Man, you asked a hard question........I've been buying 22's for about a year or so for the same reason, I saw the price of ammo and thought, how am I going to keep practicing when I can't afford to shoot??
So here is what I've learned in the past 18 to 20 months I've been doing...
Thanks,
ya I saw a post somewhere were the poster made a comment about his 617 not having the aluminum cylinder and I got freaked out about it...Seems they did a few at first with aluminum cylinders and then moved away from that thank god. If I wound up with an aluminum cylinder gun I would...
I just found this
The 617-2 had a 10-shot aluminum alloy cylinder; All of the others have stainless steel cylinders. Some of the last 617-2s apparently had stainless steel cylinders. The finish on the 617-2 is bead-blasted to match the clear anodized cylinder.
617-0: flash-chromed forged...
I'm looking at getting a S&W 617 but I've heard that the 10 shot cylinders are made of Aluminum??? and the 6 shots are SS....the frames on both are SS..I've never seen a gun with a Aluminum cylinder...Can anyone give me the facts on this? Doesn't sound right, I would think they both are SS..
Hi Everyone, I'm Billy and I live in Statesville NC, a small town at the foot of the North Carolina Mt.s I've used this site many times when Google ing for gun info it always pops up with a thread were some one has already asked the same question I'm looking to answer.
When I was younger I shot...
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