New Smith and Wessons with no lock

[daytime dave]

I happened to see information about S & W introducing some classic guns with no lock. I have just seen a video for three new guns from them. A model 36, a model 10 and a model 19. All with no lock. The 10 and 36 have rounded front sites. The model 19 looked like they used to, so, we will see. I'm happy to see this change at S & W.

[Ernie]

Will have to check them out. Thanks for the information.

[rickhem]

Sounds a lot like what happened with the Series 80 1911s. After Springfield started selling more of their 1911s that did not have the extra firing pin block parts, the industry started swinging back in that direction again.
Let's cross our fingers that this is the first wave of a similar trend.

[Mags]

Similar to the 36, there is a 642 no lock.

[Vaquero]

I like the 36.

RP

[Hatchdog]

This is great. Hillary's long gone so the lock with her name in it should also be long gone.

[Mags]

This article is from 2020.
https://revolverguy.com/the-history-and ... rnal-lock/

Oddly I don't remember the Clinton ban as portrayed that severe. Probably just me. I wasn't much into semi-autos back then.

[daytime dave]

I remember it as a solid S&W fan of old. It almost killed the brand. I have a few, but don't care for them as much. And some of them are great revolvers.

[daytime dave]

This morning, I see that two versions of the Mountain Gun are coming back, with no lock. Very nice.

[Hatchdog]

I will admit that I have owned several S&W revolvers with the lock and have never had a problem with them. Rumors are that the lock can engage itself making the gun inoperable and if you didn’t have the key with you no more shooting. Just in case I always carried a key in my range bag. My biggest gripe was with the law itself.