually it was part of a rotation; I was informed the Kel-Tec P-11 would take 5906 mags and weighed a lot less than the Taurus. Then it eventually became a safe queen.
I have two other Taurus revolvers. A 627 Tracker 4", 7-shot .357 mag that I take when doing anything woodsy. I also have a 605 Poly, just because I still like to carry a snub once in a while. Either or both pair with my tacti-cool Rossi R92 lever-action in .357.