longranger
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The new no lock revolvers from S&W are beginning to show up at Bud's
http://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/product_info.php/products_id/70713
http://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/product_info.php/products_id/70713
New No Lock S&W's @ Bud's
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azredhawk44
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Excellent.
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Everything is proceeding exactly as I have foreseen.
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Everything is proceeding exactly as I have foreseen.
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YARDDOG(1)
New member
WOW! Great deal, I have to get onr for my daughter for Christmas ; )
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spacecoast
New member
Good news, this should make for a buyer's market for ILS guns in which the lock can easily be disabled 
longranger
New member
I'm waiting for the L and N frames and the "Classics" with no lock.I need a Mdl 58 with no lock.I have one "Classic" with the lock and never any issues just won't buy anymore.But the J frames are a nice start.
Wildalaska
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Beginning? They have had runs off and on for a few years?
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Glenn E. Meyer
New member
Now, why did you go post this and give me a burning desire to buy:
1. A SS 632
2. A 3 inch Model 63
3. A snubby Centennial pattern 22 LR.
Do I have any use for these - NO! But - waaaah!
1. A SS 632
2. A 3 inch Model 63
3. A snubby Centennial pattern 22 LR.
Do I have any use for these - NO! But - waaaah!
zombieslayer
New member
If a batch of no-lock 640's shows up I'll get one. I even have a buddy who really wants my current 640, so I hope the opportunity arises.
Duke City Six
New member
They have been offering some of the J frames without the lock for some time now. I think ONLY J frames, like the Centennial, Bodyguard, etc, not even the model 60. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be ANY indication that any of the Ks, Ls or Ns are on the way.
Massad Ayoob has apparently written in American Handgunner that SW said last year they were phasing out the locks. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_&_Wesson.
Actually, the Wikipedia article is mistaken. That came up last year, and I was unable to find anything about that in the article cited.
I've since heard from two S&W representatives that the lock isn't being phased out. That's how I found out about the "leftover frame" practice. After all, the company that makes the locks is the company that owns S&W.
longranger
New member
There have been discussions over at the S&W forum that there is in fact that S&W will be offering up some addtional revolvers less the lock.All hope should not be lost.
spacecoast
New member
I'm as un-fond of the ILS as anyone, and have disabled it my revolvers so endowed, but I fail to see how there will be any real difference in function or build quality between new revolvers with and without ILS.
Are the new non-ILS models built better in some way? Better materials, more hand fitting, forged vs. MIM parts??? Y'all seem to be expecting a lot.