anyone have a S&W key layin around?
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noresttill
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Im sure smith would send you one if you ask really nice.
Lone_Gunman
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Why do you need a lock, if you don't have the gun?
Marko Kloos
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I have a spare from my old 642...email me your address, and I'll send it to you.
The foregoing posts are excellent examples showing why I don’t intend to buy one of these revolvers that have a lock – at least a functional one. It’s bad enough to misplace the key, but it could be disastrous if it happened and the gun was locked and needed during an emergency.
It should always be remembered that the driving force behind having these locks didn’t come from gun users, but instead from various gun control organizations and anti-gun legislators.
It should always be remembered that the driving force behind having these locks didn’t come from gun users, but instead from various gun control organizations and anti-gun legislators.
MCgunner
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I have a lock on my Taurus, still carry it. I've never locked it, so why would I care it has a lock? I never intend to lock it. In fact, I've forgotten it even had a lock.
azredhawk44
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Ditto. I also have a taurus (94) with the hammer-mounted lock.
But, the Taurus lock is a much better design than the smith lock. If smith were smart, they would lease the design rights for the lock from Taurus.
But, they wouldn't have crawled into bed with the ATF and DOJ under Klinton, either, if they were smart.
I do the same... Sort of.
I think that the Taurus lock is a better design, but any functional lock can be locked, intentional or not. I always keep Mr. Murphy and his law firmly in mind, and hope that you never have to remember that your revolver has a lock at the wrong time and place.
Crap, someone locked my gun!!!!
I'll admit I have a weird sense of humor. I'll also admit most of my friends do too. But this thread made me think for the first time that all the keys for these new S&W are the same. I never really thought about it.
All I can picture is one of my dorkey friends, thinking it's real funny, to lock my 640 while I'm not looking, and for one reason or another, I don't fire the gun again during that range session. I can picture my friends inside the clubhouse laughing their butts off, thinking it was SOOOOOOOO funny.
And then I need the gun! Crap!
This would be pretty stupid if it wasn't so possible, like they say, with friends like that you don't need enemies.
I'll admit I have a weird sense of humor. I'll also admit most of my friends do too. But this thread made me think for the first time that all the keys for these new S&W are the same. I never really thought about it.
All I can picture is one of my dorkey friends, thinking it's real funny, to lock my 640 while I'm not looking, and for one reason or another, I don't fire the gun again during that range session. I can picture my friends inside the clubhouse laughing their butts off, thinking it was SOOOOOOOO funny.
And then I need the gun! Crap!
This would be pretty stupid if it wasn't so possible, like they say, with friends like that you don't need enemies.
280PLUS
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I've never locked my gun. The key is still in the box under the workbench.
Can anyone think of a way to block that lock externally. Like filling the opening with something, clay?, to keep the key from being inserted. Something not permanent, but something that would keep something like what depicts described. Just a thought. I've got the 625 that has the lock and had problems with it that the gunsmith I took it too originally thought was related to the lock and I could not find that key...I've since located it, but it was an eye opener.
The Real Hawkeye
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You can permanently neutralized the lock by filing off the "tooth" inside the frame.gharsh said:
Moonclip said:
Do we know each other? I went sporting clay shooting for the first time, and pretty much the second i unzipped the case on my 1100 i remembered that i had for whatever reason been playing with the lock about 2 months earlier, and sure enough the safety was locked. Luckily remingtons are pretty popular, and more than a few people had the little green key thrown in with their chokes. Whats the point of having a key when anybody familiar with the manual of arms due to ownership already has one?
I now have a separate keychain with my s&w key, remington key, various gun case keys, the single key that works in my masterlock trigger locks, and a few of the keys for cable locks that i feel might be useful at one point or another (concerning IL transportation issues, although i really don't know what is legal everywhere in state). And yes, i keep that keychain in my bag with all my safety gear and ammo, so i never forget it. I'm not sure who it is ultimately protecting, but it does eat up a few minutes at the range. If i lived in another state (that didn't have morton grove and chicago), i'd definitely say trigger locks are something i'd never use, and i'd be proud of it.
one45auto
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I bought my 642 back in 2000 - years before they decided to add the spider holes.
And no, I'm never parting with it.
And no, I'm never parting with it.
Grayrock
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Hey- do you know Don, too? That exact thing happened to him last deer season. And if I remember correctly, he also forgot the combination to the case for his Beretta shotgun the year before that!!
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