S&W Rev's: New style button = lock or not?

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Mickstix
October 9, 2008, 01:16 AM
Hey all.. I was browsing the web looking at S&W revolvers and I start noticing there are 2 different styles of cylinder release buttons.. I also notice that just about all the guns with the newer button also have a lock.. So Im wondering, do "all" the S&W revolvers that come with the newer style release button ALSO have internal locks on them? Reason I ask is I came across one particular gun that has the newer button, but from the angle of the pic I cant tell if it has a lock or not.. You can see it in the pic below.. (The insets show a new style button w/lock, and an older button model w/o a lock) Thanks for looking!! Also, when did Smith start putting locks in the revolvers anyway?? Thanks again for your time! :)

http://home.comcast.net/~mickstix/newbutton_66.jpg
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Boulder
October 9, 2008, 01:42 AM
There are revolvers with the new style release without the lock.
Majic
October 9, 2008, 02:53 AM
The new style release came out quite a few years ago. Sometime back in the 1990s I think.
Riss
October 9, 2008, 02:59 AM
My 93 or 94 vintage 640-1 had the old style latch.
Shear_stress
October 9, 2008, 08:58 AM
They changed to the new style thumbpiece in about 1997. Locks didn't come until 2001.
Mickstix
October 9, 2008, 01:47 PM
OK thanks for the info!! ;)
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